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Canvas should provide recommended guidelines and/or defaults/templates for creating classes;  part of this would be a quick reference document & video tutorial, explaining default pages (Modules, Discussions, etc.) and their use case.  This would unify the student experience making it more intuitive.  As a student, it's a pain to navigate my various classes, all of which share components: Syllabus, Contact Information, Zoom Schedule/Links, Discussions, Assignments, Learning Materials, etc.  For example, in order to email all my teachers, I have to search through each class's sub-pages for the professor's email.  With just 5 classes, I found emails in multiple places: Syllabus->email, People->Proffessor->email, Modules->Week 0->Syllabus, Files->Syllabus, etc.  This is a major pain for a process that should be efficient and standard across classes.  However, this is just one example.  This is also the case with assignments/modules/announcements/discussions. I wish there was a standard between classes, where I could quickly check the overview of the week. ... View more