All courses originating from Colleague in Canvas are populated with a syllabus template. Instructors are encouraged to update the syllabus template as needed. The following procedures can be used by the course's instructor when a syllabus template needs to be refreshed:
- From the course home page, click on the "Syllabus" module on the left menu.
- Click on the "Edit" button located at the top right corner of the page.
- Click within the syllabus window to edit the syllabus.
- Select the contents of the window by doing a "Select All"....either Ctrl-A on a Windows system or command-A on a Mac.
- Press the "Delete" key.
- Click the blue, "Update Syllabus" button located below and to the right of the syllabus window.
The syllabus window must be completely empty in order for the program that populates the template to do its work. The program that sweeps through Canvas looking for courses that need to be updated runs once an hour. Depending on how busy the system is a refresh of a syllabus template may take up to two hours.