How to Tag a XenDirect Course/Section as Canvas LMS

If your organization already has an active Canvas LMS integration, follow these steps to tag new and existing XenDirect courses and sections as a Canvas LMS course offering.

• Go to Main Menu »» Courses and search for the course desired or add a new course.
• Edit the course.
• Select [Canvas] as the Vendor.
• Save the course record.
• Go to Main Menu »» Courses »» Sections and search for the course section desired or add a new course section.
  
• Go to View mode of the course section.
• In the blue toolbar, there is a [Send to Canvas] button.  Click this button.
• You will receive a prompt confirming the creation in Canvas with 2 choices.
  • Unique Course/Section - Creates a Course and Section in Canvas both using the full Course Code from XenDirect.
    • If you place the Term_SIS_ID from the Canvas Term in the XenDirect Session[Sequence] field. The Course will be placed within that Canvas Term. You must have the correct Session associated with the XenDirect Section.
    • The value placed in XenDirect Session[Sequence] field and the Canvas Term_SIS_ID must be an integer. Letters and Characters are not accepted.
  • Section under Course - This will keep creating Canvas Sections under the Canvas course similar to how XenDirect's Course/Sections are organized.
    • You cannot associate a Term ID using this method.
  • The Canvas Course ID is returned to XenDirect and automatically stored in the [Alt Course Code] field of the Course. The Canvas Section is also created and the Canvas Section ID is returned and stored in the XenDirect Section [Alt Section Code] field.  Do not alter these two values.
    
• The XenDirect Instructor will be Enrolled in the Canvas Section as a “TeacherEnrollment”.
  • The Instructor must already be a user in Canvas with the proper permissions. The email for the Canvas user account must match the XenDirect Staff record email address.
• Repeat this for every Canvas course and section.
• Once a XenDirect Course Section is sent to Canvas, you can update the start and/or end dates anytime by clicking the [Update to Canvas] button in the XenDirect Course Section Toolbar.

Now that the courses and sections are created in XenDirect, the last step is to publish the course in Canvas.  A Canvas instructor or administrator must login into Canvas and publish the course in Canvas when ready.

Related Topics

Canvas LMS Overview

How To Enable Canvas LMS Integration

How to Tag a XenDirect Course/Section as Canvas LMS

Register a Client Into a Canvas LMS Offering

Create a WebReg Direct URL for Canvas LMS Courses