This new process should be followed when the parent course needs to be updated with a custom name.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: Cross-listing should be done while courses are unpublished. DO NOT cross-list after you have published your course and students have accessed it. Coursework is retained within the course, not within the sections, so if a published course is cross-listed after publishing, all cross-listed enrollments will lose any associated assignment submissions and grades.

Accessing the Tool

Access the Custom Course merge tool by going to: https://go.vcu.edu/canvas-crosslist, or by going through the steps to cross-list your course within Canvas. These steps are illustrated in the VCU video below.

Navigate to and select your course as follows:

1. Follow this path to select your course: Course Settings > Sections > [select your section]
   
   
2. Click Cross List this Section, and then click on the link in the text box pop-up.
   

Using the Tool

1. Authorize your Canvas Account connection as shown in the video below.
   
   
   
   
2. Carefully review the instructions before continuing through each step. There are important items to note here, including how you can only merge courses where you are listed as the instructor.
• Select the term
• Select your assigned teaching courses for the term (You must select at least two courses in your list in order to continue)
  
  
  
  
• Provide a custom name
  
  
  
  
• Confirm the details before merging
  
  
  
  
• When the process is complete, either logout, or start over to merge another set of courses.
  
  
3. Once completed, your Canvas Dashboard will have one course shell listed for the parent course created during this process.

This tool was developed by VCU Technology Services / VCU Learning Systems. For support email LSRequest@vcu.edu.