About that Backup Site
Developing Your Backup Site
At the top of the NUTS AND BOLTS module for students you'll see a link for "Backup Site." It takes you to my backup site (which is not updated, by the way; it's an old one!)
You DO need a backup site for students. A mechanism has been set up so that students will give you their email addresses, and you should set up a "group" for emailing outside of CANVAS.