This guide covers manually adding users who have SF State IDs to a class in Canvas. Students who are officially enrolled and faculty who are officially teaching a class do not need to be manually added.

1. Log in to Canvas.
2. Navigate to your course in Canvas.
3. In the left-side course navigation menu, select the People link.
4. In the upper right corner, select the + People button.
5. In the pop-up box, enter the user's SF State email address.
   

   Note: You can add more than one student at once by separating emails out with a comma (for example: jane@example.com, janet@example.com) or by having one email per line. For example:

      john@example.com
      joe@example.com
      jill@example.com
   

6. Select the role you wish to assign to the new user.

Note: Canvas has nine different roles to choose from.

• Student: Gives the person student-level access just the same as if they were enrolled in the course. Students can participate in assignments
• Interpreter (course-level): Cannot actively participate in the course. Can only view course announcements and Discussions.
• Student Guest: Can view course content and only participate in course Discussions and Collaborations.
• Teacher: Full access and control of the course. They can share, edit, and create course content.
• TA: Teaching Assistant has the ability to create, edit, and grade assignments. TA has full access to the course gradebook and student information.
• TA (non-grading): Same as TA, but without the ability to grade. They have zero access to the course gradebook.
• Designer: Can create and edit course content and participate in course assignments.
• Observer: This user role can be linked to a student user enrolled in a course. For example, advisors and/or mentors may wish to be linked to a student to view their course progress. Observers have the fewest permissions.
• Interpreter (Observer): Cannot actively participate in the course. Can only view course announcements and the People list.

6. Select the Next button.

7. Confirm the person listed is correct, then select Add Users.

 

The user will automatically receive an email from Canvas notifying them that they have been added to your course. Upon login to Canvas, the user must accept the invitation to the course (it will appear at the top of their Dashboard in Canvas).

 

To add users that are not affiliated with SFSU, please contact us via email at@sfsu.edu. Please provide their name, external email address, and the course they need to be added to.