Introduction

Once you create a course that is linked with your course roster in Banner, your students will automatically be listed in your course with the role of Student. However, there may be other individuals you want to add to your course, such as TAs and co-instructors. These users must be added to the course manually.

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Add users manually to a Canvas course.

Follow the steps in this tutorial to add users to your course using the “People” tab in the course navigation menu:

How do I add users to my course?

When enrolling someone in your course you will need to have their Temple AccessNet ID/email (tub12345@temple.edu)

Choosing User Roles

When you add someone to your course, you will be asked to choose a role for that individual. Use the list of available roles below as a guide to make your selection:

Teacher - Access to all available features within a course. This includes content building and editing, student data, assignments, grading, communications, and the ability to add other users to the course.
TA - Access to all student interactions, grading, communication, and content editing features. Unable to add users to a course.
Designer - Access to content editing features only. No access to student grades.
Grader - Access to student grades and grading features. Unable to access any content editing features.
Observer - View-only access to course content. Observers can also be assigned to see specific students' grades.

Changing a User's Status

There are three status options in Canvas: Enrolled, Inactive, and Concluded. When a student enrolls in your class, they will automatically appear on your course roster as enrolled, and if a student drops your class, they will be automatically listed in the roster as inactive. You can also manually change a user's status by clicking the 3 dots at the end of their row in the People list. See below for details about each of the three status options.

Enrolled - The user is enrolled in your course and assigned one of the roles described above.
Concluded - If you change a user's status in the roster to "concluded," they will still be able to view the course and its content, but they will not be able to interact with any part of the course (i.e. They will not be able to participate in discussions, assignments, etc.)
Inactive - If a user is listed as inactive, they will no longer have access to any of the content or activities in the course.

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