Canvas - How do I add a co-instructor or TA to my site?

When you create a new site using the Canvas Wizard, any students enrolled in the course in SIS will be added to the site. As students add the course in SIS, they will be added to the Canvas site automatically within 24 hours of SIS enrollment.

Adding Users

To add TAs, co-instructors, or other users to your course, you may follow these steps. Please note that only users with CWRU Network IDs (abc123) are able to access Canvas, and that not all CWRU users automatically receive a Canvas account. If you have any issues enrolling someone, please contact the [U]Tech Service Desk at help@case.edu. Finally, this will only work for live courses in Canvas; we have separate instructions for adding users to concluded courses.

1. Enter into your Canvas course and select People from the Course Navigation.
2. Click on the +People button.
3. Select the criteria to add users by, then enter in their information. You can add multiple users at once by separating each user's information with commas.
   1. Email Address: You can use either the user's abc123@case.edu or firstname.lastname@case.edu addresses.
   2. Login ID: Enter in the user's CWRU Network ID (e.g. abc123).
   3. SSO ID: This criteria should not be used to add users.
4. Select a role for the users.
5. Optionally, select a section for the users. If you choose to add users to a specific section, you can also choose to limit the users to only interact with others in their section.
6. Click Next.
7. Verify the details, then click Add Users.

When you add users manually, they will be sent an invitation to join the course. This will be sent to their CWRU email address. They can either accept the invitation via email, or accept the invitation on the Dashboard page when they log in to Canvas.

 We have a printable version of this guide if you would prefer to have a hard copy!

Combining Sections

If you need to add another SIS section of enrollments into your Canvas course, please see our guide for cross-listing sections. Combining sections is handy if you are teaching multiple sections of the same class, but want to add everyone into one Canvas course.

Removing Users

If a student drops the course in SIS, they will be marked as Inactive on the People page. This means that the student no longer sees the course and doesn't have access to its materials. On the instructor side, the student will not appear in the default gradebook or in any groups; their name will only appear on the People page, where they will clearly be labeled as Inactive.

If you need to remove someone that was manually added to the site, you can easily do this from the People page. Please see this Canvas Guide for removing enrollments for more information.

If you need to remove a student who is enrolled in the course via SIS, please contact the CWRU Service Desk at (216) 368-HELP or at help@case.edu.