how do you delete a course in canvas

Dashboard Organization

Which courses display on your Dashboard when you log in can be managed by clicking the ‘Courses’ icon then selecting ‘All Courses’. The stars on the left are the way you select which courses you want to see when you log in on the Dashboard.

Colleague Created Course shells with Students

The courses for each semester or term will be managed within the system. You will eventually see them removed from your list. While the system will add and eventually remove these you may want to use the ‘Favorites’ star feature from above to remove course shells you are no longer actively teaching from the Dashboard.

Cleaning up Unwanted Manually Created Master Shells

You have the ability to delete these shells from the Settings page in your navigation.

Remove Class from Dashboard

Removing a course from the Dashboard simply removes it from that view, it will not remove it from the all courses page.

Deleting a Canvas Course

Unfortunately, we don’t delete courses from Canvas. We recommend unpublishing the course or simply following the directions above to remove it from your Dashboard. ​​​​​​​

How to reapply IU?

To reapply the IU defaults: Navigate to the course with the content you wish to delete. From the course navigation menu, select Settings. In the "Settings" sidebar at the right, select Reapply Default Settings. Read the information in the pop-up window and click Submit to proceed or Cancel to cancel. If you clicked Submit, a template will be ...

How to reset a course?

Completely resetting your course is a two-step process. First, you'll delete the existing course content, and then you'll reapply the default settings for the course. You can opt to do either step without the other, but if you decide to do both, you should carry them out in the order specified below. Back to top.

How to delete a course in Canvas?

To delete all course content from your Canvas course: 1 Navigate to the course with the content you wish to delete. 2 From the course navigation menu, select Settings. 3 In the "Settings" sidebar at the right, select Delete All Course Content. You will be prompted to confirm. To proceed, click Reset Course Content, or click Cancel to cancel. 4 If you selected Reset Course Content, a completely new course shell with a new ID (the number following "https://iu.instructure.com/courses/...") will be generated. All users previously enrolled in the course will remain enrolled.

When you reapply settings in Canvas, what happens?

When you reapply the settings in your Canvas course, the settings and navigation in your course will be replaced with those in the default template. Reapply settings before you start creating or importing course content. If you apply it afterward:

What happens when you create a SIS in Canvas?

When new SIS and manually created courses are generated in Canvas, the course home page, navigation, and settings are automatically updated to reflect defaults established by Indiana University or your campus, school, or department (for more about course defaults, see Distribute templates to Canvas courses in your campus, school, or department ).

Can you overwrite a course syllabus?

You may overwrite your course syllabus or other content in your course with content in the default template. If you already created content in your course site, you may want to consider making a copy of your course before applying the template. If you made customizations to the settings or navigation of the course, you may need to reset them.

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