Wiki Page, GOTT Clover II: Add Your Syllabus to Canvas

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2016-08-14T21:32:34-06:00

In Canvas, we suggest you add your syllabus to the syllabus area and then ensure that the "syllabus" menu is not hidden from student view. You can post your syllabus as a pdf or Word doc, or type it (or copy and paste it) directly into Canvas.

Your syllabus page should include such items as:

1. Your contact information and office hours

2. course description

3. course objectives

4. school policies

5. grading policies

6. Materials needed

7. Tech requirements (including software)

8. Grade scale explanation

9. Grade weights (Canvas provides this on the syllabus page automatically, once you set it up in your assignments menu)

In Canvas, any time you create a test, quiz or an assignment, they shows up on the syllabus page, with the due date next to it. Canvas auto-generates this list of assignments for you.

Any time you need to reschedule an assignment, you can simply move it in the course calendar and the due date automatically gets updated on the syllabus page.

Because of the way Canvas handles due dates and auto-generates the schedule of assignments in the syllabus, it is best to post a syllabus that contains all the course info, but does not contain the due dates for assignments. Let Canvas auto-generate that for you (so long as you ensure each assignment is created as an assignment within Canvas) This way, if there are changes with assignment due dates, you don’t have to keep updating the Word file or pdf syllabus.

The following video shows how to set up your syllabus page and gives some helpful tips.

More information about the syllabus page in Canvas can be found here: http://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/55577-what-is-the-syllabus