Please follow the instructions below to add a Teaching Assistant (TA), Secondary Instructor, Designer, etc. to your course.
Note: Adding a user in a Teacher role or an Observer role is NOT recommended. These roles have no access associated with them and users with these roles will be unable to access most functions of the course.
Add a TA, Secondary Instructor, Designer, etc. to your Canvas course
1. Access your course in Canvas, then select People from the course menu.
2. On the People page, click the +People button.
3. Under Add user(s) by, select Login ID, then enter the NetID of the user(s) in the text field. Multiple users can be entered at one time if separated by a comma.
From the Role dropdown menu, select the appropriate Role for the user(s) you're adding (TA, Secondary Instructor, Designer, etc.). TA is being used in this example.
Click Next.
4. The Add People page will appear. Confirm that the user(s) listed and the role are correct, then click Add Users.
5. The users will be added and receive an email invitation to enter the course. A notification banner with the invitation will also appear when they access Canvas. Once they accept the invitation, they will be able to access the course.
