The Syllabus in Canvas makes it easy to communicate to your students exactly what will be required of them throughout the course in chronological order.

You can choose to make your syllabus public so that people who aren't enrolled in your course can view more information about the course. A public syllabus can be viewed as part of a private course when you send a link to a student, or if the course is listed in the public course index.

You can also link to your Syllabus by uploading it into Course Files as a PDF and embedding the document in the Rich Content Editor. Canvas will automatically create a preview of your document so your students don't have to download it before reading it.

The Course Summary under the Syllabus is automatically generated based on Assignments, Quizzes and Events within a course. It can only be changed by editing or deleting the Assignments, Quizzes or Events. All assignments (unpublished and published) are listed in the syllabus for instructors.

The Course Summary is enabled by default. Learn how to disable the Course Summary.

Accessing the Syllabus

To access and view the syllabus, click the Syllabus link in the navigation pane on the left.

Syllabus placement on the Course Menu

The syllabus includes the syllabus description [1], the syllabus table [2], and the sidebar [3].

Course Syllabus tool screen shot