Are you wanting to combine (i.e., merge or cross-list) your sections of a course? This can be helpful because you can then update one Canvas site for all of your students who are enrolled in a course, even though they are in different sections of the course.

Example

Jen Carter cross-lists her three sections of Intro to Sociology. In this case, she builds all her course content in section 001. She cross-lists sections 002 and 003. This means all students from sections 002 and 003 are moved into her 001 Canvas course. She then maintains just one Canvas course for all three sections.

Jen loves the ease with which she can complete her work when she cross-lists her courses. She can still set separate due dates/times for her different sections, send separate emails and announcements, and divide the SpeedGrader and gradebook to only show one section. The pro of cross-listing is that everything is together; she only has to add content to one course and all assignments and grades are in one place.

Steps

Cross-listing is an easy process, although you have to pay attention to the sections to make sure you get your students into the section in which you have built your content.

The steps are outlined in this Knowledge Base article on cross listing. Make sure to think of the primary or parent course as your lowest number section (ex: 001), and make sure to think of the non-primaries or the sections you are trying to merge into that primary section as your other section(s) (ex: 002 and 006).

Feel free to contact the instructional design team with questions as you combine sections. If you prefer not to combine these on your own, please let the instructional design team know, and we can set up a time to show you how to do this or combine them for you.

Created 8/26/24.