The Canvas/Workday automated integration brings some changes in our processing of courses in Canvas. Instead of manually creating Canvas courses via the running of reports and uploading of files, courses will be created via an automated integration that will run, at least, two times per day.

Below are some important items to be aware of:

Reassigned Courses

When courses are reassigned from one instructor to another:

The original instructor will be removed from the Canvas course. If the original instructor has added content to the Canvas course, note that they will no longer have access to the course. As a best practice, faculty should always SAVE their course content by using the EXPORT tool in their Canvas course. To Export your course, view the How do I Export a Canvas Course? steps or view the more detailed step-by-step procedures Exporting a Course in Canvas.

The new instructor will be added to the course. The new instructor may find that there is course content in the course from a previous instructor. To remove the original instructor's course content, view the How do I reset course content? steps or view the more detailed step-by-step procedures Resetting a Course in Canvas.docx.

Note: Blueprint courses (COLL101) cannot be reset.

Cancelled Courses

Cancelled courses will be uploaded to the Cancelled Term for instructors to access. Students will be removed from the Cancelled courses. This process has not changed.

Student Access

Students will be uploaded into their Canvas courses at each automated integration but will not have access to the courses until the first day of class. This differs from our current process of uploading students two weeks prior to the semester start date. Do not be alarmed as they cannot access/view course content until the first day of class.

Overlapped and Clustered Courses

Department Administrative Assistants will need to contact Bucks Online for the processing of Overlapped (formerly cross-listed) and Clustered (formerly paired) courses in Canvas. It is very important that the Courses/Sections and the Primary Section are identified prior to the start of the course. If you find that your course should have been Overlapped or Clustered but is not, contact Bucks Online immediately (online@bucks.edu). Once students begin work in the course, it is too late to overlap or cluster the course.

Faculty Syllabus Link

We were unable to test the Faculty Syllabus link in the Canvas course. If your Faculty Syllabus link does not open your syllabus, please contact Bucks Online at online@bucks.edu.