Build your Module

Modules allow instructors to organize content to help control the flow of the course. They essentially create a one-directional linear flow of what students should do in a course. Each module may contain files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, and other learning materials.

Step 1: Add a module.

Use your class syllabus as a guide to building your modules.

When you look at your syllabus, the items are organized into sections or headers. Those headers are your modules for your course.

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Building Your Module

Placing Module Settings

Step 2: Add and edit pages.

Pages are used to introduce a topic and share content with the students. It is like a website page where teachers may provide information on a topic while embedding resources such as files, videos, links, and even interactive quizzes.

This is particularly helpful when giving assigned readings and videos for the students to accomplish before heading to class, or during asynchronous classes.

Adding and Editing Pages

Creating a Page and Formatting Text

Uploading and Embedding Resources

Step 3: Place your Page Settings

You may change the settings of the page such as editing access, posting date, and student visibility.

Step 4: Set your Home Page

Just like a website, a home page is the first page that the students see when they open a course. You may post a welcome message, an introduction to what the course is about, and other important information that your students might need to know.

Customizing your homepage

Restoring a Deleted Page

In case you accidentally delete a page:

Click on Home.
On the address bar, type /undelete at the end of the URL.
The deleted pages will appear.
Click "Restore" on the pages that you want to bring back.

Copying Modules to a Course

If you have different classes with the same modules and materials, you may duplicate the modules instead of going through the same process of building a module.

On the module bar, click on the three dots to reveal the drop-down options.
Choose "Copy to". A pop up window will appear on the right side of the screen.
Click on the drop-down box and choose the course you would like to copy the modules.

Exporting and Importing Modules

You may also copy an entire module to a course shell.

Exporting

Click on Settings.
On the side bar, click on "Export Course Content".
Choose "Course" under Course type. You may also opt to export only the quizzes or assignments by choosing "Quizzes".
Wait for the course to be downloaded.

Importing

Click on Settings.
On the side bar, look on "Import Course Content".
Under the Select Content Type, choose "Canvas Course Export Package".

Now that you have built your module, you may now publish them for classroom use. Click here to learn more.

Here are some more resources that might help you improve how you write and design your pages.

Your instructional flow

It might also help to think about how you will want your students to experience the module from beginning to end.

There are several frameworks available but you may use Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction as a guide for your instructional flow.

Feel free to adapt this flow based on the subject that you teach.

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