Right away you will notice that your syllabus content area is pre-loaded with several useful Canvas and California State University, East Bay links by default. Consider viewing and/or bookmarking these pages before you delete the content to replace it with your own syllabus.

Learn about how to edit your course summary in Section 3.

After you create an assignment in Canvas, it will appear in the Course Summary list at the bottom of the syllabus. The course summary includes the due date, the assignment name, and the time when an assignment it due.

Once you have added due dates to your assignments, your course's Calendar will highlight due dates in gray and today's date in pink. Clicking on a gray date will bring you to the assignment/s in the Course Summary.

Canvas allows faculty to weight different assignment groups (or types). Initially, your course will not have assignment weights.

You may want to use assignment weights. For example, faculty might weight exams 30%, essays 30%, short quizzes 20% and homework 20% using assignment groups on the Assignments page. Students will be able to see these weights on the Syllabus page.

To get started, click on the Edit button.

Click [1] the small arrow next to the document icon and select [2] Upload Document to add a new syllabus document to your course. You can also upload a document from the Insert tab.

You will be prompted to choose a file that has been saved on your computer. You can drag the file to this window, or you can click on the rocket icon.

Choose the file and click on the Open button. This may look slightly different from the image below depending on your computer's operating system.

You will see the file name in the upload window. Click the Submit button.

Enable display options for your document by changing Link Options. Click on [1] the file name to see a box that says Link Options. This box will appear below the file name. [2] Click on Link Options.

You will see a new menu window on the right side of the page. Choose [1] Preview inline and [2] Expand preview by Default. Then click [3] the Done button.

Click the Update Syllabus button to finalize your settings.

You may prefer to use the Canvas content editor to add the text for your syllabus. Start by clicking on the edit button.

Select and delete the existing text. You can find the same information in your sandbox course's syllabus.

Type or paste your syllabus content into the Rich Content Editor. You an add files, links, videos, and images if you wish. Click on the Update Syllabus button to save your syllabus.