how to erase a canvas course

by Yvette Boehm 9 min read

To delete all course content from your Canvas course:

  • 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 Delete All Course Content. You will be prompted to confirm. To proceed,...
  • If you selected Reset Course Content, a completely new course shell with a new ID (the...

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.
Nov 23, 2021

Full Answer

How to unenroll from course on canvas?

Click the Delete Course button. Note: Before you delete your course, make sure you have a record of your Course ID number. Administrators can restore deleted courses if they know the Course ID number. You can locate your Course ID number at the end of your course URL (i.e. canvas.instructure.com/courses/XXXXXX).

How to find missing courses in canvas?

Your Canvas Dashboard displays your active courses. Active courses are courses that are published and that are within the course start and end dates. The Dashboard may display past courses that are still favorited as well as courses that have no specified end date. If a course has ended but it stil...

How to cross-list your courses in canvas?

Sep 05, 2017 · The option to delete is to “Permanently Delete this Course”, found on the Settings page in the buttons on the right. Image of Canvas Permanently Delete this Course Button. You may permanently delete the manual Master course shells you created yourself. The operative word is ‘Permanently’

How to copy content from one canvas course to another?

Sep 02, 2021 · Removing a course from the Dashboard simply removes it from that view, it will not remove it from the all courses page. Log in to Canvas Click Courses Click All Courses. Click Gold Star. Click the gold star to turn it into a white star. If there are no gold stars then Canvas will display all courses listed within above the Past Enrollments section.

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.

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:

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.

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