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Select the Term you wish to request a course site for from the upper right-hand corner of the screen near the Search and Refresh Buttons.
The courses you are listed as an Instructor for in Peoplesoft will automatically display on the screen.
For a Single Course Site, select the blue +Create Course button to the right of the particular course.
You will now be walked through the Course Creation Process, see steps listed below.
To Request
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Bulk (multiple) Single Course Sites
Select Bulk Single Site from the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
Select the Term you wish to request a course site for from the upper right-hand corner of the screen near the Search and Refresh Buttons.
The courses you are listed as an Instructor for in Peoplesoft will automatically display on the screen.
For the Bulk Single Site Request, Available Courses are listed in a column on the left. Select the Courses you wish to create Single Course Sites for, they will appear in the right-hand Selected Courses.
Note: The purpose of this tool is for instructors who have a bunch of single course sites they need to manage each semester. This tool will save you time!
Select Next.
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You will be taken to the Course Info Tab
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You will now be walked through the Course Creation Process, see steps listed below.
To Request a Merged Course Site
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The automatically generated course name will be listed first, change it if you like (Pro-Tip: Add the Section Number or note if the course is merged, etc..)
Select your preferred Course Availability:
Unavailable - This setting will create the Canvas Course site in an “Unpublished” state. When you are ready to make the course available to students, “Publish” the course.
Available to Students - This setting will create the Canvas Course site in a “Published” state.
Start of Term - This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in an “Unpublished” state initially. The course will automatically “Publish” on the first day of the Term.
Date - This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in an “Unpublished” state initially. The course will automatically “Publish” on the date selected.
(Optional) Course ID to Copy From
IMPORTANT - you must be listed as an Instructor in the course you are copying from.
Enter the Canvas Course ID (Also Called SIS ID) from a course that you would like to copy content from.
Option 1) For finding the Canvas Course ID (Also Called SIS ID) is to use the unique number from . This can be found the URL of the course’s Canvas Home Page.
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Option 2) Look in the Settings area of a Canvas Course Site
or Note: You must have the role of “Instructor” in the course you are copying from.
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Select Next in the lower right-hand corner of the page.
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To add users to your course site.
If you are Bulk Requesting Single Course Sites, this is an opportunity to add users to all of the courses being created at one time. This is the only opportunity to do this. (Example: creating 10 courses with the same Teaching Assistant in each course, add the Teaching Assistant here and that users will be added to each of the 10 courses.)
Type in the person’s Boise State Username or Student/Employee ID Number.
Select the Canvas Course Role you wish the person to have:
Teacher
TA (Teaching Assistant)
Designer
Observer
Course Administrator
Click on the orange plus symbol to finalize the addition.
Repeat for as many users that you need to.
To remove a user, select the small red trash can symbol next to their name.
Select Next in the lower right-hand corner of the page when you are done.
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