Configuring Course Settings

Canvas Tutorials Configuring Course Settings

Instructor Getting Started Module

How to View Course Settings

To view the course settings click Settings in the left navigation. Please note there are some options in course settings that instructors can configure and some they cannot. Review the tabbed menus below for more information.

Video Tutorial

Please note some settings mentioned in this video tutorial may be out of date.

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Settings Instructors Can Configure

Below are settings instructors can configure on their own.

Course Card Image - Instructors can upload an image to associate with the course card on the dashboard.
- How do I add an image to a course card in the Dashboard? Links to an external site.
Time Zone - Note: The default is set to Central Standard Time. If you change the time zone in the course settings, it will be changed for the entire course. If you need to change to the time zone you are currently in, you can do this from your account settings.
- How do I set a time zone for a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as an instructor? Links to an external site.
Course Start and End Dates - You can change these dates; however, semester courses are ruled by section dates which instructors cannot change. Changing course dates will have no affect on section dates. There are several check boxes below course dates and you can choose uncheck these options if desired.
- How do I restrict student access to a course before or after the course dates? Links to an external site.
Language Settings - This option will change the language settings for ALL students in the course.
- How do I change the language preference for a course? Links to an external site. -
Large courses/SpeedGrader/Group option - Check this option if you wish to use the group feature with SpeedGrader.
- How do I enable SpeedGrader to launch filtered by student group? Links to an external site.
Grading Scheme - Check this option to enable a course grading scheme. You can edit the default scheme or add another from admin level.
- How do I use grading schemes in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I view grading schemes in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I enable a grading scheme for a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a grading scheme in a course? Links to an external site.
License - The default is set copyright. You can choose a Creative Commons license so you can share content in Canvas Commons.
- How do I set a Creative Commons license for a course? Links to an external site.
File Copyright - When this option is checked you must include copyright information for all files before you can published them.
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file? Links to an external site.
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file folder? Links to an external site.
Visibility - This option allows you to determine the visibility of your course content. You can choose to make your course public. When choosing this option, all student data remains private.
- How do I customize visibility options for a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I customize visibility options for course content? Links to an external site.
Announcement on Home Page - You can choose to display announcements on the course home page.
- How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page? Links to an external site.
Discussion Options - These options will display in course settings and the discussion index page.
- How do I allow students to create a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to attach files to a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts in a course? Links to an external site.
Student Groups - Instructors can choose to allow students to create their own groups in a course.
- How do I allow students to create their own student groups? Links to an external site.
Gradebook Options - Instructors can choose to hide grades summary or distribution graphs from students
- How do I hide totals in my students' grade summaries? Links to an external site.
- How do I hide grade distribution scoring details from students? Links to an external site.
Disable Announcement Comments - This option is checked by default so if you wish to allow comments on announcements, be sure it is checked.
- How do I disable announcement replies for an entire course? Links to an external site.
Customize Navigation - In the course settings click the navigation tab. This will display a representation of your course menu where you can customize the course links.
- How do I manage Course Navigation links? Links to an external site.
Canvas App Center - See Using the Canvas App Center
Feature Options - There are many course options that must be applied as feature option.
- How do I manage new features for a course? Links to an external site.
- What feature options are currently available for Canvas courses? Links to an external site.
Share to Commons - This option allows you to share your entire course in the Canvas Commons. See Using the Canvas Commons.
Student View - This option allows you to view your course as the test student.
- How do I view a course as a test student using Student View? Links to an external site.
Import Course Content - There are several import options available.
- How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool? Links to an external site.
- How do I import a Canvas course export package? Links to an external site.
Export Course Content - Course or quiz content can be exported from a course.
- How do I export a Canvas course? Links to an external site.
Reset Course Content – Use this option with extreme caution! This option will reset and delete ALL content in the course. DO NOT use in live course with student assignment submissions. Be sure to export or save the course to the Commons BEFORE using the reset course option.
- How do I reset course content? Links to an external site.
Validate Links - Use this option to check for broken links in your course.
- How do I validate links in a course? Links to an external site.

Settings Instructors Cannot Configure

Below are settings instructors cannot configure on their own.

Course Dates - All course dates are ruled by the section dates. Changing the course dates will NOT affect section dates
Course Sections - Instructors cannot create or edit sections. Term dates are set by section and this is controlled by the integration with Datatel Colleague. . Please contact Information Systems and Services with any questions regarding course and section dates.
Conclude this Course - DO NOT use this option! Semester courses are concluded by term date
Delete this Course - This option will not be available in semester courses.

Canvas Guides

Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site Links to an external site.. Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Lake Land College instance of Canvas. If you have a question about a feature mentioned in these guides, please review Getting Help page for details on who to contact at Lake Land College.