Adding People to Classes

How do students get enrolled?

Students enrollments are updated nightly in Canvas, automatically. Your Canvas roster will usually match the roster you see in Instructor Briefcase. There are two exceptions:

• There is be a one-day lag between when a student formally adds or drops the class, and when they are added to (or removed from) your course in Canvas.
• If you sign a drop/add form for a student, they may not take it to Registration right away. Canvas will only reflect the change once the student delivers the form to Registration.

Can I manually add a student?

Yes. You will need to know their MyHighline ID. Note that once you add a student manually, you may not be able to delete them.

• Remember to use only their MyHighline ID or Canvas login ID, and not their full email address. In other words, add them with "jmosby" instead of "jmosby@students.highline.edu".

See the Canvas Guide: How do I add students to my course? Links to an external site.

Can I manually drop a student?

No. Canvas courses need to reflect the official college enrollment for that course, so a student has to be officially dropped via Registration. Note that Withdrawal by Instructor may not take effect for a few days after the quarter has started. 

Can I share my course with another instructor?

Yes. This is also a good way to handle sharing if someone is going to observe your course as part of the tenure process or post-tenure review. (If you are sharing content, you may find Canvas Commons to be more helpful. See the information in the advanced portion of this course for details on the Canvas Commons.)

Simply add the instructor to your course in the same way you'd add a student. Remember two things:

• Select the appropriate level of permissions when adding (Teacher, Student, etc).
• Use only the ID portion of the person's login: e.g. "bobama" instead of "bobama@highline.edu".