Recent updates
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Editing User Roles in Your Course
Updated onArticleYou can edit the course roles for those students you have manually added to your course. However, you cannot edit the course roles for a student who is officially registered for your course as their enrollment is listed in the registrar's database. If you must change the role of an officially registered student, you will need to contact your department registrar.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Profile and User Settings (Vendor Guides)
Updated onArticleBelow are the vendor guides for Profile and User Settings.
General Information Canvas @ Yale Settings Account Settings
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Roll Call / Attendance (Vendor Guides)
Updated onArticleBelow are the vendor guides for Attendance/Roll Call.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Groups (Vendor Guides)
Updated onArticleBelow are the vendor guides for Groups.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Groups
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People (Vendor Guides)
Updated onArticleBelow are the vendor guides for People.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Changing Your Course Visibility
Updated onArticleYour course visibility determines who can view your course. This is primarily just your students who are enrolled, though Canvas @ Yale does set course visibility for your Syllabus page to be visible to anyone at our institution to work in unison with the Yale Course Search and registration process.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Course Administration Settings
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Restoring Deleted Items in Canvas
Updated onArticleCanvas @ Yale does not have a dedicated "recycle" or "trash" tool where you can recover / restore items that have been deleted. However, there is a function that can be used by users to restore some items that have been deleted, whether intentional or accidental.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Managing Course Materials
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Unlocking Courses in Past Terms to Add Users
Updated onArticleIf you need to add a user to a past course, you can temporarily unlock your course so you can add them. When you manually add the user, they will receive an email invitation to your old course site.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Requesting a Canvas Sandbox
Updated onArticleYou can request a Sandbox course. A Canvas Sandbox course is an unofficial course site for your use only, which is available for you to practice using the tools available within Canvas @ Yale or begin designing / setting up your course for the up coming semester.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Requesting Canvas Sites
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Identifying Discussion Sections in Your Canvas Course
Updated onArticleA course may have multiple different discussion sections enrolled in the singular course site. You can find the time, date, and location for your discussion sections in various places throughout your Canvas course.
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