Cross-listing courses or sections in Canvas allows instructors to manage multiple courses or sections in one Canvas course site instead of multiple ones. This may make for easier course management for multiple sections of the same course, or lecture and lab sections. Cross-listing courses has as no impact on registration or enrollment in eSIS.
Course sections being cross-listed must be managed by the same instructor(s).
To be in compliance with FERPA, cross listing different course sections in the learning management system should be for educational needs and requires that a statement be included in the syllabus letting students know that sections have been combined in the learning management system.
Notes
When cross-listing courses, the content is retained in the parent course. Once cross-listed, you will lose access to anything added to the child/children course(s) that contains the other sections. If there is material in the child course(s), export or copy the course(s) so you can move the material into the parent after you cross-list the courses.
- All regular credited UW-River Falls courses automatically have a Canvas course built.
- When you cross-list a course, one of the sections becomes the parent and any other sections the child. The parent course is where you make changes.
- If a lab course needs to be a parent for all labs, the labs are cross listed, not the section.
- When students select their course, they will automatically be redirected to the parent course.
- At the start of the term, courses can be cross-listed. But as the term progresses and assignments, discussions, quizzes and grades are entered, cross-listing is no longer a viable option. For more information, see Canvas (Instructors): Copy To and Send To Course Content from one Course to Another.
Terms
- Cross-List: The process of combining multiple courses into a single course inside Canvas.
- De-Cross-List: The process of removing the cross-listing from a course. When a section is removed, it returns to its original course and allows you to once again populate separate course material.
- Re-Cross-List: The process of moving an existing cross-listed course to a new cross-listing.
- Parent Course: The existing Canvas course that will become the combined course.
- Child Course: The existing Canvas course(s) that you wish to merge into the combined course.
- Section: Contains the student enrollment information which can be easily moved between courses.