Spring 2019 Canvas Tips and Tricks

Use these tips and tricks to help you get started with your Spring 2109 courses:

1. Request a Master Course shell
   Courses in Canvas will disappear if the course is cancelled in Colleague or if the assigned  instructor changes. A Master Course allows you to create and build course content in a space that will always be available to you. Request a master course shell using the Master Course Request
   
   • Master Course Request Form | Login to Canvas
   • Select Help >  Faculty Resources Site
   • Master Course Request
     
2. Copy content from one Canvas course into another Canvas course
   In Canvas use course import to copy content from another Canvas course. To be safe, after import, you should view the materials and links before you publish your Spring 2019 course. See the course import tool guide for expected behaviors and limitations.
   
3. Validate links in a course
   You can verify all external links with the course link validator.
4. Share a Canvas course with another instructorYou can share your Canvas course with another instructor by either exporting the course and sending the zip file to another instructor or adding the instructor to your master course shell.
   
   • Export a Canvas course
   • Import a Canvas course
   • Enrollment Request Form
   • Login to Canvas
   • Select Help > Faculty Resources Site
   • Enrollment Request
5. Review the start of semester checklist for additional tips and tricks
   To make sure your Canvas course(s) are ready on the first day of class, here are things you should double check with the start of the semester checklist.