{"id":3325,"date":"2021-09-06T19:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2021-09-08T18:51:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:51:25","slug":"building-a-syllabus-with-cidi-labs-design-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/building-a-syllabus-with-cidi-labs-design-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Syllabus with Cidi Labs Design Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3325\" class=\"elementor elementor-3325\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e1980f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e1980f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c782a8d\" data-id=\"c782a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b6fe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b6fe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Although you may upload the syllabus as a file to Canvas, populating the syllabus page with the OTL Canvas Template provides organization and clarity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The first step is to import the OTL Canvas template, which already contains a colorful theme, banners, images, headers, and a template for the syllabus. With the OTL Canvas template in your course, you are ready to edit and customize it. Alternatively, you may design your syllabus in Canvas without importing the OTL Canvas template by importing an example syllabus within the Designs Tools or by building your own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">For additional support importing, navigating and using the template, please reach out to otl@du.edu.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57f8474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57f8474\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7239f17\" data-id=\"7239f17\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1938407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"1938407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2641\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2641\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Edit OTL Canvas Template<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2641\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2641\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Edit Syllabus OTL Canvas Template<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Step 1<\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/how-to-import-the-otl-canvas-template\/\">Import the OTL Canvas Syllabus Template<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 2<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">: Go to &#8220;Edit Syllabus&#8221; below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Step 3:\u00a0<\/span>Go to &#8220;Add or Rearrange Syllabus Blocks&#8221; below.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2642\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2642\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Edit Syllabus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2642\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2642\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 1<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">: Click on the \u201csyllabus\u201d link in the navigation area of your Canvas course.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 289px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/eun8ww-z7W51bcd6TGIUgO6EIsJ-oPsbwTnvwVgVNSuxIbvPEynfYMv-oe8MQGV1hFUD_MyMC3ae_K8yHd3iHBoxd2D6LHJXmmZLi_XXTk2GukIAwktasxtmfjO7U4KfFYYw7c0n=s0\" width=\"624\" height=\"289\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Step 2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">: Click the Edit icon located on the upper-right of the Syllabus page.<\/span><\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 176px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/twHxz5qj44DODtNtGXLY00KFfVWGmJ6hL-aWIcBkxxdWLzmN412XXuf9z3iatFr_qJLZbO2rIR4_kaPvtdVpXiKirlC2g-iNE5npyzss6NO4x19DpYX9fgX75W0D9RP8P26GEU-d=s0\" width=\"624\" height=\"176\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Launch the Design Tools interface by clicking on the rocket icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, or by using the short-cut keys Option-Shift-D on a Mac or Alt-Shift-D on a PC.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 71px;height: 186px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Uz1bR9iyrulf8k5xSYy71Ya-ls6SDE5p8CTZ8eycgzvHRuHKavOoeYPnwvatv0ezpT34caxdWi6MhbpN-chr5-H-mM_PlrB-JGM5Pnv9Xb3T_yPoLYPRh0HVWPsz4RDijy0hJjkO=s0\" width=\"71\" height=\"186\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Go to &#8220;Add or Rearrange Syllabus Blocks&#8221; below.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2643\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2643\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Add or Rearrange Syllabus Blocks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2643\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2643\"><p><span style=\"color: #212529\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Add or Rearrange Syllabus Blocks<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Click on \u201cedit\u201d on the syllabus page to open the rich content editor.