Building Your Canvas Course
Notice: Canvas course shells for upcoming terms will be released on the same day that registration opens. For details on semester registration dates, please refer to the VCU Academic Calendar.
Getting Started
Organizing your Course
Managing Existing Content
- Export or Import Existing Content
- Note: Used for bringing over content that may have been provided by another instructor or perhaps even content you may have used in a Canvas course at a previous university.
- Copy a Course from a Previous Semester
- Import VCU's Course Template (created by VCU Online)
- Migrate a Classic Quiz to the New Quiz Format
Creating New Content
- Create an Announcement
- Create an Assignment
- Create a Google Assignment
- Note: Google Assignments is a Canvas 3rd Party Tool supported by Collaboration Services.
- Create a SCORM Assignment or SCORM Page
- Create a Discussion Board
- Note: Please see How to Create a Group Discussion Board and get more information on the Discussion Redesign project.
- Create a quiz using the "Classic Quizzes" format or the "New Quizzes" format.
- Note: Quizzes are a very in-depth Canvas feature that cannot be encompassed in a single link. See the "Quizzes" and "New Quizzes" section of the Canvas Guides.
Publishing Your Course
- Before you publish your course, please review the following:
- Make your Course Available to Students: