You can add new or existing content items in Canvas to a unit. You can also add an item to multiple units, or multiple iterations of an item to one unit.

When you add items to a unit, please be aware that the status of the units overrides the state of the individual units items. You may want to consider leaving all unit items in an unpublished state until you are ready to publish the entire unit. Learn more about Draft State in unit.

Notes:

Canvas will accept most media files as uploads. However, not all media files can be played within Canvas.
When adding a restricted file type to a unit, please be aware that restricted files act as published files and may be viewable to students. Learn more about restricting files in Canvas.
Numerous unit items may affect performance. Units supports up to 100 unit items in the student progress page.
Your Unit should only consist of pages, assignments, quizzes, discussions and external integrations - not files and links

Adding content to Unit

On your module menu, click on Units.

To add a new Unit, click + on the unit

Click the Add drop-down menu and select one of the following item types:

Assignment
Quiz
File (document and media file types) - not recommended, files should be within a session page.
Page
Discussion

You have now added content to your module. Remember if you want to publish your module and the content in it, hit the publis buttons on the unit and content. You can work in the unit and not publish it.

Click Next to learn how to add requirements to your items

You can click on Units to look through the other helpful guides on how to use Canvas discussions, quizzes, conferences (Big Blue Button), Panopto for pre-recording lecture content and Microsoft Teams to support your teaching.