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People in the course navigation menu is the course participant list. This is where you can view the students and teachers enrolled in the course. It is also where students can be organized into groups. In Canvas, the People page shows everyone enrolled in the course and allows teachers to search, filter, and manage course users.

See also: Course Groups.

Please note: At the University of Iceland, students and teachers are added to Canvas automatically from Ugla based on course registration. Logging in to Canvas also goes through Ugla. This means that it is not possible to give someone access to a Canvas course without an HI email address.

00:07: How do I use the People page in a course as an instructor? 00:11: In course, navigation, click the people link 00:15: The People page displays all information about the users in your course. 00:19: The page is designed with global settings at the top of the page, followed by the generated 00:23: user data. 00:26: Global settings include searching and filtering by user data to search, 00:30: for a specific user type, the user's name in the search field, To 00:35: filter by role. Select the roles drop down menu. 00:38: The filter will also display the number of users in each type of role EG 00:42: student. You can also add a user to the course. 00:48: The people paid also organizes all your student groups where you can manage 00:52: student groups. You can create groups to put students together to 00:56: complete projects or other activities. 00:59: Students can set up their own groups which will allow them to work collaboratively. 01:09: To manage course, level user options, click the global options drop-down 01:13: menu. 01:15: You can view user groups, user groups are the same as displayed in the global 01:19: settings, at the top of the page. 01:22: You can view prior enrollments in the course, prior enrollments are students 01:26: who were previously enrolled in the course and their enrollments have been concluded. 01:31: You can also view a summary of all student interactions in your course. 01:35: Interactions are recorded when you contact the student via conversations or when 01:39: you leave a comment on an assignment, 01:42: You can view registered services for each user in the course. 01:45: If a person has registered a social media account in canvas, you 01:49: can see that service listed and communicate with that person through any social media 01:53: site, they have registered 01:56: You can export a list of pairing codes for all students in your course, Pairing 02:00: codes are used to pair a student with an observer. 02:03: This option only displays of self-registration is enabled that your institution 02:07: and is only available for users with permission to generate Observer pairing 02:11: codes. 02:13: The People page orders users alphabetically by last name, search and 02:17: filter results display the following data, the user's name, login 02:21: ID sisid, section role, last 02:25: activity and total activity. 02:29: You can also view the status for pending an inactive enrollments. 02:33: Once the course, is published users receive an invitation to the course. 02:38: Users who have not yet accepted the course invitation display a pending status. 02:43: Users who are inactive in the course display and inactive status. 02:46: The inactive status, allows you to view a user's prior activity in 02:50: the course, but does not allow the student to access the course. 02:55: To resend course invitations, for pending users. 02:57: Click the resend Link at the top of the page. 03:20: To view the context card for a student, click the student's name. 03:25: To manage a user. In your course, click the options icon. 03:31: If you have permission in your course, you can resend course invitations and view 03:35: user details. You may also be able to edit the user's 03:39: course sections, edit, the user's role deactivate the user, or 03:43: remove the user from the course. 03:46: For Observer roles. You can also link and observer to a student 03:51: To view the People page as a student. Click the view as student button. 03:56: This guide covered how to use the People page in a course as an instructor.

What are differentiation tags used for?

Tagging students can be useful for course organization, teaching, and assignment management. Tags let you create student identifier sets that include selected students. The tags are hidden from students. Do not confuse them with course groups.

Examples of how tags can be used

  • Assigning content
    You can assign assignments, quizzes, or pages to students with a specific tag by using Assign To in the settings for the assignment, quiz, or page.
  • Differentiated teaching
    You can create student identifier sets based on learning needs or interests to support more personalized learning.
  • Extended quiz time
    You can tag students who are entitled to extended time on quizzes.
  • Targeted communication
    You can send messages to tagged student sets through the Canvas Inbox.
  • Filtering in the Gradebook
    You can filter the traditional Gradebook to view and analyze the performance of specific tagged student sets.

How do I use differentiation tags?

To use tags, go to People in the course navigation. You can create tags either manually or by importing a CSV file.

Create and assign tags manually

  1. Open the course in Canvas.

  2. Select People in the course navigation.

  3. Click Manage Tags.

  4. In the side panel that opens, click Get Started.

Create and assign tags with a CSV file

  1. Open the course.

  2. Select People in the course navigation.

  3. Click Manage Tags.

  4. In the side panel, click Upload CSV.

  5. Click Download Template File to download the pre-formatted spreadsheet.

About the template file

The template is pre-filled with information for each student, including name, Canvas user ID, and login ID. You do not need to edit those columns.

You need to import the file into Excel, not open it as usual.

Import the template file into Excel

  1. Create a new empty file (Blank workbook).

  2. Select Get Data → From Text/CSV.

  3. Select the downloaded template file, then click Import.

  4. Under File Origin, select Unicode (UTF-8), and under delimiter select Comma.

  5. Click Load.

Add tags to the file

  1. Enter the tag names you want to use in the tag_name column for the students who should receive the tag.

  2. Leave these columns blank: canvas_tag_id, tag_id, tag_set_name, canvas_tag_set_id, and tag_set_id.

  3. Save the file as CSV.

  4. Upload the file to Canvas to import the tags.

See also

Observer

A teacher may sometimes need to give someone view-only access to a Canvas course. This can be done by assigning the role of Observer. At the University of Iceland, this must be arranged in Ugla.

An Observer can view course content, announcements, and discussions, but cannot participate in the course as a student or create or manage content as a teacher. Observers cannot access a course until it has been published.

At the University of Iceland, a person with observer access does not see the course in Ugla. Instead, they need to open Canvas directly, where the course appears on the Canvas Dashboard.

See also instructions about Granting Observer Access.

How do I use the People page in a course as an instructor?