Simple Syllabus Import from Standard on Canvas

Introduction

This guide demonstrates how to import a Syllabus from a Standard Course Syllabus in Canvas. 

Step by Step

1. To start, open your course in Canvas.
2. Ensure that you are on the home page of your course.
3. Select Simple Syllabus from the nav bar at the top.
4. Select the Import button (1). For Term, select Development (2). Then, select your course prefix (3) and course number (4). Then, select the Development syllabus that shows up below in the search results (5). 
   
5. Import the entire syllabus from the course standard, and then edit the information that is specific to you and the course/section that you're teaching. 

Some edits to consider are:

• Ensuring that Respondus LockDown is toggled off unless you are using it.
• Ensuring that the 3rd Party Platform under Technology Requirement and Policy is filled in
• Canvas assignment dates can be used by the instructor, but they may be toggled off if not being used
• As an option, Course Assignment Schedule may be provided by the instructor
• As an option, Communication Plan may be provided by the instructor

In Simple Syllabus, anyone can find anyone else’s syllabi by using the Import tool (unless the privacy is set to only students in that class). Faculty can import an entire syllabus or select specific components to import. The copy tool (“Replace with a different syllabus?) is isolated to just that individual’s personal syllabi. To import another instructor's syllabus, type their name into the instructor field. 

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