Add Your Syllabus to Canvas

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dding your existing syllabus document is a great and quick way to get your syllabus posted online for your students to find easily. The first video will show you how to simply Copy / Paste information from a Word doc into the syllabus, and the second will show you how to create a link so that your students can download the print copy of your syllabus.

Both are good approaches.  In fact, we recommend doing both. Copy / Paste your content into the syllabus tool so that students can search and view the information online and on their mobile devices, and also provide a link to download the printable version for those that want to have a hard copy available to them.  Once you have the document created it doesn't take much time to make it available both ways.

1. Copy / Paste Your Syllabus Information

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  1. Copy the content of your syllabus.
  2. In your Canvas course, in the left-hand navigation, click Syllabus.
  3. In the right-hand sidebar, click Edit Syllabus Description. This opens the rich text editor. 
  4. Paste your syllabus content, and then click Update Syllabus. 

 Download a Print Tutorial

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2. Upload Your Syllabus to Canvas

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  1. In your Canvas course, in the left-hand navigation, click Syllabus.
  2. In the right-hand sidebar, click Edit Syllabus Description.
  3. In the Content Pane, click the Files tab.
  4. Click Upload a new file, and then browse for your syllabus file. 
  5. Click Upload. A link to the syllabus file will appear in the rich content editor.
  6. Below the rich content editor, click Update Syllabus.

Download a Print Tutorial

If you'd like a print version of this tutorial as well click here to download Links to an external site..

 

Click Next below to learn more about the interactive features of adding assignments into your syllabus tool and course calendar.