Cross-list sections in Canvas

The Cross-listing Assistant in Canvas at Indiana University is a utility for combining enrollments from multiple course sections into a single primary course site, which reduces the administrative overhead of managing a separate version of the course for each section.

To combine sections using the Cross-listing Assistant:

  1. Log into Canvas and identify the courses associated with the sections you want to combine. Go to the course site that will serve as the primary course (the course you will use for teaching students in all of the cross-listed sections), and then select Settings.
    Notes:
    • You need to be a teacher in the sections you wish to cross-list.
    • All sections to be cross-listed need to have SIS IDs. Manually created sections cannot be cross-listed unless someone with administrative privileges in Canvas cross-lists them.
    • For best results, cross-list or de-cross-list your sections before publishing the primary course site and before grading takes place in the primary site or any of the sites containing the child sections. Cross-listing or de-cross-listing sections after grades have been assigned can result in the loss of grading data.
    • When cross-listing courses using IU eTexts, all sections need to have identical eText orders. If the eText order for a selected section does not match the order for the primary section in Canvas, the selected section will not be cross-listed, and an error message will display.

      For details, see About cross-listing courses with IU eTexts.

  2. In the sidebar, choose Cross-listing Assistant. Wait a few seconds for the tool to load (if you are enrolled in a large number of sections, you may need to wait longer).
  3. On the Cross-listing Assistant main screen, sections available to cross-list appear in the "Available Sections" column.
    • To see sections already cross-listed into other courses, toggle "Show already cross-listed sections" to On; this will show the SIS ID for the current parent course of each available section in parentheses. Sections cross-listed into other courses have different IDs than their parent courses and a Cross-listed into a different course symbol at the end.
    • You may also see one or more sections listed under the heading "Unavailable Sections". Unavailable sections cannot be cross-listed because their original parent course contains cross-listed sections from other courses. To cross-list an unavailable section, you must first de-cross-list the sections in the parent course.
    • Canvas Cross-listing Assistant screen, including already cross-listed sections

    Use the checkboxes to select (or deselect) sections you want to combine with (or remove from) the primary course. By default, the Cross-listing Assistant only displays sections assigned to the same term as the primary course; to view and select sections from a different term, select the term from Select a Term.

  4. Selected sections will appear in the "Cross-listed Sections" column. When you are finished choosing (and/or removing) sections, select Continue.
  5. On the Cross-listing Assistant summary screen, review your changes, and then:
    • To commit your changes, choose Submit.
    • To make additional changes, choose Edit.

After cross-listing sections with a primary course, the individual sections will no longer appear in your course list. Only the primary course will display for you and your students.

Note:

By default, students in courses with cross-listed sections are unable to see or interact with students in sections other than their own in most Canvas tools. For more, see Student privacy in Canvas courses with cross-listed sections.

Note:

If you cross-list a course by mistake you can de-cross-list it. To de-cross-list courses, go to the Cross-listing Assistant in the primary course, uncheck the box next to each section you would like to remove from the cross-listing, choose Continue, and then select Submit.

For best results, cross-list or de-cross-list your sections before publishing the primary course site and before grading takes place in the primary site or any of the sites containing the child sections. Cross-listing or de-cross-listing sections after grades have been assigned can result in the loss of grading data.

For help loading final grades into the SIS Grade Roster from courses with cross-listed sections, see Load final grades from Canvas into the SIS Grade Roster.

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