Cross-listing

How do I cross-list course sections?

In Canvas, combining sections of a course is called “Cross-listing.” This is straightforward for faculty members to do themselves following this help guide. A few basic tips:

• Cross-list when both sections are unpublished.
• Begin the process in the “child” site (the site you want to combine into the other site), and cross-list into the “parent” site. 
• At the end of the process, the “parent” site will remain, and the “child” site(s) will have been merged with the “parent” site and will have disappeared from your Canvas dashboard. 
• If you want to de-cross-list a section but cannot see the “De-cross-list this Section” button as shown in the help guide, please contact Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education.

Are any courses automatically cross-listed?

Starting with Fall 2025 courses, permanent cross-listed course sections will be automatically cross-listed together. This means that only the ‘parent’ Canvas site will appear on an instructor's course dashboard, and students in all ‘child’ course sections will have access to the parent site. 

Courses not classified as permanent cross-listed courses will still need to be manually cross-listed, if desired, following the instructions above.