How do I share a Canvas course with a student?

  1. Go to Course Settings,
  2. Scroll all the way to the bottom,
  3. Click on "More Options",
  4. Click the checkbox for "Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL". ...
  5. Click "Update Course Details" button,
  6. When the page refreshes after saving, you will see the URL.
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How do I get a link for my Canvas course?

How do I add a custom link to my course navigation?
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Click the Apps tab. ...
  3. In the filter box, enter “Redirect” ...
  4. Click the Redirect App.
  5. Click “Add App” ...
  6. In the Name box, enter the Name of the link, in the URL Redirect box, enter the web address.
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How do students access my Canvas course?

There would likely be a link to your institution's Canvas page somewhere on their website. Once logged in, one will see a course card for each of their classes and be able to click on one of these to enter the course. If you don't see your course here you can check in the "courses" tab and click on "all courses".
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How do I share an entire Canvas course with another teacher?

To add an another teacher to your course to share your content, follow the instructions below.
  1. Navigate to the People tab in your course.
  2. Click on the +People. ...
  3. Enter the appropriate email address. ...
  4. Select Teacher from the Role dropdown menu.
  5. If Canvas can validate the User ID, you will see a green check mark.
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How do I direct share in Canvas?

Search results display users by name and email address. Select the name of the user when it appears. The same content may be sent to more than one user by adding other users individually. When all users have been added and the content has been sent, the window confirms the content has been shared successfully.
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Sharing the Canvas Course with Students



Can a Canvas course be public?

Canvas has the capability to create an “open” course. An “open” course is available for anyone online to view (just like a website).
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How do I share an assignment link in Canvas?

After clicking the “Send to…” button in the More Options menu by the Canvas content item that you would like to share, a dialog box will appear. Type at least the first three letters of the instructor with whom you would like to share the content. Note that you can share with more than one person at a time.
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How do I copy from one class to another in Canvas?

Click "Import Course Content" on the right-hand side.
  1. From the "Content Type" drop down menu, select "Copy a Canvas Course." ...
  2. Search for a course: Select the course you want to import from using the drop down menu, or search for the course name in the adjacent text box.
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How do I copy a Canvas course from another college?

How do I copy one Canvas course site to another Canvas course...
  1. Go to the NEW Canvas site and click “Settings” ...
  2. On the right side of the display, click “Import Course Content” ...
  3. Use the Content Type Dropdown box and select "Copy a Canvas Course"
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Why can'ti add students to my Canvas course?

Enrollments may be added by your institution's student information system (SIS). If an enrollment includes an SIS ID, you cannot add an enrollment to the course. Adding users through the Add People button is a course permission. If you cannot add a user to your course, your institution has restricted this feature.
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Why can't my students see my Canvas course?

A course site isn't visible to students until the instructor manually publishes the Canvas site. If the semester/term has already started and you are definitely registered for the course, contact your instructor and ask them to publish the course. You may have previously set your Courses List to show other courses.
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How do you make a course active on Canvas?

Unlock a course

To unlock a Canvas course after the term has ended: Navigate to the course you want to unlock, and from the course navigation menu, select Settings. After the page automatically refreshes, your course will be unlocked, and the course end date will be set to one month from the current date.
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How do I accept a course invite on Canvas?

If you have been invited to join a course in Canvas you should have received an email stating so with a link to it. Or, if you simply log in to your school's Canvas site you should see text across the top of your Dashboard page asking you to join the course. Click the Accept button to join it.
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How do I cross list a course in Canvas?

Note the CRN of the parent course.
  1. Hover over courses and click on the course you want to cross-list into the parent course. ...
  2. Open Course Settings.
  3. Click on the Sections tab in Course Settings. ...
  4. Once you've clicked on the appropriate section name, click on the Cross-list This Section button on the right side of the page.
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Can you copy a module from one course to another in Canvas?

As an instructor, you can copy a module item in a course directly into another course in which you are enrolled. You can also send a module item to other instructors at your institution as well as copy an entire course module into another course.
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What is the difference between Send To and Copy To in Canvas?

Hi, rpsimon‌, "Send to" is to send a piece of content to a different user (as long as the user has an instructor-based role with the "manage course content" permission), whereas "Copy to" is to copy the content to another course of one's own.
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Can I copy a page from one Canvas course to another?

On the Design Tools menu, Select Create/Edit Content, and then select Copy Existing Content. In the "Copy page content by URL" box, paste the content page URL that you copied earlier, and then click the retrieve page icon to the right of the text box.
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What does share to Commons mean on Canvas?

Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources. A digital library full of educational content, Commons allows Canvas users to share learning resources with other users as well as import learning resources into a Canvas course.
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What does Published mean on Canvas?

Content pages. What does Publish mean? Publish is the way Canvas allows you to make your course available to students. Students will not see your course until it is Published.
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How do you write an email invitation for training?

Dear [employee name], We're hosting a [name of course] training session on [date], from [start time] to [end time], and would like you to attend. Please save the date in your calendar. The training will take place [location].
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Why can't I add people on Canvas?

Why can't I add someone to my class? You should be able to add people to your own course if you're the teacher. If a course has been concluded, the Add People function is disabled (the +People button is grayed out).
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How do I see who is in my class on Canvas as a student?

From within your Canvas course, in the course navigation, click People. To view a user's profile, click their name from the list. In the new page, you will see their details.
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How do you unlock a student module in Canvas?

How to Unlock a Module for One Student
  1. Create a prerequisite for the upcoming module to complete the current module.
  2. Create a no-submission assignment and make it available to the student now. ...
  3. Set a requirement on the current module that students must view the no-submission assignment.
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