Canvas Cross-Listing
Combining Course Sites in Canvas is called Cross-listing. Cross-listing may be helpful for instructors who teach multiple sections of the same course and want to combine the enrollments into one course in Canvas.
Cross-List requests must be submitted no later than two business days before the start of the semester, and should be done before you make changes to any course content. Please note: merges cannot be done after classes have started.
There are some notable differences with Canvas cross-listing from merging courses in Blackboard:
- Teachers in Canvas choose one of their course sites to serve as a "Parent" course.
- The 'Parent' course will contain enrollments from all Cross-Listed or "Child" courses.
-
Once the courses are cross-listed, teachers and students will only see the 'Parent' course on their Canvas Dashboard.
Because of this difference, you need to choose which of your courses to be cross-listed will become the 'parent' course. Once your courses are cross-listed, students will see the name of the parent course (e.g. SP19.ENGL.1010.20001) on their Canvas dashboard, and in their list of courses. However, Canvas allows both instructors and students to create a 'nickname' for courses. Instructions for creating a course nickname can be found HERE.
After you cross-list:
- Teachers and Students will only see the "Parent" course on their Canvas Dashboard.
- Students who registered in your cross-listed course will automatically appear in the 'Parent' course.
If you would like to cross-list your courses, please access and complete the Canvas cross-listing form by clicking the button below.