Each new semester brings changes. After copying over content from a previous semester, take the time to go through your courses and update any old or irrelevant information, clarify things that might have generated questions last semester, remove unused or unwanted content, fix typos, and generally make improvements.
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Canvas at Butte College includes Adjust-All, a third-party tool that adds the ability to manage and adjust dates throughout a Canvas course from a single page.
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Most instructors will eventually have a large number of courses on their Canvas Dashboard, including "official" courses generated by the college, as well as "sandbox" (development) courses they created manually.
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Instructors can add an image to the course card displayed on the Dashboard. This image adds interest, and will help students and instructors visually distinguish one course from others.
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A course can either be "Published" or "Unpublished," as determined by the instructor. When official courses are first created, they are not in a Published state. Instructors with course content should Publish the course prior to student access.
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Faculty may wish to provide access to a Canvas course to other instructors, administrators or staff to their course for a variety of reasons. Please keep in mind that official enrollments are handled automatically, so there is no need to add instructors or students who are already assigned/enrolled in a course.
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Every course includes access to a Course Analytics report that displays course activity, assignment submission timing, grade distribution, student activity, and more.
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Official courses in Canvas are automatically set to begin on the first scheduled day of class at 7am, and
conclude three weeks past the last scheduled day of class. Faculty may adjust dates to allow early access for students, if needed.
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An individual Canvas course shell is automatically generated for each official scheduled District section.
Instructors can request to have multiple course sections combined together into a single Canvas course, while still retaining distinct section enrollments.
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Faculty can create their own development courses in Canvas. These are sometimes referred to as "sandbox" courses, since they are a place to explore, experiment and build new things.
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