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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

1. Per UNMC requirements, all College of Nursing (CON) courses use Canvas as the learning management system to deliver course content.
2. 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).
3. The CON Instructional Technologist team creates the LSM sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the example template on Canvas.
4. Course coordinators update the site with the current semester's information, resources, assignments, etc.
5. Syllabi are loaded into the site by the office associate ort course coordinator. Course coordinators are responsible for loading the division-specific addendum if applicable.
6. Course coordinators must open the site for student viewing no later than one sweek (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.
7. 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
       • Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form
     • Weekly Modules
       • Content organized by week, units, or lesson.
       • Include learning objectives, learning resources, and assignments.
   • Grades
   • Library
     • Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library

Procedure

1. The CON Instructional Technologist team will create Canvas sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the Example Template on Canvas.
2. Faculty will update the site with the current semester’s information, resources, assignments, etc.
3. Syllabi and addenda (policy and/or division specific) are loaded into the site by the office associate.
4. Faculty open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.