Have your RMC sign-in credentials ready; contact ITS for sign-in questions.
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Sign into Canvas.rmc.edu and see your Canvas dashboard, where your courses are displayed as course cards. Contact zzhang@rmc.edu for missing courses.
If you are new to RMC, please manage your Dashboard and Notifications, as well as your user Account Settings.
If you are inexperienced in creating Canvas courses, be sure to check out the quick guide; you may try our course template.
Navigate to your Canvas course.
Use one of the methods to add course content:
Copy content from your past RMC Canvas course;
Use the content your colleague has downloaded and shared with you;
If you are inexperienced in creating Canvas courses, check out the quick guide, or you may want to try our course template.
Consult the self-paced course for the design and development of a student-centered course.
Consider organizing the course content into modules.
Use Canvas Studio to create video content.
Related: How do I use one Canvas course for multiple sections or cross-listed courses?
Note: This course must be an official course (or course shell) imported from the Registrar's system; it may not be a manually created course.
In the course, select Settings and enable your grading scheme. Make sure it matches the grading scheme defined in your syllabus. Here is additional information.
Select the course Assignments link and add assignment groups.
Learn how to weigh the final course grade based on assignment groups.
Learn how to create an assignment shell in an assignment group.
Select the course Grades link. For grade posting policy select “Manually post grades”.
More on Grades and Assignments
4. Clean up the course navigation.
Select the course Settings, then select the Navigation tab near the top of the screen.
Manage (enable or disable) course navigation links to facilitate student navigation in the course.
Scroll to the bottom of the page to Save.
Navigate to your Home page and enable Student View in the upper right-hand corner.
Confirm the course navigation, and that all content appears and is available to students as intended.
Click the Publish button on the right-hand side. Note that published Canvas courses become available to students about 10 days before the semester begins.
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