Cross-listing allows Instructors to add section enrollments from individual sections into a single Canvas course. This allows for all course materials to be managed in one location.
- Child sections are cross-listed (combined) into a parent section
- Lecture, lab, and/or recitation sections can be cross-listed in any configuration
- Request Canvas courses for non-graded lab and recitation sections from the Course Creation page
Why cross-list sections?
- Add materials and content into a single parent course for students in all sections
- Instructors may view the gradebook with all students at once, or by one section at a time
- Assignments may be set up with different due dates for each section
- By default, all students can interact with each other
Cross-listing RI and CSU Online Courses
College of Business Instructors, please contact the COB Instructional Services Team for questions on cross-listing.
Usually, Resident Instruction (RI) and CSU Online courses are taught separately in Canvas.
If there is a need to cross-list an RI and CSU Online academic course, please cross-list the RI distance course (4xx, L4x, R4x) as a child section into the CSU Online (8xx, 7xx) parent course, for pedagogical and software licensing reasons.
RI courses that are not distance taught courses (00x) should not be cross-listed with a CSU Online course.
Note: CSU Online noncredit (20XXFA-NCT-) courses are taught separately from academic courses.
Contact the CSU Canvas Team for questions on cross-listing.
Prerequisites Before Cross-listing
- Must be an Instructor in each Canvas section
- It is recommended to cross-list sections before adding content to the parent section
- Sections must be cross-listed before classes start to avoid the loss of student activity including grades, discussion posts, and assignment\quiz submissions
To Cross-List Courses
All cross-listed sections take on the parent section’s name
- Determine the Parent and child sections.
- The parent section is the section that the Instructor will teach from.
- All sections that are cross-listed into a parent section are called child sections.
- When cross-listed, the child sections will share the same course name and content of the parent section.
- For example. An Instructor is teaching History 100, sections 001 and 002. The Instructor designates section 001 as the Parent section. The child section, 002, is cross-listed into the parent section, 001.
- The child section (002) now takes on the name and the content of the Parent (001) section.
- Navigate to the child course (section) in Canvas and click on Settings on the left course navigation.
- Click on the Sections tab and then click on the section name.
- Click on the Cross-List this section button.
- Type in the name of the parent course as it appears in Canvas, starting with the semester code (2020FA-HIST-100) Click on the parent course to select it.
- When the correct parent course is selected, click on the Cross-List This Section button.
- The cross-listed section now appears in the parent course. The breadcrumbs show the new course code.
- After cross-listing, we recommend making a home page that shows students which sections are combined together.
This can be verified by opening the parent course, going to Settings, then clicking on the Sections tab. If the course is cross-listed, all cross-listed sections will appear on the Sections tab.
CSU Section Numbers
| Section Number | Section Usage |
|---|---|
| 0xx (001, 012) | Resident Lecture Sections |
| 1xx (100, 101) | Key Academic Community Sections |
| 2xx (201, 202) | Honors Sections |
| 4xx (401, 402) | Campus Online Sections |
| 6xx-9xx (701, 801) | CSU Online Sections |
| Lxx (L01, L02) | Resident Labs |
| Rxx (R01, R02) | Resident Recitations |