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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 course templates from Canvas Commons into your course.
Prerequisites
- Access to a Canvas course as an instructor
Step-by-Step Instructions
Chico State provides two professionally designed course templates available for your use.
Basic Course Template
The basic template includes a customizable Home page, sample syllabus outline, and links to Chico State support resources. It's as about as close as you can get to a complete blank slate while still having the convenience of a template.
Comprehensive Template
The comprehensive course template is a more full-featured version of the basic Chico State template. In addition to the features of the basic template, you'll find a "Get Started" module for students along with starter assignments, discussions, quizzes, and more. This template works well for an online courses and as in-person or hybrid courses that heavily leverage Canvas tools.
To import a course template from the Canvas Commons, do the following:
- From the Canvas Global Navigation Sidebar, select Commons.
- Select the Chico State template that best meets your needs. See below.
- From the template Preview page, select Import / Download.
- Select the check box next to the course(s) where you want to import the template.
You can import either of the following course templates to a live course or a sandbox prep course.
- Select Import into Course.
Troubleshooting
- 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.
- Page Format: If you want additional formatting options for your Canvas pages within your course, check out our How do I import Chico State page templates from Canvas Commons?