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CPH Canvas Course Template

About the Template

All CPH courses are required to use the CPH Canvas Template to provide a consistent look and feel across all college courses and meet Quality Matters standards.

  • If this is your first time creating a CPH Canvas course, email cphithelp@temple.edu to request access to the template in the Canvas Commons. The template must be added before any course content is added to your Canvas course. Please do not add it over content already in your course.

Watch the CPH Canvas Template Tour (video 8:14) for an overview of how the template works.

Courses Reusing Content from a Previous Semester: New Images Coming Soon for Spring 2026!

New Canvas Barnett College of Public Health and Social Work course banner images will be available soon to use in the Spring semester to reflect the College's new name. Look out for an announcement from the Associate Deans. 

All college Canvas courses must update to the new course banner for Spring 2026 courses.2026. Follow these steps to do so:

Updating the Course Homepage Banner Image 

Video (2:38): Replacing the Course Homepage Banner Image

  1. In your course, click on Import from Commons
  2. In the Search bar, type in 2026 CPH Banner or 2026 SSW Banner (for SSW faculty who would like to use the SSW-specific banner image)
  3. Click on the image
  4. Click on Import/Download
  5. Select your course from the list
  6. Click on Import. It may take a few minutes to complete the import process.
  7. Go back into your course and click on the Edit button for your course homepage
  8. Click on the previous version of the banner image and delete it
  9. Click on the images button along the rich content editor toolbar and select Course Images
  10. Search for and select the 2026 CPH Banner or 2026 SSW Banner image file to add it to the page
  11. Click on the accessibility icon to add alt text
  12. Type in Temple University Barnett College of Public Health logo in the alt text space and click Fix Issue
  13. Close out of the accessibility report and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save
Updating the Course Card Image

Video (1:24): Replacing the Course Card Image

  1. Download the new course card image sent to you by the Associate Deans 
  2. In your Canvas course, click on Settings from the course navigation menu
  3. Click on the three dots on the current course card image
  4. Click on Choose Image
  5. Locate the new course card image you downloaded and drag it into the Upload Image box, or browse your computer to locate it 
  6. Click on Update Course Details
  7. Click on the Files area from the course navigation menu and click on the course_image folder or search for the name of the images in the files area
  8. Click on where it says "Alt" and provide alt text such as Temple University Barnett College of Public Health logo. Click Save.

Building a Course from Scratch: Steps to Import the CPH Canvas Course Template

Step 1: Create the Canvas Course Shell

  1. Log into canvas.temple.edu
  2. Click on the Course Tools area found on the vertical global navigation menu (toward the bottom)
  3. Click on Banner
  4. Click on + (next to the name of the course)
  5. Click on Create (It may take a few minutes for the shell to be created; so check back to see if it is listed in your Canvas course list)

Step 2: Import the Template

If this is the first time you are teaching in CPH, you must email cphithelp@temple.edu requesting access to the CPH Canvas Template found in the Canvas Commons. You will then import the Canvas Template from the Commons into your course shell following the steps outlined in the instructions below.

  1. In your Canvas course, click on Import from Commons
  2. In the Search box, type CPH Template
  3. Click on CPH Template- Use to Build a Course from Scratch
  4. Click on Import/Download
  5. Select your course from the list
  6. Scroll down and click on Import into Course

Video Demonstration (1:50): CPH Canvas Template- Use to Build a Course from Scratch

If after importing the template, you need to set the homepage, please follow these steps:

  1. Click on Home in your course
  2. Click on Choose Homepage on the right side of the page
  3. If the "Welcome Students" page is listed as the "Pages Front Page," select Pages Front Page
  4. If not, click on Change
  5. Locate the "Welcome Students" page to make the front page and click on the three dots all the way to the right
  6. Click Use as Front Page
  7. Click on Home
  8. Click on Choose Home Page
  9. Click on Pages Front Page
  10. Click Save

Step 3: Add Content

Add content to your course.

Please email cphithelp@temple.edu for any questions.

Past Updates

Fall 2025

The Student Course Technology Requirements link has been updated. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This is the only change for fall; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. Click on Modules
  2. In the "Course Information" module, click on the Technology Requirements page
  3. Click Edit
  4. Click on the words "Student Course Technology Requirements"
  5. Click Link Options
  6. Remove the old URL in the Link box and paste https://cph.to/coursetech in the Link box
  7. Click Done
  8. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save
Spring 2025

Due to the recent CPH website update, the link to advising information has changed. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This is the only change for spring; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. Click on the Advising page
  2. Click on Edit
  3. Click on the words "advising staff"
  4. Click Link Options
  5. Remove the old URL in the Link box and paste https://cph.temple.edu/student-life/advising in the Link box
  6. Click Done
  7. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save
Fall 2024

Due to the transition from Barnes & Noble to Follett, the Temple University book store link on the course homepage has changed. Please update this link in your course by following the steps below. This change is the only update for fall; you do not need to import anything new.

  1. On the homepage, click on Edit
  2. Click on Temple University Bookstore
  3. Click on Link Options
  4. Remove the old link in the Link box and paste https://temple.edu/bookstore in the Link box
  5. Click Done
  6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save
Fall 2023

Advising Page

On the Advising page, replace the text with the text below:

If you are an undergraduate, MPH, or MSW student, please contact your academic advisor with questions.  Please use this link to access information about the advising staff.  

If you are a graduate student (outside of MPH or MSW), please contact your graduate program director for your advising questions.

Academic Support and Student Resources Page

Replace the Academic Support and Student Resources page with a link following these steps:

  1. First, remove the previous version of the Academic Support and Student Resources page
  2. After, click on the plus sign for the Resources at Your Fingertips module
  3. Choose External URL for the drop down menu next to Add
  4. In the URL box, paste this link: https://tuportal6.temple.edu/web/cph/academic-support-and-student-resources
  5. In the Page Name box, enter Academic Support and Student Resources
  6. Check the box for Load in a New Tab
  7. Click Add Item

This item is now a link to a page in the CPH area on TUportal so that content can be updated moving forward without faculty having to make updates to their course.

Policies Page

Replace the Policies page with a link following these steps:

  1. First, remove the previous version of the Policies page
  2. After, click on the plus sign for the Course Information module
  3. Choose External URL for the drop down menu next to Add
  4. In the URL box, paste this link: https://tuportal6.temple.edu/web/cph/policies
  5. In the Page Name box, enter Policies
  6. Check the box for Load in a New Tab
  7. Click Add Item

This item is now a link to a page in the CPH area on TUportal so that content can be updated moving forward without faculty having to make updates to their course.

Technology Requirements Page

Replace the text with the text below (please leave any additional technology requirements you have added to the Canvas page. We have consolidated the CPH general technology requirements to link out to one page on the CPH IT wiki):

Please review the Student Course Technology Requirements.

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