Create a Course Site

How Do I Create My Canvas Course Site?

Instructors of Record (IOR) can use UCSB Tools to build their Canvas courses.

Log into Canvas & click on the UCSB Tools link.

Under the appropriate quarter, click +Create to the right of the course you want to create.

Note: Canvas course sites can only be created by officially listed instructors with the Registrar. If you do not see a course you expect to teach on the UCSB Tools menu, please submit a help ticket.

You will then see a pop-up window to confirm you want to create the course in Canvas. Click +Create to create the course site.

New course creation

Your course will then see a confirmation that the course is being created. Click Close.

Course pending

The course creation status will be displayed under Status. When the course status has changed to In Canvas, you can then go back to your Dashboard to access the course.

In Canvas view

Merge Courses

To merge two course enrollments, click +Merge next to the course that you want to merge another into. For example, the screenshot below shows how to merge the roster from Course B into Course A, click +Merge next to Course A.

Merge courses

You will then see a pop-up window showing the course you've selected to merge another course into (Course A) and a list of courses that you can merge into that course.

Check the box for the course (Course B) you want to merge into (Course A). Then click Merge. This will merge the course enrollments and create the course site.

Merge popup

Troubleshooting

Please submit a help ticket:

If you don't see the "UCSB tools" option in the Global Navigation menu
If you are trying to create a non-academic/project site
If you are trying to work on a course for a future quarter before site creation is enabled (before Registrar data is available
If you are trying to merge your roster with another instructor’s course or vice-versa

You may develop the course in the sandbox site on your dashboard or submit a help ticket to request a new one. When site creation for that quarter is available (typically after Pass 2), you can create the academic course and import the sandbox site materials into it.

If you see an error message after clicking on UCSB Tools in the Global Navigation menu:

In Safari, select Preferences from the Safari menu at the top of the screen. Click the Privacy tab. Then, uncheck the box for Prevent cross-site tracking. You should now be able to reload the UCSB Tools page.

In Chrome, you will want to allow third-party cookies through the steps here: Allow Cookies in Chrome

Additional Resources

UCSB Templates

Copying Content from a Previous Course

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