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Starting with a well-designed course template can greatly enhance the visual appeal and structure of your course on Canvas. Chico State offers customized templates to help faculty create engaging and organized online course environments. This guide provides instructions on how to import these templates from Canvas Commons into your course.
Prerequisites
- Access to a Canvas course as an instructor
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Log in to Canvas.
- From the Global Navigation Sidebar, select Commons.
- Select the Chico State template that best meets your needs. See below for descriptions.
- From the template Preview page, select Import / Download.
- Select the check box next to the course(s) where you want to import the template.
- Select Import into Course.
Available Page Templates
There are several templates available to help you format your pages, depending on your style preferences.
Accordion Page Fill-In Template
This accordion page is generic and simple. It's ready for you to edit with your content, and easy to add and remove dropdowns.
Simple 5-tab template
Simple 5-tab page layout in student view
Advanced tab templates (using color)
Advanced tab template layout in Student View
Troubleshooting
- Editing Tab or Accordion Titles: If you need to change the title of a tab or accordion, start editing after the first letter to avoid breaking functionality. For example, to rename "Learning Resources" to "Graded Activities," type the new name after the first character, then remove the first character.
- Preview vs. Actual Format: If the template's format in the preview looks different from what you expected, proceed with importing it to your course to see the actual layout and functionality.