Canvas Course Creation Settings
Explanation of the Settings that Instructors can choose when going through the Canvas Course Creation Process.
Course Information
The automatically generated course name will be listed first, change it if you like (Pro-Tip: Add the Section Number or note if the course is merged, etc..)
Select your preferred Course Availability:
Availabiliity Option | What Does this Mean in Canvas? | Special Notes |
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Unavailable | This setting will create the Canvas Course site in an “Unpublished” state. | When you are ready to make the course available to students you will need to (1) “Publish” the course from the course home page and (2) uncheck the “Restrict students from viewing course before term start date” check box on the course settings page |
Available to Students | This setting will create the Canvas Course site in a “Published” state. The course will be immediately available to enrolled students. |
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Start of Term | This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in a “Published” state initially, but is not available to students until the first day of the term. | See Screenshot Below |
Date | This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in a “Published” state (see screenshot below) but the course will not be available to students until the date selected. | See Screenshot Below |
Pro Tip! Even if you choose Start of Term or Date in Middleware - you can still use the Settings in Canvas to Manually Make a Canvas Course Available to Students
(Optional) Course ID to Copy From
Note:
You must be listed as an Instructor in the course you are copying from.
When doing a Course Copy via Middleware 2.0 - please be aware that the Dates listed in the original course will not copy forward. Only content. Dates will need to be manually reset in the Canvas Course Site.
Another option is to create the Canvas Site without using the Course Copy option. Once the new site is created in Canvas, use these Canvas to Canvas Course Import ("course copy") Steps.
Enter the Canvas Course ID (Also Called SIS ID) from a course that you would like to copy content from.
Option 1) For finding the Canvas Course ID (Also Called SIS ID) is to use the unique number from the URL of the course’s Canvas Home Page.
Option 2) Look in the Settings area of a Canvas Course Site
Select Next in the lower right-hand corner of the page.
Manual Enrollments
To add users to your course site.
If you are Bulk Requesting Single Course Sites, this is an opportunity to add users to all of the courses being created at one time. This is the only opportunity to do this. (Example: creating 10 courses with the same Teaching Assistant in each course, add the Teaching Assistant here and that users will be added to each of the 10 courses.)
Type in the person’s Boise State Username or Student/Employee ID Number.
Select the Canvas Course Role you wish the person to have:
Teacher
TA (Teaching Assistant)
Designer
Observer
Course Administrator
Click on the orange plus symbol to finalize the addition.
Repeat for as many users that you need to.
To remove a user, select the small red trash can symbol next to their name.
Select Next in the lower right-hand corner of the page when you are done.
Additional Options
If you would like to receive an email notification when the course is ready, check the box on the far right of the screen.
Select Submit.