Note: If your classes meet the following criteria, you do not need to make any changes to your course:
- True cross-listings done by the Registrar: Are cross-listed and meet together with different course sections (e.g. THD112 and MUS112 - Music Theatre Production Practicum),
- Undergraduate and graduate online courses merged together in one course shell, either asynchronous or synchronous (e.g. HEA412 and HEA612 - Environmental Health)
- Different sections of the same online course merged into one course shell, with synchronous meetings
- User Groups
If your Canvas combined course sections do not meet together at the same time face-to-face or online, please update and review the following settings in your cross-listed Canvas course so that it adheres to FERPA guidelines:
Course Navigation Menu Changes
Configure Course Settings
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Under Settings > Course Details > more options (bottom of page), make sure the selections are as follows:
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Check "Disable comments on announcements"
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Uncheck "Let students create discussion topics"
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Uncheck "Let students organize their own groups"
Review Discussion Settings
Never use the default (ALL sections) when you create a Discussion in a Canvas cross-listed course. Instead, create a discussion for one section, then duplicate this discussion and edit to assign to a different section:
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For Ungraded Discussions, change the "Post to" option from the default (All Sections) by clicking on the right V selector in the text box and selecting a single section. Duplicate and edit as above.
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For Graded Discussions select “graded” and select a single section under “Assign to”. Duplicate and edit as above.
Messages/Inbox
This will send a separate copy to each recipient and hide the names of the recipients in the message header.“Send an individual message to each recipient.”When sending a Canvas message to two or more students in different sections, check