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On-Demand: Create Lesson Shells in Canvas

Jason Carroll Updated by Jason Carroll

Once the expert-lead course has been reviewed, moved from development (DEV) to a master course (-M), and the CPT has been copyedited, then the derived OD lessons can be built using the completed CPT’s five components: learning objectives (LOs), lesson descriptions, conversion notes, quiz questions, and Blended Learning Guide questions

OD lessons can only be constructed from the -M version of the course. If the -M version does not exist, do not build the OD lesson.
It is best to perform these steps using the Google Chrome browser due to how it caches form inputs.

Create Lesson Shells

  1. In Wrike, navigate to the Build OD Lesson 1 task for the lesson you are building. Set the task to "In Progress".
  2. Open the original master course in Canvas (search for "COURSECODE-M").
  3. Open another Canvas tab and search for “ODL_01”.
  4. Select "ODL_01: On-Demand Working - Master Template" from the search results.
  5. Click Settings in the left navigation bar.
  6. Click Copy this Course in the right navigation bar.
    For more information about copying a course template in Canvas, please visit the New Course Shell article.
  7. In the Name field, enter the title of the lesson you are creating.
    1. The course name begins with the original parent course title.
    The structure of the course name is: 'Parent Course Title: Module Title'.
    For example: Essentials of Marketing Strategy: Market Orientation and Marketing Mentality
  8. In the Course Code field, enter the original course code and add "OD#" to the end.
    The "#" will become the module number from the parent course.
    For example: Module 1 from SLN574 would become SLN574OD1, module 2 would become SLN574OD2, etc.
    Since the DEV version of each lesson becomes the final, Master version of the lesson, there is no need to append DEV, DV, or QA to the lesson code.
  9. Leave the remaining fields to their default values, ensuring that the All content radio button is selected by default.
  1. Click Create Course.
If you are not in Chrome, you will have to rewrite the “Name” and “Course Code” fields.
  1. Continue the above process until you have created an OD lesson in Canvas or each module in the parent course.

Import Content from Original Modules

  1. Return to the first OD lesson. Click Settings in the left navigation bar.
  2. Click Import Course Content from the right navigation bar.
  3. Under Import Content, click the arrow for the dropdown menu.
  4. Select Copy a Canvas Course.
  5. In the Search for a Course field, enter the course name or course code for the original master course that you are working on. For example, if you are working on SLN574OD1, you will search for SLN574-M.
  6. Select the master course from the search results.
  7. Select the radio button for Select specific content.
  8. Click Import.
  9. Under Current Jobs, click Select Content. In the pop up window, click the dropdown arrow next to Modules.
  10. From the dropdown, click the checkbox next to the module that corresponds to the lesson you are in. For example, if you are in SLN574OD1, click the checkbox for Module 1. Click Select Content.
  11. Once the processing runs and returns a status of Completed, click Modules in the left navigation menu to view all of the modules in the course. Verify that the correct content has been imported (the title of the module and the title of the lesson should match).
  12. Repeat the process above for every lesson you’ve been assigned.
  13. While in Modules view, click the ellipses next to the module name.
  14. Select Edit.
  15. Remove the “Module #: “ from the module name. Click Update Module.
  1. Click Settings in the left navigation bar.
  2. Navigate to the SIS ID field. Enter the course code using the following format: LESSONCODEOD#-M. (Example: SLN574OD1-M).
  3. Click Update Course Settings. Repeat steps 13 - 18 for each module.
  4. Click Assignments in the left navigation bar.
  5. Move any assignments and/or Discussions from the "Imported Assignments" group to the standard "Assignments" group above. Once everything is moved, delete the empty "Imported Assignments" group.
If for any reason a lesson shell must be redone, never delete the shell before clearing the SIS ID field. If a lesson code with -M is deleted, that field cannot be used again in a new shell.

Publish Lesson 

  1. Navigate to the homepage of the lesson.
  2. Click Publish. 

Remove Unnecessary Pages

Note: Ensure that you remove the pages entirely from Pages view. If you remove a page from Modules view, it will remove the page from the module list, but not from the lesson itself.
  1. The following pages should be removed by default from the imported module unless otherwise specified by the ID:
  • Module Introduction
  • Course Exit Survey
  • Thank You and Farewell pages
  • Stay Connected pages
  • Discussion pages
  • Course Project pages
Many times the Course Project is converted into a tool or activity. Pay close attention to the "Page Conversion Notes" in the CPT to see if the ID would like you to convert it.
  1. Refer to the On-Demand tab in the CPT to determine the course pages that will need to be modified.

How did we do?

On-Demand: Create a Blended Learning Guide (BLG)

On-Demand: Populate Homepage Content

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