Canvas Templates

What am I downloading?

Your school district has created a Canvas Template that provides the foundations for creating an online Canvas Course.

  • These templates feture pre-loaded information for students and parents on how to use canvas as well as other documents that are required by the district.

  • Please download your class level template (Elementary, Middle, or High) and import it for each of your Canvas courses.

  • Templates have been designed to allow teachers to fill out information for their class(es) and personalize the class. There are examples within the templates for teachers to customize as you get started.

*Please watch the video below to get started!

Common to Sandbox.mp4

Here are the steps taken in the video

    1. Click on the Start a new Canvas button

    2. Title the Sandbox course and name it Sandbox-Coursename - lastname

    3. Click the orange Create Course button

    4. Click on the Canvas Commons button found on the left hand side navigation column

    5. Enter in either SFSD High School Template Draft, SFSD SMS Draft, or SFSD k-8 draft in the search field

    6. Click on the course

    7. Click the blue Import/Download button

    8. Search for your sandbox course

    9. Click on the box next to the course that you want the template to be imported to

    10. Click the Blue Import into course button

    11. A green bar will the appear that will inform you that the import has been successfully start.

    12. Check back on your course and see the changes that have been made by the template

    13. Congratulations! You have successfully completed copying a SFSD Template from Canvas Commons to a Sandbox Course.