Building your Modules

Modules is a space for you to organise content by topics, weeks, units, sessions, or however you prefer. The modules tool is like your online classroom space, where students find information, interact with each other, and submit assignments. And like a physical classroom, the way you organise and structure what is inside, will ultimately shape your students learning experience.

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Check out these Modules attributes:

• Flexible structure: Create Modules (think folders) in the way you regularly structure your course; these can be Weeks, Units, Chapters etc.
• Flexible content: Add Assignments, Quizzes, Pages, Discussions, external URLs, External Tools (such as Google), and much more to each Module
• Easy to customize: Reorder your Modules and the individual items within the Modules with easy drag and drop interface
• Create course flow: Students see a "Next" and "Previous" button to guide them through your Modules

You can do even more with Modules by trying the following:

• Add prerequisites and requirements to guide and control students as they experience the course the way you planned it
• Use text headers and indentations to visually organize content within a Module
• Lock Modules to open up automatically on a set date
• Personalise your course using MasteryPaths

Need more information? Check out this Canvas Guide:

• How do I add a Module?
• How do I edit a Module?
• How do I use Mastery Paths in course modules?

Well done! Let’s level up to Adding content to your Modules with Pages