External Tool Page - Canvas Course Manager (CCM)

 

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Canvas Course Manager (CCM) Links to an external site. is a tool developed by the ITS Teaching & Learning team.

CCM aids instructors, designers, TAs, and admins to perform some Canvas course management tasks quickly and easily.

What CCM can do for instructors:

  • Merge sections
  • Format Canvas gradebook
  • Add non-UM users
  • Format third-party gradebook

 

Accessing CCM

CCM is enabled in your course by default and is located in the left course navigation.

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Authorization

CCM is an LTI which is an external tool to Canvas. The first time you access CCM you will be prompted to authorize the tool.

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Roles and Features

The CCM features available to you depend on your role in the course. Note: students will not see CCM in the left course navigation and will not have access to the tool.

Teacher TA Designer and Assistant
Merge Sections Yes
Add non-UM students Yes Yes Yes
Format Canvas Gradebook Yes Yes
Format third-party gradebook Yes Yes

 

Merge Sections

Use Case: If you have a course with several discussion or lab sections you may want to merge the sections into one course so they are easier to manage.

  • Note: course content, submissions, and grades do not transfer when a section is merged into another course. It is recommended to merge sections before the term starts.
  • Sections can be merged as soon as the course is provisioned (180 days before start of term).
  • Sections can only be merged into a course with the same term (it does not have to be the current term).
  • You can only merge sections for which you are listed as a teacher (not TA).
  • You cannot unmerge after merging.
  • As students add and drop the course from Wolverine Access, Canvas will automatically update the enrollments to the sections even if the sections are merged into another course.
  • Contact the ITS Service Center Links to an external site. for assistance merging, unmerging, and renaming a course. 

Knowledge Base article: Merge Multiple Sections Into One Canvas Course Links to an external site.

Format Canvas Gradebook

Use Case: you can use this feature at the end of the semester to assist with uploading your final grades.

  • Format a Canvas gradebook CSV export to a format that can be imported into Faculty Business.

Knowledge Base article: Preparing Final Grades in Canvas for Upload to Faculty Business Links to an external site.

Add Non-UM Guest

Use Case: if you want a guest lecturer from another University to access your course.

  • Note: it is recommended to always add non-UM guest users this way.
    • Adding a guest to a course via the People tool who does not have a Canvas account and login method will not be able to login.
  • Caution: be mindful what role you grant the guest. A teacher or TA in the course will allow the guest access to student submissions and grades.
  • When adding a guest via CCM the following will happen:
    1. CCM checks if a Canvas account exists for the guest.
    2. If it does, then CCM enrolls the guest in the course and no further action is needed.
    3. If not, then CCM creates a Canvas account.
    4. CCM then enrolls the guest into the course.
    5. CCM then creates a Cirrus Identity account for the guest. Cirrus is used to manage authentication for social logins. 
    6. Cirrus sends a "U-M Canvas invite" email to the guest to select a login method. Guests can choose to login using Google, LinkedIn, or Microsoft. Guests can also select to create a U-M Friend account.
  • Issues with guests logging into Canvas should be directed to the ITS Service Center Links to an external site..

Knowledge Base article: Adding External Participants to Your Canvas Site Links to an external site.

Format Third-party Gradebook

Use Case: this feature was initially developed for large courses using Pearson. Students completed assignments on the Pearson site, however instructors then had to parse sections from the Pearson grade exports to import into their individual Canvas courses. This feature can be useful anytime you need to parse grades by section from an external tool.

  • Format a gradebook CSV export from a third-party LTI tool to a format that can be imported into Canvas.
  • Will trim the data to the selected sections.

Knowledge Base article: Format Third-Party Gradebook Links to an external site.

Have questions?

Questions can be addressed by scheduling a personalized consultation with the ITS Teaching & Learning team.

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