[ARCHIVED] Direct adding of students to Canvas? Is it possible?

[caroline_ashwoo]

Hello, everyone!! I have just started using Canvas a couple of days ago, and I LOVE IT! I am at a public charter school; The local school system uses Canvas but does not make it available to the charters, so I thought I would try it out using the "Build your Own" option before I promote Canvas to my Principal. I am our Technology Coordinator, and I teach technology classes in the computer lab. I have just about gotten my content ready to go, but so far I haven't been able to get the students to be able to access it.

We do not give email accounts to our students. I have not figured a way to directly add them to my Canvas account. I *can* add them, but it requires that they accept an invetation by email.  Does anyone know of a way I can directly add students without email addresses?

[john_williamson]

There is a code you can give the students to self -enroll to do this you  follow the following steps:

1. Select settings  on the left hand side

2.Under course details scroll down and select more options

3.Select Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL or code

4.Select update course details.

5.  After this at the bottom of the course details there will a  URL and a course join code

6.   a. give the url to the students to join the class

      b. have students go to http://canvas.instructure.com select need canvas account top right hand corner then i am a       student.  Have the students register  with the code.

Hope this helps

[caroline_ashwoo]

It does - at least I can get them in there now. I would really like to be able to control their information, like their user names, student ID numbers, and such.

[john_williamson]

Caroline,

I have used this way to sign students up for the classes and I give them a sheet of paper with directions for creating user names, passwords, etc.  I usually make it a  assignment grade.  Those students who follow my directions receive full credit, those who don't I remove their user name from the course and they must try again.  I then reduce their grade on the assignment.

John