Renaming Your Course in Canvas

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Course Details tab of SettingsBy default all courses in Canvas are named with the convention of Course Code-CourseNumber-Section.  For example, CISC-1301-01.  Canvas associates each class with a Term (Fall 2015) but does not display that term as part of the name.  If you teach the same course several semesters you may find it difficult to distinguish between courses when sending messages to your students or combining class sections.

To append the term to a course

  • Click on Settings in your course menu
  • The first field in Settings is Course Name.  We suggest adding the term to your course name, for example, CISC-1301-01-FA2015, to make it easy to distinguish your current course in a list.

Do you have questions about Canvas?  Need some help getting your courses set up?  Please contact us at instcom@stedwards.edu.