Canvas: Cross-List Course Sections

Cross-listing is a self-elective system that allows instructors to merge two or more course sections into a single course shell in Canvas. Cross-listing creates a primary course shell and all sections are added to it. Student enrollments from individual sections are automatically added to the primary course shell.

The functions and limitations of the cross-listing tool are:

• You must be the instructor of record in Banner and Section Tally to request a cross-list.
• You can request a cross-list 30 days before the start of the semester.
• Courses are automatically published 5 days before the semester start date mentioned in Banner. You must submit your cross-list requests before the courses are auto-published.
• You must request to cross-list all sections of a course or multiple courses at the same time.
• Once a section or a course is cross-listed, you cannot cross-list that section or course into another course.
• You must request a cross-list for each set of courses separately
• You cannot cross-list the courses that are already published in Canvas.

To request a cross-list:

1. Navigate to the Rowan Online portal.
2. In the upper-right corner, click Portal.
3. Click LOG IN, enter your Rowan NetID and Password, and click Login.
   
4. In the top navigation menu, click My Courses.
   
   
   
   
5. In the Actions section, click Cross-List Courses.
   
   
   
   
6. In the Schedule section, select the required term from the Select a Term dropdown menu. The list of the courses for the chosen term appears.
   
   
   
   
7. Click the Cross-List button next to the primary course. The primary course, or parent course is where multiple sections are combined.
   
   
   
   
8. Click the Add button next to each section or course you would like to combine with the primary course. The primary course is identified by the Primary Course label. The course sections you are requesting to cross-list are listed in the Confirmation section.
   
   
   
   
9. Click Confirm. The cross-list request is created and will be processed by Rowan Online within 5 business days of submission. Once Rowan Online approves your cross-list, cross-listing courses cannot be undone. To remove incorrectly added sections from the cross-list, click the Remove button.
   
   

Notes:

• If you have not created a course shell before requesting a cross-list, cross-listing multiple sections creates a parent course shell with enrollments from Banner and is available on your Canvas Dashboard.
• It may take up to 24 hours for the enrollments from child sections to be added to the parent course shell.