badm350-canvas-builder_skill

Overview

This skill generates Canvas-ready HTML pages and assignment artifacts specifically for the BADM 350 Technology & AI Strategy course. It converts weekly markdown lesson plans into polished "Start Here" pages, session agendas, and assignment pages (with rubrics) that follow the course style guide and are ready for upload to Canvas.

How this skill works

The tool scans a week’s markdown file to extract learning objectives, Tuesday/Thursday session agendas, Before/During/After class tasks, readings/resources, and lab deliverable details. It applies the Start Here and assignment templates, injects course-specific CSS/JS, icons, and banner assets, and writes HTML outputs to the canvas-html folder. It also emits Canvas MCP commands and a concise setup markdown that documents assignment settings and rubric configuration for manual or automated upload.

When to use it

• When building a new weekly module from a markdown lesson plan.
• When creating a Week N "Start Here" page with Tuesday/Thursday session structure.
• When generating an assignment page (Lab, Discussion, Position Paper, Essay) with rubric and settings.
• When preparing Canvas upload commands and a Canvas setup checklist for a week.
• When standardizing course pages to match the BADM 350 style guide.

Best practices

• Keep source week markdown in the expected modules/unit-X folder naming convention.
• Clearly label the lab deliverable section to ensure correct assignment type detection.
• Review generated HTML in a browser and confirm CSS/JS asset links before publishing.
• Set due dates in ISO 8601 UTC to match Canvas API expectations.
• Use the generated canvas-setup.md to configure rubrics and module ordering consistently.

Example use cases

• Convert week-05-topic.md into week-05-start-here.html and week-05-assignment.html for immediate Canvas upload.
• Create a Start Here page that shows learning objectives, two 75-minute session agendas, and pre-class checklists.
• Generate a Lab assignment with a completion-based rubric and MCP command snippet to create the assignment in Canvas.
• Produce a Position Paper assignment HTML with grading rubric patterns and a canvas-setup.md describing rubric rows and points.
• Batch-generate multiple weeks’ HTML and MCP commands before a semester begins to streamline publishing.