Yes, every instructor is provided an extra Canvas course, called a Sandbox. When you log into Canvas, look for it on your Dashboard. Typically the Sandbox is used to explore and experiment with Canvas. You can request an additional Sandbox to plan and build your Fall course using the Canvas Special Shell request form.

Later, you can transfer the content of your Sandbox to your live Fall course. Consult the Importing and Migrating Courses page for more information.

Please confirm the intended course you will be assigned for Fall with your department. This is to ensure you are planning appropriately. While you wait, please consider building your course in a Canvas Sandbox. You can request a new Sandbox to plan and build your Fall course using the Canvas Special Shell request form.

Later, you can transfer the content of your Sandbox to your live Fall course. Consult the Importing and Migrating Courses page for more information.

NOTE: The Sandbox should only be used for designing and building the course. Please do not enroll students in your sandbox.

If you are a returning lecturer without access, or if you are BRAND NEW Cal State LA instructor, please reach out to your department and see if they can help you activate (or reactivate) your account. If however, you think you won’t get access to our Canvas environment until later this summer, you can always create a free Canvas account outside of our Canvas instance. Start building in your free Canvas account, and then import in the pieces when you get access to the Cal State LA Canvas instance. The CETL Alt-Instruction course template is still available through Canvas Commons, even in the free Canvas account. Simply select Commons, after you’ve registered and search Alt-Instruction. You should see an image like the one below:

For self-paced workshops where you submit an assignment, allow 3 business days for CETL staff to review and mark the assignment complete. If it is past 3 business days or you are unsure about your assignment submission, please contact us in our virtual support room or email [email protected]

Click here for information on the Alt-Instruction Summer Institute. 

Click here for information on making your Canvas course visible.

Click here for information on making content available to students, making sure that each activity in the module has also been Publish

Once you publish a quiz, click here for how to give students (e.g., OSD accommodation) extra time on your quiz.

Click here for instructions on copying course content from one Canvas shell to another.

Click here for information on managing Zoom breakout rooms.

Click here for help on how to use a Virtual Background in Zoom.