Canvas Housekeeping

As we near the end if the first marking period, please take a few minutes to tidy up your Canvas course. The more time spent cleaning it up now, the less time needed to clean it up later.

Blueprint
Make sure there are NO DATES in anything in your Blueprint. If dates were assigned in your Shell Course, removing dates in the Blueprint and syncing won't change the dates in the Shell Course. 

Blueprint & Shell Course 

• Check your Blueprint first. Sync. Then check the Shell course for any discrepancies. 

• Unpublish any items that students no longer need access to. If a Module is unpublished but the contents within the module remain published and students have access to the item from another way (like linked within a page or on the calendar), they will still be able to access the item.

• You cannot unpublish assignments in the Shell course that contain any student submissions.

• Check your list of Pages, Assignments, Quizzes, & Discussions (navigation on left) to see if there are any items that should be deleted. They may have previously been removed from the Modules list but they still exist here until they’re completely deleted out of Canvas. Deleting something from the Pages, Assignments, Quizzes, or Discussions lists will also remove it from the Modules list. The Modules list is pointing to these items. Don’t delete them if you plan on using them again next semester or next year.

• In the Blueprint, take a few minutes to organize your Files (navigation on left).

• Move all graphics into one folder labeled "graphics" or something similar. If you know which unit they go with, you can move them into a folder for that unit instead. Don’t delete them unless you know for a fact that they’re not being used in a Page, Assignment, Quiz, or Discussion. If you delete it from the files list, it will also disappear from the item in which it’s being used.

• If you have a lot of files, create folders by unit or theme or however your Modules list is organized. Drag and drop the files into the folder to organize them. 

If you have any questions about organizing or using your Blueprint or Shell course, please let Penney Matos know!