KTH's course room template in Canvas
As an aid for teachers to get started to create their courses in Canvas, there is a ready-made course room template. The template contains many recommended settings for course rooms and contains instructions in a README page. You can download the template in Swedish from Canvas Commons. Some editing of the template is required before you fill it with course material.
Easy to do right with the course room template
The KTH template is designed to simplify for teachers and students, to make it easy to do the right thing. We want to simplify the use of Canvas and encourage the use of Canvas' more pedagogically oriented parts.
The template also contains recommendations for how the course room can be structured and information on where you as a teacher can find tips and support about Canvas. It also has several recommended settings.
Import material without overwriting the template
All deviations from the template should be well thought out and carried out in a controlled manner. If you want to import material from previous course rounds, we recommend that you only copy selected material and settings, not the entire course.
When importing existing content, be sure to perform the following steps:
- On the home page, press the “Import Existing Content” button.
- Select "Copy a Canvas course".
- Use the option “Select specific content”.
- Press "Import" and then "Select content" under the heading "Current jobs".
- Check the boxes for what you want to copy in the dialog window.
- Tip! If you import a module, you also import all its contents. A course built with modules is therefore much easier to import.
For a complete guide, read How do I select specific content as part of a course import? (community.canvaslms.com) .
Manage the course room template before constructing the course
To get started with your course, you should first go through the following steps:
- Edit the templates for the home page, announcements and syllabus. They come with template text in italics that you should remove.
- Manage the course grading scheme. More information are on the page Letter grades and grading schemes .
- Add your course material.
- If you reuse material, please follow the guide earlier on the page under the heading "Import material without overwriting the template".
- Publish the material and the course room.
- Review with the Student View.
This is explained in more detail in the checklist Before the start of the course – checklist for Canvas .
Content of the course room template
In the following list you will find the template's settings and created content.
- Simplified course menu that only shows the most important features for students.
- Example of a home page, as well as an explanation of how to use the template.
- The syllabus has the search window for "Course and programme directory" embedded (can be edited to "About course" for your course).
- Examples of modules and a README page.
- Example of an announcement with information about how to show or hide annoucements on the home page.
- Recommended settings for a course room.
- “Manually Post Grades” is chosen so that grades for students are posted at the same time, when you as a teacher chooses to do so.
- "Course grading scheme" is activated and set to the standard of KTH.
- "Hide totals in student grades summary" is pre-selected so that no incorrect grade is communicated to the students.