nick name / module tittle

[catherine_phill]

Hi,

I am wondering how to use the 'Nick Name' tittle in canvas to sit alongside thE module tittle?

Thank you

Catherien

[rislis]

Hi,

I'm not sure what you mean by nick name as a module title. Can you explain more?

[catherine_phill]

Hi,

When we look at the tool bar Modules we get a list of module tittles. In the headings of the modules it lists Module, Nickname, Term, Enrolled as and Publish.

I am wondering what 'Nickname' is for? I imagined it to be a space where we can give a more casual name for the modules which would make it simpler for our students and us to access the correct module.

Am I being clear?

Thanks

Catherine

Catherine Phillips

BA, PG Dip, MA Art Therapy

Department of Arts in Heath & Education

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

46 Grand Parade

Cork

Ph: 021 4335249

www.artincontext.eu<http://www.artincontext.eu/>;

[rislis]

Hi Catherine!

Do you mind sending me a snip of the tool bar modules? It could be that your instance is set up differently than mine.

Thank you!

[catherine_phill]

Hi Lisa,

Please see attached....

thanks

Catherine

Catherine Phillips

BA, PG Dip, MA Art Therapy

Department of Arts in Heath & Education

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

46 Grand Parade

Cork

Ph: 021 4335249

www.artincontext.eu<http://www.artincontext.eu/>;

[rislis]

Hi Catherine,

I don't think it attached. Can you embedit using the camera tool above in the editor?

[catherine_phill]

Hi Lisa,

Hopefully you can see this?

Catherine

Catherine Phillips

BA, PG Dip, MA Art Therapy

Department of Arts in Heath & Education

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

46 Grand Parade

Cork

Ph: 021 4335249

www.artincontext.eu<http://www.artincontext.eu/>;

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi  @catherine_phill ...

Thanks for posting your image.  I was confused as to what part of Canvas you were referring to.  It looks like Canvas administrators have chosen to re-name the "Courses" button in the global navigation menu to "Modules" (which presents a potential problem I'll describe later).  So, the screen shot you are looking at is the "All Courses" screen.  How do I view all my Canvas courses as an instructor?  The "nickname" feature, however, is something you can customize back on your Dashboard.  How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor? (See the section on "Create Nickname".)

Regarding the "Modules" button... there may be valid reasons why your school has chosen to re-name that button.  A couple challenges I see with that, however, are that any of the "Help" Guides located here in the Community reference the button "Courses".  So, that terminology can be more difficult to find when looking for either "courses" Guides or "Modules" Guides.  (See Canvas Instructor Guide - Table of Contents).  Another issue is that within a course, there is also a "Modules" course navigation button.  So, unless your Canvas administrators have also re-named that button, you'd have both a "Modules" button on your global navigation as well as a "Modules" course navigation button.  And, if the "Modules" course navigation button was re-named to something else, people would have to know to look in the "Modules" section of the Guides if they had any questions.  Again, I'm sure there were reasons for the re-naming of buttons, but it seems to me that could really add some challenges and confusion to the mix.

I hope this will be of help to you, Catherine.  Be well, and stay safe.

[catherine_phill]

Thank you for that explanation. I think I understand the structure now!

I appreciate your time

Catherine

Catherine Phillips

BA, PG Dip, MA Art Therapy

Department of Arts in Heath & Education

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

46 Grand Parade

Cork

Ph: 021 4335249

www.artincontext.eu<http://www.artincontext.eu/>;