Sample Courses
Looking at examples of completed course sites can be inspiring and helpful. The following are actual course sites created by Northwestern instructors that have generously shared their content. To meet with a consultant to discuss your course's design, request a one-on-one consultation.
Jake Julia - MSHE 473: Structure, Governance, and Leadership in Higher Education
This course uses thematic background colors to visually distinguish sections of information or draw attention to important content.
- Homepage has weekly banners
- Designed using pages
Irene Finestrat - SPAN 280: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
This course uses a homepage template from Canvas Commons adapted for the content and student specific needs:
- Well organized modules
- Weekly pages with daily objective charts
- Clear syllabus sections
- Assignments set up by group weight and several assignment rules
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Candice Bradley - MSDS 402: Research Design for Data Science
This course is organized by modules and has an unpublished instructor guide so lead instructor and TAs can establish communication and guidelines.
- Unpublished content for instructor use only
- Template for discussion boards
- Policy section outlining technical skills and software needed
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Kasey Evans- ENGL 338: Rethinking Revenge
This course uses the art of language to thread humor throughout the experience with fun titles and anecdotes as well as symbols to provide a visual representation of graded and ungraded work in modules.
- Uses symbols with titles in modules
- Instructor created images for each weekly page
- Course overview page
- Detailed instructions how to create a Podcast within assignments
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