Edit Canvas Course to Prepare for Publishing

Arianna Trickey
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34 steps
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3 minutes

Instructure

Google Drive

Select the course you would like to edit.

Begin by setting the Home Page students will see. Click "Choose Home Page"

Click "Pages Front Page" (This should be set as "Home Page" shown in italics)

Click "Save"

Now, edit the home page for the course!

Edit using the [Rich Content Editor](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-is-the-Rich-Content-Editor-RCE/ta-p/12)

Now it's time to update the "About Your Teacher" and "Help & Support" links/buttons on the page so they accurately open to your imported pages. If you don't update these, they will be broken for your students. (The "Class Overview," "Canvas Student App," and "Learning Modules" links/buttons will not need to be updated)

For example, if you click "About Your Teacher,"

Then you will receive an error message because what is linked doesn't exist in the course you are working with.

Let's fix that link! Start by clicking "About Your Teacher"

Next, click "Link Options"

Double-click the "Link" field and delete the old URL

Right-click on your course title at the top to open it in a new tab and then switch to that tab.

To track down the correct "About Your Teacher" page, click "Pages"

Click "View All Pages"

Click "About Your Teacher" to open it. Copy the URL from the toolbar and then switch back to the other Canvas tab you are in the process of editing

Click the "Link" field and paste the URL

Click "Done"

Use that same URL to update the orange "About Your Teacher" button.

Click "Link Options"

Double-click the "Link" field and delete the old URL

Paste the new URL into the Link box and then click "Done"

Follow Steps 10-18 the update the "Help & Support" button. You will link the "Canva Resources for Students" page to this button.

Now, let's customize and confirm our imported modules are published by clicking "Modules"

Anything with a green check has been published. If you see a strikethrough icon, to publish, click on it. If you are choosing not to use something (for example, the Class Question Board), to remove it, start by clicking the three dots

Click "Remove"

Want to change the order the modules appear for your students? Click the eight dots next to the module title and drag to reorder.

Finally, adjust which shortcut links students can see by scrolling down on the navigation bar and clicking "Settings"

Click "Navigation"

Click the three dots beside the link you would like to hide

Click "Disable"

Repeat steps 30 and 31 for each link you would like to disable. Click the eight circles to reorder the links when you are done.

Finally, scroll to the bottom and click "Save"

Now you are ready to publish your course for your students!