Creating a Syllabus in Canvas

If you are creating your syllabus in Canvas, there are some resources available to make this task a little more manageable. To utilize these resources, navigate to the Syllabus link in your Canvas course.

1

Go to the course’s Syllabus page, then click Edit.

Click syllabus button on sidebar in canvas

 
2

Click on the spaceship icon in the top, right-hand corner to launch the USU Design Tools.

Design tools button

 
3

DesignPLUS will appear on the right. Go to Content Block

click content block button in Design Plus

 
4

You’ll see a blank content block automatically added. You can edit this or delete if you want. Scroll down to see the syllabus content blocks.

Design Plus Content Page View in Canvas

 
5

The Syllabus content blocks will appear on the right. Click and add the ones you want to use (e.g., the Course Description block). From here, you can edit the block as you please.

How to edit Design Plus Syllabus Content Blocks

 
6

If you want to rearrange sections without copy- or cut-pasting them, you can scroll back up and click Arrange Content Blocks.

Click Arrange Content Blocks in Design Plus

 
7

Click and drag the 6-block buttons on the left side to rearrange the content blocks.

Click and drag to arrange content blocks

 

8

Instead of adding individual syllabus content blocks, you can add an entire syllabus template all at once. Go back to the Add New Element screen. This time, click Template Content.

Insert Syllabus template content button

 
9

At the bottom, you’ll see options for adding all syllabus content blocks.

Select all syllabus content blocks

 
10

Hover over them to see the style. Click the one you want, then you’ll see it added.

Insert Syllabus block into content block

 

Syllabus Guidelines

To learn more about what you should include in your syllabus and other helpful resources visit the Syllabus Development page:

Syllabus Development