Uploading your Syllabus to Canvas

The following instructions will walk you through uploading your Syllabus to Canvas - in a location where it will be automatically downloaded and saved for accreditation purposes. Even if you choose to provide your syllabus to students in another form or location, following this process is necessary and required for curation of all syllabi. Thank you for your cooperation.

1. After preparing your syllabus, save it as a .pdf and ensure that the title of the document includes the word "Syllabus" (Ex: FA25PHIL120ASyllabus.pdf) (Remember where you saved it so you can find it in step 6.) For assistance with saving your syllabus as a .pdf, please see this article.
2. Log into Canvas and open up the course that you need to upload your syllabus to.
3. Click on the Syllabus link on the left navigation bar.

4. Click the Edit button in the upper right corner.
5. In the Syllabus Description text editor, select Insert → Document → Upload Document

6. Drag and drop your syllabus .pdf that you saved in step 1, or click Upload File and navigate to where it is saved and upload.
7. Click the Submit button.
8. Uncheck the Show Course Summary if you do not wish to have the Canvas Course Assignments showing.

9. Click the Update Syllabus button

Note: Some instructors have chosen to add additional detail using the Text Editor in the Syllabus Description section. This is optional but does provide a nice aesthetic appearance for students. If you choose to do this, it is still important that your syllabus be uploaded as a .pdf using directions listed above, for automated collection for accreditation purposes. Please contact the service desk with any questions.

More information on creating a syllabus can be found on the Faculty Development website.