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To Request a Single Course Site
To Request a Single Course Site
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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.
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For a Merged Course Site select the blue + Create Merged Site button in the upper left-hand side of the list of courses.
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 left-hand side of in a column titled “Available Courses.”
Select two or more courses to merge, they will automatically appear in the right-hand column titled “Selected Courses.” Click this article for further instructions on Requesting a Merged Course Site for Canvas from Middleware 2.0
You will now be walked through the Course Creation Process, see steps listed below.
Course Creation Process:
Course Information
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Unavailable - This setting will create the Canvas Course site in an “Unpublished” state.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 you will need to “Publish” the course from the course home page and uncheck the “Restrict students from viewing course before term start date” check box on the course settings page
Available to Students - This setting will create the Canvas Course site in a “Published” state. The course will be immediately available to enrolled students.
Start of Term - This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in a “Published” state initially (see screenshot below), but is not available to students until the first day of the term.
Date - This setting will create the Canvas Course Site in a “Published” state (see screenshot below) but the course will not be available to students until the date selected.
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Pro Tip! Even if you choose Start of Term or Date in Middleware - you can still use the Settings in Canvas to Manually Make a Canvas Course Available to Students |
(Optional) Course ID to Copy From
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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 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
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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.
Additional Options
If you would like to receive an email notification when the course is ready, check the box on the far right of the screen.
Select Submit.
Almost Done!
The next screen might take a few minutes to process. You will eventually see a confirmation page.
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