Wiki Page, Canvas Admin Overview: [MODULE 3] Enrolling Users Into Courses

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Enrolling Users Into Courses

Once users are registered in your Canvas instance, you move forward with the enrollment process. There are three (3) ways users can be enrolled into sections. (Remember, you don't enroll into courses, you enroll into sections that associated with those courses).

1. Enroll Users Via SIS Import

As always, you can import users using the SIS Import Format Documentation (using the enrollments.csv ). When an enrollment is in a 'completed' state, those who were enrolled as a "student" role are limited to read-only access to the course.

NOTE: Users enrolled via SIS Import will not receive a formal "invitation" to participate in a course via email.

2. Invite Users Via Course Invite (From People Tab)

Within in course shell, there is a PEOPLE tab in the left-hand navigation. Admins, Teachers, TAs and Designers can 'invite' users into their courses through the user interface. These users can be other teachers and TAs or new students and observers (i.e. parents).

NOTE: Users enrolled through the course interface will receive a formal "invitation" to participate in a course via email.

3. Allow Users to Self Enroll

If 'self-enroll' has been enabled from the admin settings AND the teacher has made a course open for self-enrollment, then users can enroll in a course on their own.

The following tutorials provide further insight into enrollment options:

How do I invite students into a course shell via course interface?

How do I add observers and TAs to a course via course interface?

What is the difference between self-enrollment, self registration, and open registration in the admin settings?

How does Canvas handle new student enrollment by email address?

How do I view enrollments for a user in my account?

How do I reinstate a student if they have been accidentally un-enrolled from the course?

How do I change self-enrollment settings for my course?

How do I change self-enrollment settings for my account?