Can I just start building my content in my empty course shell?

NO, NEVER just start building your course in the empty shell. 🛑 The CCC course template along with the CCC course settings must always be imported first. If you do not have a previous semester course or master that includes the CCC template or you are just wanting to start from scratch, please contact your local LSS support team. LSS can provide you with a blank CCC template to work from for the first time.

Get Ready to Import:

Click the term shell that will have the student enrollments.

You will find your your term shell in WebCentral under MyCourses and/or on your Canvas dashboard. The term shells are named by the system and will include the term, course alpha, number and section as shown below.

Examples:

Screenshot of a course card on the instructors dashboard

Screenshot of unpublished course card on instructors home page.

Once in the term shell, you should see something like this. This image indicates the course shell is empty.

Screenshot of the empty shell landing page.

Ready to Import?

Step 1:

There are two ways to find the Import Content wizard - on the Home Page and under Settings:

Option 1: Home Page

Screenshot of the Canvas Import Existing Content

Click Import Existing Content.

Option 2: Settings

Locate & click the Settings on the bottom of the left navigation panel:

Screenshot of the course Navigation with Settings circled.

Then go to the panel on the right & select Import Course Content

screenshot of the tools with Import Course content circled.

Step 2:

Select the following options:

Content Type: Copy a Canvas Course
Search for a course: You can either use the drop down list to select a course from your list of courses or type in the search box the name of a master or prior course.
The search is dynamic, you can start typing the name and it will start showing results. It is also particular, so you do have to type a dash between the alpha, number and section code when you are importing from a previous course, or no space between alpha and number if you are importing from a master.

screenshot of the import step with search options.

Content: Select All content *this will bring all the content along with the course settings to the course. It is important to only import the full course (All Content) once, otherwise you will get duplicated content and course settings and navigation will be overwritten.
- Do NOT use the All content option if you already have content in your course. You must use the Select specific content option, if you need to import content from 2nd course or if you had the template imported first. If you need to import from a 2nd course refer to the Importing Using the Select Specific Content Option instructions. If you need help importing content into a course that already has content or the CCC template, please reach out to LSS.
You can also adjust dates or remove them on import. If you use Late or Missing grading policies in your gradebook settings, you will want to consider removing the dates or adjusting them on import for the next semester. For more information refer to the Canvas Guides: How do I adjust events and due dates on import?

screenshot of import steps with course selected circled, all content selected and the import button circled.

Click the Import button
Wait for the import to complete. You will see the status under Current Jobs
Click Course Short Name at the top to go directly to the course homepage.

screenshot of the successful import.

Step 3:

Note: It may take a bit of time for the import to complete, you may see red accessibility indicators on the home page right after import. It takes time for Ally to scan the course after import, allow 24 hours, the indicators on the home page should turn green for you automatically. If they do not, please report this to LSS.

Step 4:

Complete the Prepare a Canvas Course for Students steps.

If you need to import from multiple Canvas courses or other types of content, please refer to the Canvas Guides: What is the Course Import Tool?