K-State Canvas options for manual courses and manually adding students

Guidelines for manual K-State Canvas courses and manually managing students

  • K-State restricts the ability for individuals to create courses themselves via the Create New Course button. 
    • K-State Canvas is for credit courses and student enrollments are driven by KSIS.  Course shells may be requested, see below.
  • K-State restricts the ability to manually add students to KSIS credit courses or sections.
    • They should be added via KSIS, including instructor assignment changes and they will be added via KSIS>Canvas integration to the course within minutes.

More information

  • Manually creating courses for the purpose of splitting a credit course into different groups or cohorts: 
  • Manually creating courses to deliver credit material or collect student academic work are not approved: 
    • We are not allowed to require mandatory interactions prior to a course starting.
    • This work needs to happen in courses students are officially enrolled in.
      • Examples include course requirements of group or research efforts, study abroad planning spaces, accreditation or certification assessment, capstone or project work and collection.  These should happen in the enrolled course, not a separate shell.
  • Manually created Canvas courses are not approved for staff training, administration, or as method for communicating and sharing files with groups of staff or students.
    • This should happen in Microsoft Teams or Microsoft SharePoint & Groups, see below.
      • Examples include promotion and tenure work, search committees, academic or administrative processes, staff resources or faculty or GTA training, and department or program resource sites.
      • Faculty and staff development trainings that provide HR or other professional development opportunities may be appropriate in K-State CanvasPro. Please reach out to Academic Affairs and Innovation staff to discuss this option.
      • Existing manually created courses for academic or administrative use may be moved to a Canvas sub-account to allows the owners manage it for the purpose of transition outside of Canvas or to share the materials.  Please make a request to move your existing course(s) using this form: https://support.ksu.edu/TDClient/30/Portal/Requests/TicketRequests/NewForm?ID=h9GDFPFJJ8M_&RequestorType=ServiceOffering
  • Manually created course shells for development and reuse of course material with a shared teaching effort are allowed and can be requested, see below.

For department or staff needs, communication or info sharing with a group of students, faculty or staff, and other examples as listed above, Microsoft Teams (and Sharepoint for a more robust experience) are the recommended options. With chat, messaging, file sharing, etc. and desktop and mobile options, it provides a robust platform for things such as staff training, group communication, etc.  Current students, faculty, and staff can be invited and managed easily. OrgCentral should be used for student clubs or other student run organizations.  

 

How to request a Canvas section under a KSIS credit course in Canvas or a new course shell for course development:

Please make a request using this form: https://support.ksu.edu/TDClient/30/Portal/Requests/TicketRequests/NewForm?ID=h9GDFPFJJ8M_&RequestorType=ServiceOffering

Note: These changes do not impact CanvasPro, K-State's non-credit Canvas instance

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