Canvas: Course and Section Name Changes

Requesting a Canvas Course Name Change

Most Canvas courses are automatically generated from data in Synergy and follow a standard naming convention that includes the district course name, period, teacher name, and the term the course is associated with.

Example: Ecology-P03-Engstrom-S1

For the first two weeks of each semester, you can edit the course name and code, to remove the period information after cross listing for example.

After this two week period, if you would like a different course name, please submit a tech request. Copy and paste the three lines below into your request and replace the highlighted areas with your own information.

Course name I would like: Biology in the Garden

URL: https://ttsd.instructure.com/courses/26095 (when you are in your course, the URL will display in the top area of your web browser)

Changing Your Section Names

Like courses, most sections within a course are automatically generated from data in Synergy and also follow a standard naming convention. Sections include the following: period, course name, and teacher name.

Example: Per 2 - Ecology - Engstrom

Teachers have the ability to change their own section names. If you would like your section names to match your renamed course, follow the steps below.

Go to the "settings" screen and click on the "sections" tab.
Click on the section you want to rename.
Click the "edit section" button on the right.
Change the course name portion of the section name to match your new course name. Please do not change the period number or teacher name information, just the section highlighted below:
- Old Section Name: Per 2 - Ecology - Engstrom
- New Section Name: Per 2 - Biology in the Garden - Engstrom