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CPH Canvas Course Template

Courses Reusing Content from a Previous Semester- One Change for Spring 2025 Semester

Spring 2025 Update

Due to the recent CPH website update, the link to advising information has changed. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This is the only change for spring; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. Click on Modules
  2. In the "Resources at Your Fingertips" module, click on the Advising page
  3. Click on Edit
  4. Click on the words "advising staff"
  5. Click Link Options
  6. Remove the old URL in the Link box and paste https://cph.temple.edu/student-life/advising in the Link box
  7. Click Done
  8. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save

About the Template

All CPH courses are required to use the CPH Canvas Template to provide a consistent look and feel across all college courses and meet Quality Matters standards.

Watch the CPH Canvas Template Tour (video 8:14) for an overview of how the template works.

Step 1: Create the Canvas Course Shell

  1. Log into canvas.temple.edu
  2. Click on the Course Tools area found on the vertical global navigation menu (toward the bottom)
  3. Click on Banner
  4. Click on + (next to the name of the course)
  5. Click on Create (It may take a few minutes for the shell to be created; so check back to see if it is listed in your Canvas course list)

Step 2: Import the Template

If this is the first time you are teaching in CPH, you must email cphithelp@temple.edu requesting access to the CPH Canvas Template found in the Canvas Commons. You will then import the Canvas Template from the Commons into your course shell following the steps outlined in the instructions below.

New Courses

Use the full version of the template, following the instructions in the video below.

Video (1:50): CPH Canvas Template- Use to Build a Course from Scratch

If after importing the template, you need to set the homepage, please follow these steps:

  1. Click on Home in your course
  2. Click on Choose Homepage on the right side of the page
  3. If the "Welcome Students" page is listed as the "Pages Front Page," select Pages Front Page
  4. If not, click on Change
  5. Locate the "Welcome Students" page to make the front page and click on the three dots all the way to the right
  6. Click Use as Front Page
  7. Click on Home
  8. Click on Choose Home Page
  9. Click on Pages Front Page
  10. Click Save

Courses Reusing Content from a Previous Semester- One Change for Spring 2025 Semester

Spring 2025 Update

Due to the recent CPH website update, the link to advising information has changed. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This is the only change for spring; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. Click on the Advising page
  2. Click on Edit
  3. Click on the words "advising staff"
  4. Click Link Options
  5. Remove the old URL in the Link box and paste https://cph.temple.edu/student-life/advising in the Link box
  6. Click Done
  7. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save

Step 3: Add Content

Add content to your course.

Please email cphithelp@temple.edu for any questions.

Past Updates

Fall 2024

Click on "Homepage" below to follow instructions to update the homepage.

Homepage

Due to the recent transition from Barnes & Noble to Follett, the Temple University book store link on the course homepage has changed. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This change is the only update for fall; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. On the homepage, click on Edit
  2. Click on Temple University Bookstore
  3. Click on Link Options
  4. Remove the old link in the Link box and paste https://temple.edu/bookstore in the Link box
  5. Click Done
  6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save


Fall 2023

Click on each section below to follow the instructions to update the four areas.

Advising Page

On the Advising page, replace the text with the text below:

If you are an undergraduate, MPH, or MSW student, please contact your academic advisor with questions.  Please use this link to access information about the advising staff.  

If you are a graduate student (outside of MPH or MSW), please contact your graduate program director for your advising questions.

Academic Support and Student Resources Page

Replace the Academic Support and Student Resources page with a link following these steps:

  1. First, remove the previous version of the Academic Support and Student Resources page
  2. Click on the plus sign for the Resources at Your Fingertips module
  3. Choose External URL for the drop down menu next to Add
  4. In the URL box, paste this link: https://tuportal6.temple.edu/web/cph/academic-support-and-student-resources
  5. In the Page Name box, enter Academic Support and Student Resources
  6. Check the box for Load in a New Tab
  7. Click Add Item

This item is now a link to a page in the CPH area on TUportal so that content can be updated moving forward without faculty having to make updates to their course.

Policies Page

Replace the Policies page with a link following these steps:

  1. First, remove the previous version of the Policies page
  2. Click on the plus sign for the Course Information module
  3. Choose External URL for the drop down menu next to Add
  4. In the URL box, paste this link: https://tuportal6.temple.edu/web/cph/policies
  5. In the Page Name box, enter Policies
  6. Check the box for Load in a New Tab
  7. Click Add Item

This item is now a link to a page in the CPH area on TUportal so that content can be updated moving forward without faculty having to make updates to their course.

Technology Requirements Page

Replace the text with the text below (please leave any additional technology requirements you have added to the Canvas page. We have consolidated the CPH general technology requirements to link out to one page on the CPH IT wiki):

Please review the Student Course Technology Requirements.