Create a canvas course not linked to a formal university course?
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10-20-2022
06:33 AM
Hi Canvas community
As a professor (instructor), is it possible to create new Canvas courses to facilitate informal teaching and discussion with my six PhD students?
I do not want the material to be part of any formal module, such as "ENVS444" (a module that I run at the moment). I would like Powerpoint materials, Excel spreadsheets etc to be loaded up to the course.
Do you have any guidance to nurse me through such an initiative?
Professor R H Worden
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10-20-2022
07:05 AM
Hi @RichardWorden,
Assuming your institution has their own instance of Canvas, it will generally be up to your Canvas administrators (IT / eLearning / Digital Education department) to determine if they will create an unofficial course shell for you. You could also create a course on your own in the free-for-teacher version of Canvas, but that may cause more confusion for your students, as they'd have two separate Canvas instances to log in to.
-Chris
