What are Modules?
Introduction
Modules are an organizational tool than can help you structure your course content by day, week, unit, topic, or outcome. They can simplify your course navigation for students, and ensure a sequential flow of content!
Tutorial
309 - Modules Overview from the Instructure Canvas Community
Check out these Modules attributes:
- Flexible structure: Create Modules (think folders) in the way you regularly structure your course; these can be Weeks, Units, Chapters etc.
- Flexible content: Add Assignments, Quizzes, Pages, Discussions, external URLs, External Tools (such as Google) and much more to each Module
- Easy to customize: Reorder your Modules and the individual items within the Modules with easy drag and drop interface
- Create course flow: Students see a "Next" and "Previous" button to guide them through your Modules
You can do even more with Modules by trying the following:
- Add prerequisites and requirements to guide and control students as they experience the course the way you planned it
- Use text headers and indentations to visually organize content within a Module
- Lock Modules to open up automatically on a set date
- Bulk Publish/Unpublish all modules or individual modules
- Personalize your course using MasteryPaths
Accessibility
One thing that's lovely about Canvas is that you can design and organize materials in so many ways: via files, module, pages, the syllabus, etc. However, one of the best ways to organize material is in modules. Modules act as folders; they allow you to "chunk" materials and assessments together by topic or week.
Chunking material (putting it into sections, on separate pages, etc.) is a helpful way for people to see patterns and make connections between concepts. Chunking material also helps separate longer lessons into small pieces with the scaffolding necessary to support success.
More Info
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