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Request a cross-listed course
In Canvas, the process of combining course sections is called cross-listing. When you cross-list you have one parent section and the other child sections are cross-listed to the parent. The child sections are subsumed into the parent container and are then no longer available as individual containers. All content and student work in the child sections are erased when cross-listed. Therefore, you need to request cross-listing prior to adding content and publishing your courses. If students have already completed work in the child sections, it will not be possible to cross-list.
When an instructor cross-lists multiple sections they are teaching, they must keep in mind important privacy requirements under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). According to FERPA, students should not be able to access information about students in other sections, including enrollment status, unless the sections physically meet in the same classroom at the same time. In Canvas, in a cross-listed course students can only see students in their same section on the People tab and when messaging within the Inbox. Beyond that, instructors are responsible for further configuring their Canvas course to prevent interaction and inadvertent disclosure of student information.
Such configurations include:
- Ensuring discussions are separated by section by using groups. .
- Ensuring groups are made up of members in the same section. .
- Ensuring Collaborations are separated by section. See our FAQ on Collaborations for best practices.
- When sending messages in the Canvas inbox to students from multiple sections, select the option to "Send an individual message to each recipient"
- In the course settings, under Course Details, "Let students create discussion topics" and "Let students organize their own groups" should be unchecked, and "Disable comments on announcements" should be checked.
- Not enabling the Chat feature on the course navigation.
Effective Fall 2025, courses taught by different instructors may only be cross-listed if each instructor is officially assigned with the appropriate role to each course in My爆料社区 (PeopleSoft). For example, Instructor A must be listed as the primary instructor for their own course and as a secondary instructor in Instructor B鈥檚 course, and vice versa. This ensures compliance with FERPA by documenting each instructor鈥檚 legitimate educational interest in all enrolled students.
Request a Plugin/LTI
As a public institution, 爆料社区 is required to ensure that all course materials are accessible to students with disabilities and conforms with the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI). Any faculty member wishing to adopt content from a third party vendor must ensure that the vendor tool or content has an established accessibility policy document.
Before submitting a request, faculty will want to consider:
- Are the videos captioned and audio transcribed accurately?
- Can the content be accessed by a screen reader?
- Are all activities navigable and usable by a student using only a keyboard?
- Does the vendor have a VPAT document, a WCAG 2.1 AA compliance statement, a 3rd party accessibility review, security and privacy documentation, and a HECVAT document?
- Does the content work on a mobile device?
Required Checks
There is an extensive process for publisher integrations and the process takes time.
Plugins or LTIs must go through several checks before it can be approved and added to Canvas. This includes an accessibility check and data security check.
Helpful Tip:
It is faster to export your quizzes/content from the publisher's system & import them
into your course.
Making a Request
The CSUBUY Procure to Pay (P2P) process is a CSU-wide product that streamlines purchases and our campus's commitment to making resources and tools used on campus accessible, secure, and compatible with our IT infrastructure.
Before Making a Request
Check the Plugins List before making a request to check that the LTI isn't already in the queue, approved,
or rejected for Canvas use.
To request a plugin, the initiating requester must submit their product through the P2P process where it will go through a series of reviews. Before submitting the P2P request, the requester will need to gather the publisher's 3rd party accessibility review of their product, the publisher's internal accessibility documentation (), a roadmap for making the inaccessible parts accessible, and their security and privacy documentation ().
To request a plugin/LTI be added, you will need to submit a P2P request with details of the request and the required documentation.
- One P2P is required per plugin, even if multiple plugins requested are provided by the same publisher/vendor
- Indicate on the P2P request that the request is a Canvas integration
- Include the following documentation from the vendor:
- HECVAT
- Vendor security and privacy documentation
- VPAT created by the vendor
- Roadmap of fixes document, if this content exists
- A third-party accessibility review conducted by an organization outside of the vendor/company
After an P2P request has been submitted - The Canvas Admin will start the review process. Once Technical requirements have been confirmed, the Security and 爆料社区 Teams start their review process of the documentation and the product. It is likely that there are accessibility issues which will require you to complete an Equality Effective Alternate Access Plan (EEAAP) which outlines what you will do to support a student who has a disability and can鈥檛 use the plugin. Once that process is completed, and if it is approved, IITS will install the plugin so you can add it to your course. We will help you with that process.
For any questions, please reach out to us at canvashelp@csusm.edu.