Your 2023/24 September start Canvas courses are ready for you now to add content and organise for next academic year.

You will find these on your Canvas dashboard– scroll down to the lower portion of the dashboard and you will see your upcoming courses listed under Unpublished courses.

Changes implemented this year in response to student feedback on their use of Canvas:

We have updated our course template to ensure accessibility, good signposting, and mobile friendly access. We hope you like it. If you do not see a homepage template on your new course, please contact LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk
A link to the GSA Student handbook and links to other systems are found in the footer of every home page.

Importing Content

As in previous years, Library Services has created a course shell for you. We have also imported the Course Information module, so please do not import last years' Course Information module. You can import individual items from last years' Course Information module instead.

When you import content from 22/23 courses, be sure you DO NOT import all content. You need to select the modules or items you wish to import. Any files in the modules will be imported when you select a module and do not need to be selected separately.

For further guidance, take a look at

Our video tutorials on how to prepare your course
A 12 point checklist to make sure you're ready to publish
The answers to our most frequently asked questions

Other points to note:

External staff are not rolled over onto new courses. Staff with external email addresses who already have a canvas account, such as GU teachers who teach on GSA courses, can be added onto the Canvas courses. Instructions for adding staff or students are here.
Students and staff will still have access to 22/23courses, but no new content or announcements can be added after September 18. From that date, the course is available as an archive. It can be found by clicking ‘Courses>All Courses>Past Enrolments’.
Continuing students will be enrolled onto 23/24 courses throughout the summer. Timetables or other information for continuing students for the 22/23 academic year should be sent in announcements in the 22/23 course.
No 23/24 course will be available to students until the staff member publishes the course.

Want help getting your course all ready to go?

Submit a question to us at gsa.libanswers.com for any queries with the rollover.