
With our new-found dependence on online course materials, many faculty are getting a first experience on setting up a second semester on Canvas. Even for the experienced faculty this process bears repeating, as it is only needed once a semester at most. Summer 2020 is starting soon, and the Fall 2020 Canvas course shells should be available for faculty right around the end of the Spring term.
At the time of publishing this article Palomar is still deciding if this “off campus only” format is going to apply for Fall 2020 as well as Summer, but even if not faculty may wish to continue using Canvas in some ways even when getting back to the classroom becomes an option. So here’s what is important to deal with at the start of a new semester: