Preparing to Teach
5 Canvas Setup
Jennifer Smith
The more material that you have ready to go before the start of the semester, the more fun you can have interacting with your students. Preparation before the semester starts can also help your TAs be as effective as possible. A clear semester plan with details about upcoming assignments will help students plan their own workloads (not every student will do this, but the ones who do will appreciate the assignment information).
See more details about using Canvas in the Teaching and Learning with Technology part of this book.
Canvas Course Site Request | Add a Non-Registrar Sub-Section | Canvas Copy and Set Up | Update Canvas Content | Check All Settings and Deadlines | Collaborator Canvas Access | Create Groups | Message Students | Set Your Canvas Notifications and Update Profile | Publish the Course
Canvas Course Site Request (3 weeks before term start)
You may request your Canvas course site approximately 3 weeks prior to the start of classes.
- You must be listed as the instructor of record to request your course.
- If your courses are normally requested by someone else in your department, please contact them to make sure this is still the case before requesting your course.
- Course auto-creation will begin approximately two weeks prior to the term start date.
- Any course not requested or marked to exclude from Canvas will be created on that date.
- If you need to have sections combined into one shell, please make your course request BEFORE courses are created automatically.
Exclude from Canvas within the myUFL interface
If you select the Exclude from Canvas option in the Canvas Course Request module in myUFL for a course that has already been requested for Canvas, it will remove any students who were enrolled in the section and prevent any future enrollments of students.
If you have a section that should have students, but currently doesn’t have anyone enrolled, please check in the request system to see if that option was selected. Once you un-select that option, students should be enrolled within 24 hours.
If you have any questions, please contact e-Learning Support at<PHONE_NUMBER> option 3.
How to Request Your Shell
- Upcoming term codes:
- Fall 2021: 2218
- Spring 2022: 2221
- Summer 2022: 2225
- Fall 2022: 2228
- Log in to One.UF with your Gatorlink username and password.
- Under Canvas Shell Request, choose Go To Canvas Shell.
- Choose the Term from the drop-down box in the upper right corner.
- You may select all sections of a course or individual sections.
- Title the course and click the Next button at the lower right corner.
- You can add teachers, instructional designers, facilitators, TAs, and observers by clicking the +Person button.
- You’ll need their Gatorlink username.
- Choose the role and section for each.
- View step-by-step instructions with screenshots.
Request a “Development” Shell
You can work on your Canvas course site before they become available through One.UF. To d