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 176px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/twHxz5qj44DODtNtGXLY00KFfVWGmJ6hL-aWIcBkxxdWLzmN412XXuf9z3iatFr_qJLZbO2rIR4_kaPvtdVpXiKirlC2g-iNE5npyzss6NO4x19DpYX9fgX75W0D9RP8P26GEU-d=s0\" alt=\"Edit button on a Canvas page\" width=\"624\" height=\"176\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #212529;font-size: 12pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline;color: #000000\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Launch the Design Tools interface by clicking on the rocket icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, or by using the short-cut keys Option-Shift-D on a Mac or Alt-Shift-D on a PC.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 12pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 71px;height: 186px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Uz1bR9iyrulf8k5xSYy71Ya-ls6SDE5p8CTZ8eycgzvHRuHKavOoeYPnwvatv0ezpT34caxdWi6MhbpN-chr5-H-mM_PlrB-JGM5Pnv9Xb3T_yPoLYPRh0HVWPsz4RDijy0hJjkO=s0\" width=\"71\" height=\"186\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0To add, delete, or move syllabus blocks, click on the \u201cAdd\/Rearrange Syllabus Blocks\u201d option in the Design Tools editor.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 298px;height: 512px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/0mUCJ2Phm3EQ36Zo0xhwLu44pd9GNBWX8YLerJsZSwj2MjorLR2yfrOeX6WBFtANOlphZO9oXmF5FMQtNv_gtSFD-RAsxC0WdGZtEOvmu9YLusjfhs96oQrIuyGtiS_76iRWX2WK=s0\" width=\"298\" height=\"512\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #4b4b4b;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Move each syllabus block by clicking and dragging the item up or down.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #4b4b4b;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 309px;height: 508px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/DuzythTDTQefq68FaFF9tUwuvOaPlqtA_XDleuLB72pTeHn-QHufOQ2vssKEGLzRo704KwG3AWW0ePcDDLI19OTRP1rWd5EJ5oQZkMCN8Riso_1xmUyGbE5OvognLrRtdw18jjrY=s0\" width=\"309\" height=\"508\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 309px;height: 508px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 309px;height: 508px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 5:\u00a0<\/strong>You can add additional content blocks by naming a new block in the \u201ccreate new content block\u201d field and by clicking the green plus icon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">To remove a syllabus block, click the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #ff0000;vertical-align: baseline\">red X<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0to the right of the syllabus block.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 569px;height: 484px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/V2B-rbIhj5cIGxjV7e9H2GMmowFtG5SL6dLrHd6p8em3cuBabG6vMjIywFs1jkpbRgI-wpPszE34DwHrMsSyY-QJj15xXfGM9lsBqrDsqQXQ9sCxsCZ7tHh0Zc2Hf8SopuDqCNqo=s0\" width=\"569\" height=\"484\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 569px;height: 484px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Step 6:<\/strong>\u00a0 To add or remove icons click into the blank space before the content block title. This opens up the searchable icon library.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 304px;height: 358px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/6tQCye5mhn_lrqSbaA7IYFBr713c3ndXiWZ-uOhHWbHr2-QcM3JPULC9lo0v5ftM31vu0on3-4kpBHFd3Zsb-sv06d4eaH9tsU2YqPQP_VIrMlY9fqxiU8M9X5az-Bpc09YsgdlB=s0\" width=\"304\" height=\"358\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 304px;height: 358px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 304px;height: 358px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: Choose an icon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 300px;height: 414px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/8E0OMSt0Joqrcf0AmGfzK7JxiEuG0_FrxYXQOkbevAuS_zpvgylE5VJEfrPi3_HklNr8BIMJkMH1n8yp8v8fdTkwnn54fErh4919_xuVMPjYyCgd0cz8m_HOe5ACdE9SY-zKSJpc=s0\" width=\"300\" height=\"414\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 304px;height: 358px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 8:<\/strong>\u00a0Check your work, then save the syllabus by choosing \u201cupdate the syllabus\u201d at the bottom of the Canvas rich text editor to save your changes.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 351px;height: 119px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/2n5SdUVJAectYD6dapDc_3QwxtePwHuTK7bktkVf5zPkq-1jvX6eiBkZMjpKOPSE7wgIvaqZuBQWb5AuDcpKekvy3Q-hLm4x_U1-lQgKMWUDfL0WdZvdB_armRmsaJysUmz1MbPd=s0\" width=\"351\" height=\"119\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2644\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2644\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Import Example Syllabus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2644\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2644\"><h2 style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Import an Example Syllabus Template<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><i>Note: This option is when you do not already have a syllabus template in your course. You can use the example template or you can build your own.