Completing a course combo using the CRS

This documentation will walk you through creating a Course Combo, combining two or more sections into one course in Canvas. First, you will select a Parent course and then add Child course(s) to the combo. Any work done in the Child course will not appear in the combined course site. You can also determine if you should or should not combine your Canvas course sites.
⚠️Note: The Canvas Request System (CRS) cannot be used by graduate students even if they have a teaching appointment. Contact Academic Technology for assistance with CRS tasks.

1. Log into the Canvas Request System (CRS).
2. The CRS shows your history of the requests you have made, and their Approval Status. If you notice something wrong, you can make your edits in the CRS or you can send an email with the appropriate information to Academic Technology (See Fig 1).
   
   Figure 1: Request History
    
3. Select Course Combo.
4. Search for the Parent Course (See Fig. 2)
   ⚠️Note: The Parent Course is the Canvas site that will be used after the combo is complete. The Child Course is the Canvas site that will not be used after the combo is complete. Any work that was done in the Child course will not show in the combined course site.
   You can search for your course using one of the following:
   • Course Number
   • Reference Number
   • Partial or Full Course ID
   • Instructor SSO
5. Select Search (See Fig. 2).
   
   Figure 2: Searching for a parent course
    
6. You can also use the Filter to narrow down the courses displayed. If, after filtering, your class is still not displayed, try searching by your SSO ID as seen below. If you are still having trouble finding your course, please contact Academic Technology.
7. Choose Select (See Fig. 2).
8. Select Edit Parent Course Names to edit the display name in Canvas (See Fig. 3).
   
   Figure 3: Editing Parent course names
    
9. Next, search for the Child course(s) you want to add.
   ⚠️Note: The Child Course is the Canvas site that will not be used after the combo is complete.
10. Type information in the Search box to locate a child course that you want to add to the course combo. Enter one of the following criteria and select Search (See Fig. 4). Use the Filter box if you need to narrow down the choices.
    • Course number (that is in SIS)
    • Reference number
    • Partial or Full Course ID
    • Instructor SSO ID
      
      Figure 4: Searching for a child course
       
11. Select Add Course to add the child course to the combo (See Fig. 5). That course will move to a new list at the top of the page.
12. Continue to search or select any additional child courses. When all the child courses have been chosen, select Submit Course Combo Request (See Fig. 5).
    
    Figure 5: Adding Child Courses
     
13. Select Confirm (See Fig. 6).
    
    Figure 6: Confirming the submission
     
14. The submission confirmation will then display (See Fig. 7).
    
    Figure 7: Submission confirmation
     
15. Select the Review your request history link to return to the Home tab (See Fig. 6).

⚠️Note: If you are not the instructor for all the courses involved in the combo, the status of your request is set to Submitted until reviewed by Academic Technology. If you are the instructor for all of the courses, it is automatically approved. Once approved, the courses will be combined in Canvas within 3-12 hours. The status of your request is available on the Home tab.

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