Add Users

Academic Canvas course enrollments are controlled by Banner, the campus student information system. When a student registers for a course or instructor is assigned a course within Banner, this information will be automatically synced to Canvas and the corresponding course will be updated. Student enrollments are always controlled automatically. As a result, there is no need to manually add a USF student to an academic course

However there may be times when you need to add another USF user to and Academic course as the role of  Designer, Copier, Teacher or Teaching assistant. You may, for instance, need to add a fellow instructor to your course, so they can see how you organized your course or so they can copy your content into their course shell.

In non-academic courses, those course that are created manually and do not have a corresponding record in Banner, all users must be enrolled manually; there are no automated controls for enrollment. 

Step-by-Step Guides

• Adding Users to Active Courses

Tips and Best Practices

• If you need to add another instructor to your course so they can see your course content and structure or copy portions of the course into their own, add them using the Copy role. This will allow that instructor to see your content but will not expose student grades or delete or change any content.
• To add USF students to your course, specify their login and NOT their USF email. Canvas will NOT accept the @dons.usfca.edu email and will generate an error. Please be aware FERPA requirements and consider enrolling USF students with the Private role. This role offers the same permissions as Student, however, users with the private role cannot see or interact with other students in the course. This can be used when enrollments in the course need to be kept confidential and students cannot see who else is enrolled in the course.
• If you find the People link is grey, this means the course is concluded and users cannot be added. Use this technique to enable enrollments again.