Glassboro 

To create a course shell in Canvas:

1. Go to the Rowan Online Portal
2. Click Log In in the top navigation menu
3. Click My Courses from the yellow menu bar
4. Scroll down and select the applicable term from the drop-down menu
5. Click on the Create Canvas shell button next to your course(s)

For each course where you select “Create Shell,” you will be prompted to choose between copying content from an existing course or creating a new, blank shell. 

Create Course Shell

Rowan-Virtua SOM or Rowan GSBS

Please take the Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for Rowan Medical Schools before you begin adding materials to your courses.

Start Training

CMSRU

Your Education Coordinator will develop the standard Canvas course; however, it is extremely important for you to understand how to navigate through the course and course materials. To learn more about Canvas, visit the Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for CMSRU.

Start Training

Cross-listing is a self-elective system available in the Rowan Online portal that allows faculty to combine course sections into a single Canvas shell. For instructions, see our article on cross-listing sections in Canvas.  

Please note the following functions and limitations for the cross-listing tool:

• Courses that are already published in Canvas cannot be cross-listed.
• You can only cross-list courses that you are the official instructor of record for in Banner and Section Tally.
• You can cross-list multiple courses, but they all need to be cross-listed at the same time.
• Courses that are already cross-listed to one course cannot be cross-listed to another course.
• You can only cross-list one set of courses at a time. You must repeat this process for each set of courses you would like to cross-list.
• Cross-list requests will be processed by Rowan Online within 5 business days of submission.
• All cross-lists are final! Once your request has been approved, cross-listing courses cannot be undone. Please review your request before submitting it.

Glassboro

Canvas courses are automatically published five days prior to the start date for Glassboro courses. Once a course is published it will be visible and accessible to students from the Canvas Dashboard.

An unpublished course provides faculty the ability to build their course(s) with privacy. A course cannot be published earlier than five days before the start date.  

Rowan-Virtua SOM or Rowan GSBS

RowanSOM/GSBS students will have access to their courses 14 days before the course starts. Courses cannot be published earlier than 14 days before the start of the course. 

CMSRU

The functionality to import external content is not enabled on the Rowan instance of Canvas. 

To migrate content into Canvas, you must download and save the materials you want to include in your Canvas course to a local drive or a Rowan University Google Drive account. You can then build out your course shell with this content. 

Canvas Commons is a system that allows instructors to share content across their courses.

Canvas Commons is currently only available to Glassboro faculty. 

For more information and understanding of how Commons can be used, please carefully review the Canvas Commons Guide and Policy.

Visit Commons

If you are the instructor on record and wish to add another instructor or teaching assistant to your course, you may do so through the instructional assistant application in Self-Service Banner. 

Get Started

Glassboro

Zoom is available to Glassboro instructors for use with courses in Canvas. Please visit go.rowan.edu/zoom to get started with Zoom.

Rowan-Virtua SOM or Rowan GSBS

Webex is the approved video conferencing platform for RowanSOM/GSBS courses in Canvas. Please visit go.rowan.edu/webex to get started with Webex

CMSRU

Glassboro

If you are developing an online-only/hybrid course, please reach out to your instructional designer for help.

Otherwise, support to build your Canvas course shell can be found in the self-paced Canvas training course.

Rowan-Virtua SOM or Rowan GSBS

RowanSOM/GSBS utilizes Canvas courses to support instruction. To get started with Canvas, take the self-paced training course for RowanSOM/GSBS. 

CMSRU

Your Education Coordinator (EC) will develop the structure of the Canvas course and upload materials; however, it is extremely important for you to understand how to navigate through the course and course materials. To learn more about Canvas, take the Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for CMSRU.

Glassboro Faculty

Glassboro faculty gain access to the self-paced training course in Canvas after you create a course shell in Canvas for the upcoming semester. The course will be available in your Canvas Dashboard.

If you are not teaching a course in the upcoming semester or you have not yet been assigned to teach a course, you may still enroll in the self-paced training course. Please note that enrollment in the self-paced training course will not provide you with access to develop course materials in Canvas. To enroll in the self-paced training course, please visit our enrollment form.

Rowan-Virtua SOM or Rowan GSBS Faculty 

Take the Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for Rowan Medical Schools in Canvas.

CMSRU Faculty 

Take the Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for CMSRU.