Time to order summer and fall Canvas course accounts! After receiving the account, prepare it for the coming semester (possibly by copying a previous course into it), enroll students, and publish it. Instructors can either fill in a request form using the Canvas Help > Global Course Administration > Request a New Course Shell tool or can submit a course order request to the college’s Online and Distance Learning unit. If a new Canvas course account is requested through the college, ODL staff will structure the course and settings based on stated preferences. ODL Staff can also copy previously owned accounts into a new spring account. College order form.