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Course information

The most basic settings can be found under the "Course information" tab, for example course name, when the course is available and language on the course. However, all course room and exam room templates come with pre-made settings, so you only need to adjust if you want to make your own adjustments to the course settings. Here you can read about the different settings - both those you can make and those you can leave as they are.

Administrative settings

 These settings manage the administrative structure of your course. 

Image 

Here you can choose to upload a cover image for your course. It is then displayed under "Overview" for both teachers and students. Choose an image that you have the right to use, your own or one that is free for use (for example from unsplash). 

Name 

The name of the course is preset via Kopps (the course and program planning system) or by admin and must not be changed.

Course code 

The course code is preset via Kopps (the course and program planning system) or by admin and must not be changed 

Blueprint 

A function we do not use at KTH. Read more on Blueprint Overview (Canvas' support pages) .

Course template 

A function we do not use in this way at KTH - we have course templates on Canvas Commons. Read more about course templates on our website . 

Time zone 

Is preset and does not need to be changed. 

Sub account 

This shows where your course is in KTH's course structure based on KOPPS' information.

Term and Participation 

The default setting is "Term" and no further settings need to be made. 

Quantitative data options: Restrict view of quantitative data 

Click this option if you want to hide scores and columns for students in Canvas. You as the teacher see everything in your view as usual, but the students only see feedback in the form of comments, letter grades and Completed/Not yet completed, except that scores are still displayed if they enter a New Quiz. 

Note! Give the assignments at least 1 point if you use this setting, otherwise letter grades will be displayed incorrectly.

Default due time 

 When you create an assignment, the default due time is automatically filled in. In the task settings, you can then make settings for the task's due time, which then overwrites the default due time. 

Language 

The language settings you make here apply at the course level, regardless of whether the user has selected a different language at the account level. The account-level settings apply to the language of the global navigation menu (for example for “Overview”). This can result in two languages being visible to students. 

File storage 

Here you see the size of the storage space allowed in your course. File storage consists of all files in course files and assignment submissions, but not linked media (for example KTH Play). Administrators at your institution set this quota. 

Large course 

Start SpeedGrader filtered by student group - if you activate this function, you will select student group in Speedgrader instead of individual view. 

Grading scheme 

The default scheme is "letter grading". If you click on "Enable the course grading scheme" you can choose the grading scheme yourself. In the assignment settings, you can then change this to a different grading scheme if you need to. Read more about grading schemes on our website. 

License 

The default is Private (Copyrighted), but you can also release your content to the public domain or choose a Creative Commons license. When you make your course public, you'll probably want to establish a license for your course. Read more about How do I set a Creative Commons license for a course? (Canvas' support pages) .
 

Visibility 

The default is visibility at the course or institution level. Read more about which levels you can choose here: Open or closed course . 

Format 

Here you can choose Campus, Online or Blended depending on the design of the course. This does not affect the course room more than it is visible to students what type of course it is. 

Mastery Paths 

This feature is enabled in the template. Read more about this feature on the page Gradebooks for learning mastery for both teachers and students . 

Description 

If your course is set as public, you can include a description of your course, which will then come up in searches. 

Interactivity settings for students in the course

At the bottom of the page there are several checkboxes that mainly manage how students interact with the course. You can choose the following settings: 

  • Let students self-enrol by sharing with them a secret url

  • Show recent announcements on the course home page. You can choose to display between one and ten grants. 

  • Let students attach files to discussions

  • Let students create discussion topics. Useful if discussions are to be used as a student forum. 

  • Let students edit or delete their own discussion replies. Teachers can see which posts have been edited and can see if posts have been deleted in a comment chain. 

  • Let students organize their own groups. You as a teacher access these groups in the same way as teacher-created groups.  

  • Hide totals in student grade summary

  • Hide grade distribution graphs from students

  • Disable comments on announcements. This applies to all student comments on all announcements. Teachers can always comment. 

  • Who can create, rename and edit course pages by default. You can choose between "teachers only", "students and teachers" or "anyone". Note that this only changes the default, you can still choose something else when creating a new course page.