• SIS-generated course cards will be generated for you and appear under the Unpublished section of your Canvas Dashboard.  

• You should have a course card for each section you have in your TAC grade book.

• Naming is very important for us to be able to quickly find your course!

• To rename your course: 

  • • Select a new course.  

    • Go to your Course Navigation bar and select Settings.  

    • Select the Course Details tab and go down to the Name box and edit the title to the Naming Convention listed here:  

      • • T3 - Name of Course - Class Periods - Teacher Last Name

Do not change anything else on this page and click the Update Course Details button at the bottom of the page.

• Cross Listing is the act of combining courses into one to save time in creating and moving content. 

• It is recommended to cross list like courses. 

• Cross listing can be stressful, so here are some resources for you. 

• How to Cross List Video  

• Canvas Clinic Instructions 

If in doubt, ask a fellow teacher for assistance or email your Instructional Technology Coach.

• Import your course content from a previous copy of a course, a current active course, or a manually created Sandbox course you may already have. 

• It is advised that you create a Sandbox or Copy a Course for each subject area you teach.  

• How To Copy A Canvas Course Video               

• How to Import Course Content (from Canvas) 

• Canvas Clinic Instructions

When importing content, if it is 'published' in it's original location, it will be published in your new course when you import it. 

If migrating content from another course or sandbox, you need to...

• un-publish anything that is not relevant to the current week

• review individual items

• check course settings

• organize content

• remove unneeded content.

• review the Files, Modules, Pages, Quizzes, Assignments, and Discussions index pages.

∗ Note: Removing items from a module does not delete the items from your course.

• • All courses are required to have a Home Page.  You can use an existing Home Page from a previous course or create one.  If you are using the Home Page Template (provided within each SIS course card), then make sure the information is customized for your class.

    1. 1. 1. 1. Course Name

             2. Information about your course

             3. Classroom expectations

             4. Contact Information

  • Click here to see an example of a secondary home page

Once you have your new course created, click on the Publish button.  Course content will not be visible until you publish your course.

How to Publish and Unpublish a Canvas Course

Customize which course cards are displayed on the Dashboard by “Favoriting” courses based on preference, current term, trimester, semester, etc.

• In the "All Courses" list view, filled in stars ✭ will appear on the dashboard. Hollow stars ✩ will not appear on the dashboard.

How to Favorite A Course

• Once classes are officially rostered through TAC your Go Guardian courses will automatically populate. 

• Log into Go Guardian using Classlink.

• Go to "Pending" on the left and claim your newly rostered courses. 

• Click START CLASS on your new courses.

• Remind classes are no longer being rostered for you. 

• It is incumbent upon YOU to create Remind groups for your classes in an efficient way that works for your class schedule. 

• You are then to follow the instructions for sending out join information to your students and families. 

• Students under 13 can't join classes owned by parents or students, nor can they join a class that isn't linked to a school.

• Log into Remind using Classlink.

• How to create a class (from Remind)

• How to share your class with students and families (from Remind)