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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) Revised: May 2026 (changes)
Related documents: Example Template

Purpose

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

Scope

Applies to undergraduate, professional graduate and graduate courses in the LMS system.

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.

General Template (Undergraduate didactic and Professional Graduate/Graduate courses)

• 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 3)
      • Instructor CV (optional) (Heading 3)
      • Instructor Welcome (Heading 3)
    • 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

Undergraduate Clinical Course Template

• Home
• Announcements
• Syllabus
  • Includes dated listing of published assignments
• Modules
  • Course Information (Module Header)
    • Course, Syllabus, and Schedule
    • Teaching Learning Definitions Document
    • Course Instructors
    • Web Conferencing and Class Recordings
  • ^* Orientation (Module Header)
  • ^* Med Math (Module Header)
  • ^* Faculty-Led Clinical (Module Header)
  • ^* DEU Clinical (Module Header)
  • ^* Shared Clinical Model (Module Header)
  • ^* Staff RN Supported Clinical (Module Header)
  • ^* Observation Clinical (Module Header)
  • ^* Precepted Clinical (Module Header)
  • ^* Simulation (Module Header)
  • ^* Skills Laboratory (Module Header)
  • Weekly Activities (Module Header)
• Grades
• Library
  • Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library

^* May unpublish content in module or do not create module if not applicable