Pro Tip Tuesday: Change your Canvas Course Name

Do you have multiple courses in Canvas with the same name?  When you teach the same course over multiple terms in Canvas, you might find that your Dashboard begins to fill up with many courses of the same name.  It can be difficult to differentiate between terms when posting content as well as sending your students e-mail!

In Canvas, you have the ability to change the name of your course.  To do this, simply click on the name of your course site on Dashboard to enter your course site.

Next, click on Settings in your course navigation menu.

On the Course Details page, type your desired course name into the Name field. Typically, faculty will append the term abbreviation to the current course name (for example, C18 or S18) to help differentiate this course from the previous term. Or, feel free to be creative- as long as your students know which course it is!

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Update Course Details to save your changes.

Your new course name will now be updated for you and your students.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact the ATC-TTL team at atc-ttl@wpi.edu.