{"id":2988,"date":"2021-02-08T18:48:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:30:38","slug":"how-to-import-the-otl-canvas-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/how-to-import-the-otl-canvas-template\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import the OTL Canvas Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The OTL Canvas Template<\/strong> is a Canvas course shell that is pre-formatted and pre-populated with items such as modules, assignments, and pages. You can import the template into your Canvas course and then add your course content to those pre-built items. The Office of Teaching and Learning has included pedagogically supportive language to prompt faculty with best practices for building online courses in Canvas. The template also uses CIDI Labs Design tools<\/a>, which you can learn more about in our Knowledge Base. This article will walk you through how to import the template into your course.<\/p>\n

Note: The OTL has two templates to choose from. The OTL Advanced Canvas Template and the OTL Canvas Basic Template. Read more about the differences in these two templates here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Take the following steps to import the template into your Canvas course:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Canvas course in which you’d like to upload the template.\u00a0\u00a0
    Note:\u00a0<\/strong>We recommend that you import this template into an empty course shell in order to prevent the potential overriding of your current course content. If you would like an additional course shell to store content, please contact the\u00a0<\/em>    otl@du.edu<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to request a Sandbox course.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Select “Home<\/strong>” from the course navigation menu.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Select \u201cImport from Commons<\/strong>\u201d from the right-side\u00a0menu.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. From the next page, type \u201cOTL Advanced Canvas Template\u201d<\/strong> OR “OTL Canvas Basics Template”<\/strong> into the search menu.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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