Deleting Manually Created Courses

We are on a mission to decrease our Canvas Clutter! We need everyone's help! 

Delete any courses that no longer serve you in your current/future role(s). 

Only keep the most recent versions if you have multiple.

Go through the copies of courses that you have made and evaluate which ones serve you still. Take a moment to prioritize.

Things to consider:

• Is it really old??

• Is this something I am currently teaching OR will teach in future? 

• Are there multiple copies of the same course? 

Still trying to figure out which courses are copies and which aren't? Previously rostered or SIS generated courses cannot be deleted by the teacher. To see if you can delete a course follow these instructions: 

1. 1. 1. Go to course settings

      2. Look to the far right. If you see the option "Delete this course" it is likely a copy, sandbox, or manually created course and it CAN be deleted. 

      3. For those courses that you cannot delete, the menu to the far right in settings will NOT have "Delete this course" as an option. 

      4. See the images below for what to look for. 

• Rename your copied courses with a similar naming convention to better organize them. 

• Utilizing details like course name, semester or trimester used, and year used will be crucial! 

  • • • Example: *Biology A - T2 - 2024

• PRO TIP: Putting an “*” asterisk at the start will pop them to the top of the list when searching AND keep them together.

• Delete any course copies that no longer serve you by following the instructions below. 

How to DELETE a Course copy or manually created course

• Go into the course

• Go to settings

• From the menu on the far right choose "Delete this course" 

• A second screen will appear to MAKE SURE you DO want to permanently delete the course. READ IT

• Click "Delete Course"

• When it is gone, you'll be sent back to your Dashboard and a small "SUCCESS" message will appear across the top. 

Videos and Website Help:

• How to delete a course (from Canvas)

• How to delete a course video

IMPORTANT: IF YOU SHARE A SANDBOX WITH OTHER TEACHERS, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BEFORE DELETING!!! WHEN ONE TEACHER DELETES THE COURSE IT PERMANENTLY DELETES FOR EVERYONE!!! If you would simply like to be removed, have one of the other teachers remove your access. 

• Courses found on your Dashboard that are published and visible are called favorites...or "starred" courses.

• You may want to remove completed courses from your dashboard view...or "un-star" them.

• These courses can be removed from your dashboard by clicking on the star under next to the course title in the "All courses" list view. 

• Filled in stars ✭ will appear on the dashboard. Hollow stars ✩ will not appear on the dashboard.

• Refer to this resource for more information.