Add Your Syllabus

Overview

The syllabus tool in Canvas provides an easy way to include your syllabus and automatically generates a list of all assignments and events below your syllabus. 

 

Accessibility

It is important to make sure all documents uploaded to websites and Canvas are accessible, especially your syllabus. Microsoft Office has a built-in accessibility checker that helps you find and fix accessibility issues. For more information about accessibility, come to an accessibility workshop during flex week or you can do an accessibility check in MS Office Links to an external site.. If you don't have the latest version of MS Office, you can get it for free Links to an external site. as an employee of our district.

 

How to add your syllabus with automatic preview

Giving students an automatic preview of files can be done anywhere you have a Rich Content Editor (RCE) in Canvas, not just the Syllabus page. Displaying files this way keeps students in Canvas, and you no longer have to wonder if students will have the right software to open Word or PowerPoint files. Canvas has a way to display typical file formats for students without them having to download anything.

The video and steps below show how to add a syllabus with automatic preview to the Syllabus page.

Steps to show a file preview on the Syllabus Page:

  1. Go to your course
  2. Upload your syllabus using the Files tool Links to an external site.
  3. Click Syllabus on the course menu
  4. Click Edit
  5. Type text for the file download link in the RCE. e.g. "Download Syllabus"
  6. Highlight that text you just typed
  7. Click the Files tab on the sidebar to the right of the RCE (on a small screen this may be below the RCE)
  8. Click on the file you uploaded in step 2
  9. Single click in the middle of the link that was just created
  10. Click the "Link to URL" icon link to URL icon
  11. Check "Auto-open the inline preview for this link"
  12. Click the Update Link button
  13. Update or save the page

 

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