The 2020 Master Blueprint Template for Canvas includes a new Course Information module, which houses important information for a course. This new module in your course will allow information in the syllabus to be drastically reduced to increase readability and make the syllabus page more user-friendly for students. The Policies section of this new module is where students can view institutional and departmental policies, etiquette expectations for online communication, privacy policies of course tools, and accessibility statements for technology used in the course.
It is important to note that the University and Departmental Policies page and the Etiquette Expectations page are locked and cannot be edited.
Note: For more information regarding the “Introductions” and “Resources” sections in the Course Information module, please refer to the “Blueprint: Course Information Module Overview” tutorial.
Policies Section Outline:
- Institutional and Departmental Policies Page
- This page is locked and cannot be edited.
- It contains links to information regarding university-wide and departmental policies that should be available to students at all times.
- This page is locked and cannot be edited.
- It contains information regarding the etiquette expectations of any student enrolled in an online course at MSU Denver and should be available to students at all times.
- Privacy Policy of Course Tools
- This page is editable.
- It contains links to privacy policies of tools such as Canvas, Yuja, and YouTube and should be available to students at all times.
- Accessibility of Course Technologies
- This page is editable.
- It contains links to accessibility statements of tools such as Canvas, Yuja, and Microsoft Teams and should be available to students at all times.
Note: For a detailed tutorial on how to edit pages, please see the “Edit an Existing Page in Canvas” tutorial.
To view the Course Information module in your Canvas course, follow these steps:
- Go to MSU Denver’s Faculty and Staff Hub.
- Click Canvas in the Teaching & Learning section.
- Log in to your Canvas account.
- Select the course you’d like to work in.
- Click Modules on the navigation menu on the left side of the page.
- The Course Information module will be the first module that appears.
- Click on the title of the individual pages under the Course Information module to explore the contents of each page.