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 1<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">: Click on the \u201csyllabus\u201d link in the navigation area of your Canvas course.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 289px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/eun8ww-z7W51bcd6TGIUgO6EIsJ-oPsbwTnvwVgVNSuxIbvPEynfYMv-oe8MQGV1hFUD_MyMC3ae_K8yHd3iHBoxd2D6LHJXmmZLi_XXTk2GukIAwktasxtmfjO7U4KfFYYw7c0n=s0\" width=\"624\" height=\"289\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #4b4b4b;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Step 2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #4b4b4b;vertical-align: baseline\">: Click the Edit icon located on the upper-right of the Syllabus page.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;color: #4b4b4b;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 176px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/twHxz5qj44DODtNtGXLY00KFfVWGmJ6hL-aWIcBkxxdWLzmN412XXuf9z3iatFr_qJLZbO2rIR4_kaPvtdVpXiKirlC2g-iNE5npyzss6NO4x19DpYX9fgX75W0D9RP8P26GEU-d=s0\" width=\"624\" height=\"176\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Step 3:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0Launch the Design Tools interface by clicking on the rocket icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, or by using the short-cut keys Option-Shift-D on a Mac or Alt-Shift-D on a PC.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 71px;height: 186px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Uz1bR9iyrulf8k5xSYy71Ya-ls6SDE5p8CTZ8eycgzvHRuHKavOoeYPnwvatv0ezpT34caxdWi6MhbpN-chr5-H-mM_PlrB-JGM5Pnv9Xb3T_yPoLYPRh0HVWPsz4RDijy0hJjkO=s0\" width=\"71\" height=\"186\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Choose \u201cCreate\/Edit Syllabus Content\u201d in the Design Tools editor.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 302px;height: 319px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Xt-DuhVjST0iy_nzqr8P08RD1AdntIe-95JNF-DC9qExMNWZLCuWvFXnn_KZ3pWgEd6HcTRyxF7bO75_OJXYTWlyJaiuSV0c41Bs-TvpfUMtKmi1l1YNLFy69z_8_SsQyJVLNTRT=s0\" width=\"302\" height=\"319\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Choose &#8220;Copy Existing Content&#8221;<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 331px;height: 596px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/3Hc7BVt45ymWUQlRa856wAGmTO2rmsdgBcuOywKZhxS2RklJ3dw4ggOrwcGDGqwV0b5yd_7QYnEAFoAM4tutrXqUn_rDe3aG5Rn2zRygQpq0UevtXM7mE5QdQAVYli-TL9mqy3Rr=s0\" width=\"331\" height=\"596\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Under \u201cInstitutional Syllabus Templates\u201d choose \u201cExample Syllabus Template\u201d from the dropdown menu. This is a universal syllabus template.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 302px;height: 697px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/GyzEn3jyKYC87XJ54JyZwHs4MXfS_ZhcWp4-kAUvh8SI_xUjGbU06uWSDpNsjw4-rjBeQ4jE8sr6Fbr6RfRO3hHLJAaWNLelUXCVikQaGTWeib0pNNUbszLTBSMwT1bMCA0i0guX=s0\" width=\"302\" height=\"697\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 310px;height: 657px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/5PUjeV79W5Kx9nFNde8i5OMXufXfKRW5PGseA8bMovTBiBP_fE3o9pth-TdzQ0oGpdS28l6SZBsl191HZGy3ZaPPfdFa53TT0sWImg6019AtDiDWF9bh34TBOFRdl4NW_oTPconr=s0\" width=\"310\" height=\"657\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 302px;height: 697px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\">\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 7:<\/strong>\u00a0Edit text on the rich text editor in Canvas. It is recommended that you have a copy of your syllabus available to Copy\/Paste the text of your syllabus into its appropriate section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 293px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/omh9XlbviOz4eCf3yKvcbtV1luRiQKrPFjNKc_mUw8i5tMvJGeN6shMd6iDBJ3hDwbIGTIV6D-3mIKcw5EKP7hOmwsxmSLqH7SXcilHrzyxQdzAarSHyjhTWE-CXyoLGufAbxBrA=s0\" width=\"624\" height=\"293\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Step 8:<\/strong>\u00a0Check your work, then save the syllabus by choosing \u201cupdate the syllabus\u201d at the bottom of the Canvas rich text editor to save your changes.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;color: #212529;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 351px;height: 119px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/2n5SdUVJAectYD6dapDc_3QwxtePwHuTK7bktkVf5zPkq-1jvX6eiBkZMjpKOPSE7wgIvaqZuBQWb5AuDcpKekvy3Q-hLm4x_U1-lQgKMWUDfL0WdZvdB_armRmsaJysUmz1MbPd=s0\" width=\"351\" height=\"119\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although you may upload the syllabus as a file to Canvas, populating the syllabus page with the OTL Canvas Template provides organization and clarity. The first step is to import the OTL Canvas template, which already contains a colorful theme, banners, images, headers, and a template for the syllabus. With the OTL Canvas template in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cidi-labs-design-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otl.du.edu\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}