Course Templates

Canvas Commons is a learning repository that Instructors can find, share, or import resources on Canvas Commons. The instructions below will guide you to copy an engineering course template and/or import rubrics examples from Commons to your Canvas.

• How to activate Commons

  • Before import examples from Canvas Commons, you wll need to activate your Canvas Commons first.

    Step 1. Click the Commons tab in the global navigation menu (left sidebar) 

    Step 2. Click Authorize to access Commons

    

• How to import the Engineering course template from Commons

  • This engineering course template was designed by our engineering faculty. 

    Step 1. Click the Commons tab in the global navigation menu 

    Step 2. Enter "Engineering Course Design - Sample" in the search bar

    Step3. Click the course link 

    

    Step 4. Click the Import button and select the course that you would like to download to 

    

• How to import existing Engineering rubrics examples from Commons to your Canvas

  • Step 1. Type Engineering Canvas Course in the searching bar < select the resources (e.g. rubric templates) that you'd like to download to your Canvas course

    

    Step 2. Click the Import/Download button to import this resource to your Canvas course

    

    Step 3. Below is the rubrics example that looks like after you import the rubric example to your Canvas Assignment