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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Learning Management System	Policy: 1401 (4.3.1)
Faculty Policies - Course Preparation	Originating Date: November 2006
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Affairs Committee Professional Graduate Affairs Committee PhD Affairs Committee	Revised: January 2008 Revised: December 2012 Revised: May 2022 (changes) Revised: October 2025 (changes)
Related documents: Example Template

Purpose

Establishes guidelines for systematically organizing content and navigation on the Learning Management System (LMS) for course delivery.

Policy

• Per UNMC requirements, all College of Nursing (CON) courses use Canvas as the learning management system to deliver course content.
• Protected Health Information (PHI) about patients/clients is not permitted in Canvas (including dates of service, except year) since the LMS is not Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. For patient-sensitive data, only use UNMC-approved cloud storage solutions (Microsoft Office 365 and Enterprise Box).
• The CON Instructional Technologist team creates the LMS sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the example template on Canvas.
• Course coordinators update the site with the current semester's information, resources, assignments, etc.
• Syllabi are loaded into the site by the office associate or course coordinator. Course coordinators are responsible for loading the division-specific addendum if applicable.
• Course coordinators must open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.
• The course site must include the items listed below in this sequential order, starting with Home as the first item.
  
  • Home
  • Announcements
  • Syllabus
    • Includes dated listing of published assignments
  • Modules
    • Course Information (Module Header)
      • Course, Syllabus, and Schedule (Canvas Page)
        • Syllabus Overview (Heading 2)
          • Include Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form
        • Course Overview (Heading 2)
      • Course Instructor(s) (Canvas Page)
        • Instructor Profile (Heading 2)
        • Instructor CV (optional) (Heading 2)
        • Instructor Welcome (Heading 2)
      • Web Conferencing and Class Recordings (Canvas Page)
        • Varies in courses
    • Weekly Activities (Module Header)
      • Content organized by week.
        • Week # Title (Canvas Page)
          • Overview (Heading 2)
          • Unit/Concept/Exemplar (Heading 2)
          • Objectives (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
          • Learning Resources (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
          • Assignments (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
  • Grades
  • Library
    • Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library