Modules offer an easy way to organize your class to make it easy for students to identify what is expected from them. Modules are like a table of contents with headers and sub-sections. Some instructors organize their modules by subject or theme, some organize by week.

*Note: Not recommended to use dates as a naming convention. This will cause more work when copying (importing) course content into another course for a different quarter, for one must edit all the dates. Suggested module naming conventions: Unit, Theme, Project, and Subject.

Modules Tutorial Video

Creating Modules

How do I add a module?

How do I use the Modules Index page fromInstructure Canvas Community.

Adding Content to Your Module

Each module can link to various types of content or other areas of your course, like files, discussion boards, pages, or assignments, and quizzes.

How do I add course content as module items?

Tips for Setting Up Modules:

Put every element that you create into your Modules (all discussions, external links, assignments, pages, collaborations).
Organize modules chronologically, by week, unit, or lesson. Avoid dates.

Customize Student Access to Modules

As with many items in Canvas, you can decide to keep a module in draft mode or publish it when you are ready for students to see it. To unpublish a Module, simply click on the checkmark in the green circle to the right of the module, so that it turns into a grey unpublished symbol.

Remember: The modules publish/unpublish status overrides the status of items in the Module. If you publish a Module, all items in it will be published as well unless individually unpublish items within the Module.

Example:

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Week 1: Unit 1 is published and so are the items within the module, except for the CNN external URL link. All will be visible except for the CNN link.

Week 2: Unit 2 is not published. Even though the items within the Module are published, they won't be visible until the Module header (Week 2: Unit 2) is published.