Canvas / Add a user to my current course

Question

• How do I add a new student, who enrolled late, into Canvas?
• How do I add a Teacher's Assistant to a current course in Canvas?
• How do I add a teacher to an open course in Canvas?
• I need to be added to a Canvas course taught by another professor
• My TA is out, and I need access to their Canvas course
• I have a student who was force-added by the registrar, and I need to add them to my Canvas course
• I am unable to add someone to a course from a prior term — the Add People button is greyed out

User

• Canvas Instructor

Environment

• 10185: Canvas

Rationale

• Any instructor in the course can add a user to Canvas course for the current term. Course in prior terms are closed and users will not be added
• Students who are officially enrolled in the course, even late, will automatically populate into the course when the course updates run throughout the day
  • When a student's Banner record is officially updated, the student will be added to the course
• Adding a user without a Miami account or manually adding a user with Miami credentials but not listed in Add People will create a duplicate account, and the actual Banner account will not be connected to the new account. Accounts should only be set up through the proper procedure in Admissions, grad school, or Human Resources through Banner

Resolution

• This Canvas Guide article will show you how to add users to a course
  • Students (users) cannot be added to a course after the term is closed. (In other words, if the course is from a prior closed term, you will not be able to add users.) 
    • You must extend the end-date of the course and the section to re-open the course and allow user access before the term ends
  • If the course was imported and the dates were not removed or shifted, users cannot be enrolled if the start and end dates are from the past or in the future
    • You must change the start and end dates for the course
• Do you need a to give access to your course content to another instructor? Follow the KB instructions at Request: Canvas / Create a new project site
• If you do not have access to the course, contact IT Help by phone at 513-529-7900 or by live chat session at MiamiOH.edu/ITChat for assistance

Notes

• Miami Online offers Canvas training
  • To find information and to register, go to the Events Calendar and search for Canvas. Resources for using technology. guides, and best practices can be found on the Miami Online website
  • Self-paced training is available to faculty and staff. Go to Miami Online Catalog and log in
• Visit the Canvas Status Dashboard to check performance information for Canvas services
• Instructure provides up-to-date instructor documentation and instructions for Canvas
  • Browse all Canvas Guides by product or see the Canvas Instructor Guide