{"id":16674,"date":"2024-03-18T11:26:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/?p=16674"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T03:38:37","slug":"new-canvas-course-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/2024\/03\/18\/new-canvas-course-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"New Canvas Course Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s new?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starting with your Summer 2024 course shells, you will notice a few changes. The new BC Canvas course shell is designed specifically for BC instructors and students. It includes information and resources to help you set up your course. In addition, some default settings have been changed. Below you’ll find a brief overview of the decision to offer faculty a customized course shell and a list of changes made to the course settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why has it changed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new Canvas course shell will provide a better course setup experience for instructors and a more consistent learning experience for students. Ultimately, we wanted to provide instructors with better instructions and resources for setting up their courses. Also, we made improvements to the course navigation, adjusted a few settings to give the instructor more control over their courses, and made some new features available to instructors (e.g. New Quizzes) and students (e.g. Assignment Enhancements).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to learn more?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about what’s included in the new Canvas course shell, you can attend an upcoming listening session (see links below) or review the ‘Changes made to default settings’ at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u26a0\ufe0f New Procedures for ‘Import Existing Content’<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. From the course Home page, select ‘Import Existing Content<\/strong>‘ from the right-side navigation menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Select ‘Copy a Canvas Course<\/strong>‘ and choose the course you wish to import.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Next to ‘Content’, select ‘Select specific content<\/strong>‘ instead of ‘All content’. IMPORTANT!<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. You can choose to ‘Adjust events and due dates<\/strong>‘ or not as you please.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Select ‘Import<\/strong>‘. You will see the new import request under ‘Current Jobs’. Choose ‘Select Content<\/strong>‘.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Select all the content you intend to import, but leave ‘Course Settings’ unchecked<\/strong>. IMPORTANT!<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Choose ‘Select Content<\/strong>‘. This will start the import process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    NOTE:<\/strong> If you have customized course settings, we recommend following the above procedure and then adjusting any custom settings. That way, you’re sure to capture any other default settings. Then, the next time you import content from this course, you will have all your custom settings plus the default settings intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Changes made to default settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Below is a list of the specific changes made to the course shell. Click each item to view a brief rationale and explanation of how the change might affect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n