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Starting a New Canvas Course
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You don’t have to wait for official course shells to be released before building future courses. If you are a Teacher in at least one course, you can create empty course shells for a pressure-free environment to experiment with.
Can I use a course shell I made for teaching?
Empty course shells are different from those released to faculty by your department because they are not connected to a CRN. Any course shell you create will not automatically enroll/unenroll students. For this reason, it is not advised that you use these courses as your active teaching environments.
How do I copy a course I made into the CRN-bearing course shell?
Copying over course content into a CRN-bearing course is quickly accomplished with the Course Import Tool. To learn how to use the Course Import Tool, please review How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?
What do I need to complete this process?
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- Stable internet connection
- Computer
- Web browser (Chrome or Firefox work best)
- Your PSU-affiliated Canvas account
- A minimum of one course where you are enrolled as the Teacher
How to create a course shell in Canvas
From the Dashboard
- Select the Start a New Course (1) button on your Canvas Dashboard on the right beneath “Coming Up.”
- Select Manually-Created Courses (2) from the “Which account will this course be associated with?” dropdown menu.
- Enter a name for your new course in the "Course Name" (3) field.
- Select the Create (4) button at the bottom of the page.
From All Courses
- From your Canvas Dashboard, select Courses (1) in the global navigation menu on the left, then select All Courses (2).
- Select the + Course (3) button on the left-hand side of the page.
- Select Manually-Created Courses (4) from the “Which account will this course be associated with?” dropdown menu.
- Enter a name for your new course in the "Course Name" (5) field.
- Select the Create (6) button at the bottom of the page.
