What is a Supercourse?

A supercourse is the SWC term for course sections for the same course that have been merged together in Canvas, or "cross-listed."

For example, and instructor teaching sections 02, 04, and 06 of their 101 course can request that these multiple sections be lumped into one shell. The benefit of this is that means instructors will only have a single course to update and program in Canvas instead of visiting three separate Canvas courses to make the same Announcements, post the same documents, etc.

For more information, please see the Supercourses, Cross Listings, and Course Merges : They're All the Same Thing page.

How to request a Supercourse?

To request a supercourse be created for you in Canvas, go to ServiceNow to place your request.

Locate ServiceNow in your My SWC/Campus Apps dropdown menu.
Select Online Learning Center in the Instructional Support panel.
Select the supercourse button from the Course Request panel.

When you fill out the supercourse request form, you'll list your PRIMARY course = the course you want to become the dominant or main or "parent" course in Canvas. You'll then select the SECONDARY course, or the limb or "child" course you wish to attach to the primary course. Typically, instructors choose the lowest section number of the course they're looking to have merged.

supercourse form in servicenow

Important things

Heads Up! Some Important Things to Know About Making a Supercourse Request:

At present, faculty can only request one cross-listing per form, meaning if you teach section 02, 04, and 06, you'll request section 04 be merged to section 02 on your first request, and then have to start a second request to ask that section 06 also be merged to section 02.
Supercourses can only be created before a term has begun. Cross-listing courses that are already underway results in losing student grades, work, and feedback for at the section-level.