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Courses & Assignments

Courses & Assignments templates organize courses and their assignments and map that work to curriculum competencies. Admins manage them under Templates → Courses & Assignments.

Overview

Open Templates → Courses & Assignments, create or edit a template, optionally select a Competency Map, then add courses and assignments. You can import from Canvas (when connected) or from a spreadsheet.

Create a template

  1. Go to Templates → Courses & Assignments.
  2. Create a template and name it (program, term, or catalog year).
  3. Optionally select a Competency Map for assignment mapping.
  4. Add courses (name and optional code), then add assignments under each course.
  5. Map assignments to competencies as needed.

Courses with matching codes are linked rather than duplicated when possible, so keep codes consistent.

Courses and assignments

For each course: name, optional code, and links to classrooms or evaluation templates when you use those links for planning and reporting.

For each assignment: name, optional external ID (for example from Canvas), description, and competency mappings.

Expand a course to manage its assignments. Drag assignments between courses when you need to reorganize.

Import

Canvas

If Canvas is connected under Settings:

  1. Choose Import → Import from Canvas.
  2. Search and select courses and assignments.
  3. Import selected items (large imports may take a few minutes).

Canvas assignment IDs are preserved when possible for later sync awareness.

Spreadsheet

  1. Choose Import and upload .xlsx, .xls, or .csv.
  2. Include course and assignment name columns (and optional codes/descriptions).
  3. Download the sample template first if you are unsure of the format.

Competency mapping

With a Competency Map selected:

  1. Open mapping on an assignment.
  2. Search and select competencies or subcompetencies.
  3. Prefer a focused set of direct alignments per assignment.

Optional AI map-one or map-all may be available when educator AI is enabled—review before accreditation use.

Tips

  1. Import from Canvas when the LMS is the source of truth; use spreadsheets for one-off catalogs.
  2. Stabilize the Competency Map before large mapping passes.
  3. Link courses to classrooms only when that relationship helps reporting.
  4. Keep assignment names clear—they appear in mapping and agent reports.

Troubleshooting

Courses & Assignments tab missing
Confirm you are an admin on a plan that includes curriculum features (typically not vision-only or starter-only).

Canvas import failed
Verify Canvas is configured in Settings, you can access the courses in Canvas, and try a smaller batch if rate limits appear.

Cannot map competencies
Select a Competency Map on the template and confirm it has objectives defined.

Spreadsheet import failed
Use the downloadable sample, keep required columns, and fix empty course/assignment names.

Related features

  • Templates: Hub for all template types
  • Curriculum-Objective-Templates: Competency Map used for mapping
  • Course-Objectives: Course objectives that sit above assignments in the curriculum stack
  • Classrooms: Rosters you can link to courses
  • Settings: Canvas / LMS connection
  • Self-Study-Reports: Accreditation evidence that may reference course work

Support

For Courses & Assignments questions: [email protected]