Adding Guests, Librarians, Tutors, and Teaching Assistants to a Canvas Course

Overview

Instructors can add guests to Canvas courses at the university. Guests may be added for a short time or for the full course term. Please note: Do not use this process for registered students in your course. Registered students are added automatically through the Student First integration.

The Student First integration checks the enrollments in a Canvas course and adds or removes users so the roster matches Student First. Because of this, instructors must create a separate section for any guests they add manually.

Instructions

  1. In the course menu, click Settings and then click the Sections tab.
  2. In the box, enter "Manual" as the name for a new section and click the +Add Section button.
  3. In the course menu, click the People link.
  4. Click the +People button.
  5. Type the person’s email address.
  6. Select the role the guest will have in the course. (Students assisting in a class must not be given the Teacher or Professor role.)
  7. Click the Next button.
  8. The next screen will confirm the guest information. Click the Add Users button.
  9. The guest will receive an email invitation to join the course in Canvas. A banner with the invitation will also appear in Canvas.

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