CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MASTER SHELL UNTIL THE COURSE IS COPIED INTO YOUR SHELL!

This course shell should come pre-loaded into your personal Canvas course for this semester. If it is not, then you will need to copy the shell into your course using the Canvas Import function. If you unsure how to proceed to do this, please feel free to contact Sylvia Gray (sgray@midland.edu), Distance Learning Director, or David Edens, course designer (dedens@midland.edu) for assistance.

If the shell is already pre-loaded into your course, you will need to make certain changes necessary to personalize the course for your use. This page will instruct you on how to proceed with this personalization of the shell course. As above, please feel free to contact Sylvia or David for assistance if so desired.

When you open this shell in your new course, this page is your temporary home page. Once you have completed the changes to this shell, you will need to reset the home page to Front Page

To do so, you will

1. click on Pages in the left column

2. locate Front Page

3. click on the cog wheel in the far right

4. select Use as Front Page.

This will now be the page students see when accessing the course. They will not see this page.

Before you do that though, you will need to make the following changes to personalize this shell.for your class. To make changes on any page, click on EDIT at the top. Be sure to SAVE at the bottom before exiting the page. Mandatory changes are highlighted in Yellow, any other changes you desire to make may occur in similar fashion. Click on the links to go to that page to edit (I would suggest to open the class a second time in your browser so you can work back and forth).

1. On the Front Page

a. set the semester

b. add your name

2. Frequently Asked Questions page

a. modify to suit your needs

b. at minimal:

1) specific personal information and contact numbers (please don't leave my picture up there!)

2) any changes you make in terms of activities required for the class (number 5-8 stuff)

3. Syllabus

1) enter the semester

2) add personal contact information

3) modify the Course Requirements as you see fit

4) modify the Grading section

5) modify the Time Schedule

6) modify the Reading Assignments if necessary

7) modify any other content as desired

4. Course Documents

1) modify, delete or add as necessary

5. Introductions

1) modify questions per your desire

2) make same changes on the Introducing Myself page

6. Assignments

1) modify, delete or add as desired

2) any changes made here must be followed through the links to modify them as well

3) the first few chapters have resources (just to get you going) included that are totally optional. You may keep these activities, modify them per your preferences, or delete them totally. Thereafter, you will find the Resource pages are blank for your tailoring.

7. Notice of Attendance Activity

1) modify assignment as desired