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titleHow do I enroll students into my course?

For academic courses, student enrollments for your course are populated from SIS to Canvas. It can take up to 24 hours for new enrollments added in SIS to populate or drop from your Canvas site. You cannot manually add students to your academic course. 

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titleWhat does "inactive" mean on the People page?

When viewing the People page in an course in Canvas, instructors often come across students listed as "inactive.” This designation refers to students who were initially enrolled in the course but have since dropped it. Similarly, individuals with other roles, such as instructors, might appear inactive when they've been added to the course and later removed.

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Inactive enrollments do not retain access to the course. They cannot access course materials, receive announcements, or engage in communication within the course. This inactive status ensures that their presence does not impact ongoing interactions or course dynamics.

By default, inactive students do not appear in the Gradebook. However, instructors have the option to view inactive enrollments. This can be particularly useful when you need to assess historical performance or review the impact of dropped students on grading trends. To view inactive students in the gradebook:

  1. Hover over the Student Name column header.

  2. Click the Options icon ( ⁝ ).

  3. From the menu, select the Inactive enrollments option.

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titleHow do I publish a course (i.e., make it available to students)?

In order for students to view and access your course, you must publish it. You may also unpublish a course if you want to hide it from students. However, once your course contains a graded submission, you cannot unpublish it.  

Note: Each semester, a term date is set. This date should not be changed. Even if you publish your course early, students will not be able to view it before the term date. 

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