Need help with templates? Email olt@uw.edu.

The Learning Technologies Team has created new Canvas templates to fit with the new Canvas User Interface and based on student and faculty feedback. Using these new templates will help create consistency among iSchool Canvas courses, which will help students more easily navigate course content.

Course Templates

The templates below are new and updated as of August 15, 2018. See a list of notable changes from the old templates and how to import a template into your course.

Course Schedule Template (1 column)
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Best for in-person (residential) courses that only meets once a week. Features a Course Schedule page with 1 column.

Course Schedule Template (2 columns)
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Best for in-person (residential) courses that meets twice a week. Features a Course Schedule page with 2 columns.

Course Schedule Template (3 columns)
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Best for in-person (residential) courses that meets three times a week. Features a Course Schedule page with 3 columns.

Module Template
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Best for online or hybrid courses with medium amount of content per module. Features Module pages that shows all module content (Overview, Readings, Lectures, etc.) at once.

Notable changes from the old templates

Course Schedule or Module list, depending on which template you choose, is now the home page instead of the Syllabus
Placeholder for a course banner on the home page
Placeholders for instructor and TA information and photos on the home page
Syllabus link is enabled on the left sidebar
Syllabus is set to public, so students can view it from MyPlan as they are registering for classes
Syllabus now has links to Student Resources and the updated Academic Policies documents
The iSchool Standard Grading Scheme is enabled by default
Course Schedule weeks are expandable and collapsible to prevent a lot of scrolling
Design Tools is Canvas add-on that makes editing and updating pages easier, and its features are built-in to the templates. You need to go through a quick 30-minute training to be given access to Design Tools. To schedule a training, please email olt@uw.edu.

Importing a template

Download one of the templates above to your computer.
Go to your Canvas course > Settings > Import > Import Content into this Course.
Select "Canvas Course Export Package" and choose the .imscc (template) file that you had previously downloaded.
Choose to import all content, and then click on "Import".

If you plan to reuse content from a previous course, import one of these new templates first before importing content from the old course. See instructions here.