UPDATING AND UPLOADING THE SYLLABUS

UPDATING AND UPLOADING THE SYLLABUS

1. Navigate to your course’s homepage; click the “Syllabus” link in the Navigation Bar.
   
2. Click the link for the syllabus. Save the file to your computer (if prompted).
   
3. Open the downloaded document in Microsoft Word; fill in your contact information, to include office/open lab hours for the current MOD (if applicable).
   
   Use Save As… and save the file to your desktop; add the MOD and/or instructor name to the filename.
   Ex: HV1410_HWGrid_20210125_Niezgoda
   (Note: Remember where you saved this file.)
   
4. Go back to the Syllabus Page in Canvas; click the Edit button toward the top right of the page.
   
5. Delete the text/link currently in the text editor. Next, find and click “Insert” at the top of the Editor, and select Document  Upload Document
   
6. Find the saved document on your computer and either drag it to the rocket ship box or click the box and use File Explorer/Finder to navigate to and locate your modified Syllabus. Click the file, click “Open,” and then click “Submit” once you’ve identified the file.
   
7. Make sure that your new syllabus title is the only text/link in the editor. If the old text is there, erase it … only leaving the link to the document that you updated and uploaded.
   
   Click “Update Syllabus.” Test by clicking the Syllabus Link and opening the file.