As a Canvas Catalog admin, you can create a Catalog course listing using any course in your Canvas account. Catalog courses must be linked to a pre-existing Canvas course. If a course has more than one section, you must select a single section to enroll students via Catalog.
You can optionally select start and end dates for a course listing. If you do not select start and end dates for a course listing, the course is labeled as self-paced and each student is enrolled in their own section.
You can add tags to course listings. Subcatalog admins can add tags to course listings but can create and manage tags only if tagging is enabled for their account. Learn more about managing tags.
Course listings are assigned to a primary catalog. As an admin, you can elect to cross list a course in additional catalogs. Subcatalog admins can cross list courses if permissions have been enabled for them by an admin.
Learn more about managing subcatalog admin permissions.
Notes:
- This lesson describes the process for adding a course listing using the new Listings tab features. The original process for adding a course listing can be found in the Listings tab.
- Self-paced listings enroll each student in their own section and do not support group work.
- When a course is visible in multiple catalogs, any course revenue is assigned to the primary catalog.
- Learn more about how Canvas Catalog interacts with your institution's Canvas account.
Open Admin
Click the User name drop-down menu [1]. Then, click the Admin link [2].
Add Course
Click the Listings tab [1]. Then, click the Add Course button [2].
Search Canvas Courses
Enter the name of the course you want to list in Catalog in the Choose the Canvas Course you want to list in Catalog field [1].
To select a course from the list, click the course name [2]. Then, click the Create Listing button [3].
Note: A Canvas course can only be linked to one Catalog listing at a time.
Manage Enrollment Status
By default, listings are not open for enrollment. To allow students to register for the listing, click the Open For Enrollment toggle on [1].
When the Open for Enrollment toggle is on, the optional Start and End fields display. To add optional start and end dates and times for the course, enter them in the Start and End fields [2]. Alternatively, you can click the Date and Time icons to enter dates and times [3].
Notes:
- When the Open For Enrollment toggle is on and start or end dates are entered, the listing displays in the catalog, but enrollment is allowed only during the set dates/times.
- If no start or end dates are entered, the listing is labeled as self-paced and each student is enrolled in their own section.
Add Listing Image
To add an image to your Catalog listing, drag an image into the Listing Image window [1].
To select a file to upload from your computer, click the Choose a file to upload link [2].
Add Alt Text
To add alt text to your image, enter the text in the Listing Image Attributes field [1].
To add an image without alt text, click the No Alt Text (Decorative Image) checkbox [2].
Add Course Card Details
To add a paragraph summarizing the course that displays on the listing page, enter text in the Teaser field [1].
Enter an optional number of days that the course will be available for each enrolled student in the Days to Complete field [2].
Enter an optional number of credits awarded for the course in the Credits field [3]. You can enter whole or decimal numbers.
Enter an optional fee for the course in the Enrollment Fee (USD) field [4].
Bulk purchasing is enabled or disabled by default, depending on how it is set in the your institution's catalog or subcatalog. To disable or enable bulk purchasing for the course, click the Bulk Purchase toggle [5].
If listing SKUs have been enabled for your account, you can add a SKU in the Listing SKU field [6].
Notes:
- The Teaser text field supports up to 1,000 characters. On the listing page, approximately 280 characters display without expanding the text.
- In Catalog, the countdown of days to complete begins the day the student enrolls in the course.
- If the Days to Complete field is left blank, the listing is designated as self-paced. Self-paced listings enroll each student in their own section and do not support group work.
Add Description and Tags
To add a full course description, enter text in the Full Description field [1].
To add a tag, enter it in the Tags field [2]. Tags that already exist in the account display in the drop-down menu. To select a pre-existing tag from the list, click a tag name [3].
To create a new tag in your account, enter it in the Tags field and click the Create Tag button [4].
To remove a tag, click the tag's Remove icon [6].
You can manage tags from the Tags tab.
Notes:
- There is no character limit for a full course description.
- If tag options are disabled or unavailable, tag management permissions have been disabled for your subcatalog admin account.
- When you create a tag, it becomes available for all catalogs at your institution.
Select Catalog and Section
To select the primary catalog where you want the listing to appear, click the Primary Catalog drop-down menu [1].
To cross list the course in additional catalogs, click the Also visible in the following Catalogs drop-down menu, and select a catalog from the list [2].
To delete a course from an additional catalog, click the catalog's Delete icon [3].
If the linked Canvas course has more than one section, the most recently added section displays by default. To link the Catalog listing to a different section, click the Section drop-down menu and select a section [4].
Notes:
- A Catalog course can only be linked to a single Canvas section at one time.
- If the Also visible in the following Catalogs option does not display, cross listing has not been enabled for your account.
Set Visibility and Order
To change the listing's visibility, click the Visibility drop-down menu [1]. You can hide the listing [2], show the listing in the catalog [3], or make the listing only accessible via a direct link [4]. By default, the listing is hidden in the catalog.
To the order in which the listing displays, enter a number in the List Order field [5]. If not specified, the course will have no priority list order.
Notes:
- To offer a listing as both a stand-alone course and a program requirement, it is recommended that Show Listing be selected in the Visibility drop-down menu.
- When a course is selected as a program requirement, the course name displays in the program listing regardless of visibility setting.
- When Show Listing is selected, if a course is selected as a program requirement a link to the stand-alone course displays in the program listing.
Set Listing Path
The Listing Path field [1] is the name of the listing added to the end of the catalog URL, e.g. [domain URL]/courses/[listing path]. The listing path is generated for you based on the Canvas course code. If necessary, you can modify the listing path in the text field. Listing paths should be unique per catalog account. Listing paths may contain lowercase letters, numbers, and dashes.
To copy the listing path URL, click the Copy URL button [4].
Set Enrollment Cap and Wait List
To set an optional maximum number of students who can enroll in the course, enter a number in the Student Cap field [1].
To enable a wait list after the enrollment cap is reached, click the Allow Wait List checkbox [2].
To view the wait list, click the View Wait List link [3].
To set a cap for the course wait list, enter a number in the Wait List Cap field [4].
Learn more about enrollment caps and wait lists.
Create Listing
To save changes and create the listing, click the Create button.
View Preview
To view the course card as it displays to users in the catalog, click the Preview window [1].
To view the Canvas course to which the Catalog listing is linked, click the View Canvas Course link [2].
