Introduction
Cross-listing Canvas courses involves combining enrollments from two or more courses into one Canvas course in which all content is managed. The first step in cross-listing involves choosing a course as the Parent course. This will contain all the content for the cross-listed courses. A course that is cross-listed into the Parent Course is called the Child Course.
Please consider the following before cross-listing your courses:
- If your classes show as meeting with each other according to the class schedule, please do not cross-list them; these courses will automatically cross-list with each other.
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All students will see the title of the parent course in their Canvas dashboard, which may appear different than the class in which they are enrolled.
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Cross-listed courses share identical content, assignments, and grading weights.
- Do not cross-list courses that already contain student submissions and grades. If a course is cross-listed after submissions are made they will disappear.
- All students from all cross-listed courses can interact in the content course.
1. Access your chosen parent course which contains all course content and publish it
Only cross-list to a published parent course. Cross-listing to an unpublished parent course will result in an auto de-crosslisting when the university's automatic cross-listing process updates every hour.
2. Copy the parent course ID
Select the course ID number in the URL of the parent course and copy it (CTRL + C).
3. Select a course that will be cross-listed to the parent course
Access a course to cross-list to the parent course.
4. Click Settings on the bottom of the course navigation menu
Access Settings on the bottom left side of the course that will be cross-listed into the main course.
5. Access the course sections
Click on the Sections tab [1] in Settings and click on the class title [2] under Course sections.
6. Select "Cross-List this Section"
From the course section settings, select "Cross-list this Section" on the right side of the page.
7. Enter the main content course ID
Paste (CTLR + V) the parent course ID from Step 2 in designated area [1]. After entering the course ID, make sure the parent course appears under Selected Course [2] and select "Cross-List This Section" [3].
8. Verifying correct courses have been cross-listed
You will be taken to the parent course, which contains all content and enrollments from both courses, immediately after you cross-list the child course to the parent course.
