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 ## Setup
 * Copy the gitlab-ci.yml file from this repo and place in the root of the new repo with the name .gitlab-ci.yml, notice the dot at the start of the name.
 * Modify the environment variable CANVAS_COURSE_CODE in the new file to correspond to the course code canvas uses in its url.
+* Create the folder `to_canvas` in the root of the repository and put files you want synced there.