How do I view and manage a sub-account?

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As an admin, you can view and manage sub-accounts in Canvas. Sub-accounts help establish your account's hierarchical structure and house courses and enrollments.

All of your institution’s sub-accounts are located within the root account. However, sub-accounts can include additional nested sub-accounts, and sub-account admins can view a list of all the sub-accounts in their account.

Sub-accounts can be created and managed manually or via SIS upload. Additionally, sub-accounts created via API or SIS upload retain the identifiers given in the original source. You can edit sub-account names to make them easier to find within Canvas.

View a video about Sub-Accounts.

Notes:

• Sub-accounts that contain courses cannot be deleted.
• Each root account automatically includes a sub-account called Manually-Created Courses that manages multiple backend processes for Canvas and cannot be deleted.

00:07: How do I view and manage a sub account? 00:10: In global navigation, click the admin link, then click the name of 00:14: the account. 00:16: In account, navigation, click the sub accounts linked. 00:20: Sub accounts are listed in alphabetical order to view a sub-account 00:24: click the sub account name. 00:27: Many canvas accounts contain multiple sub-accounts with nested sub accounts 00:31: to more easily. Navigate within sub accounts. 00:34: You can collapse sub-account lists hiding them from View. 00:38: To collapse a list of sub-accounts, click the up Arrow icon. 00:43: To expand a list of sub-accounts that have been collapsed. 00:46: Click the down arrow icon. 00:50: To create a sub account, click the add button. 00:54: To edit the name of a sub account. Click the edit icon. 00:57: Edit the name of the sub account by typing in the name field. 01:01: To save your changes, press the return key on a Mac or 01:05: Enter key on a PC on your keyboard. 01:10: To delete a sub account. Click the delete icon. 01:14: When you delete a sub account, a pop-up window will appear in your browser. 01:18: Click the okay button. 01:21: This guide covered how to view and manage a sub account.

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open Sub-Accounts

In Account Navigation, click the Sub-Accounts link.

View Sub-Account

Sub-accounts are listed in alphabetical order. To view a sub-account, click the sub-account name.

Collapse and Expand Sub-Account List

Many Canvas accounts contain multiple sub-accounts with nested sub-accounts. To more easily navigate within sub-accounts, you can collapse sub-account lists, hiding them from view.

To collapse a list of sub-accounts, click the Up Arrow icon [1].

To expand a list of sub-accounts that have been collapsed, click the Down Arrow icon [2].

Add Sub-Account

To create a sub-account, click the Add button.

Manage Sub-Account

To edit the name of a sub-account, click the Edit icon [1]. Edit the name of the sub-account by typing in the name field. To save your changes, press the Return key (on a Mac) or Enter key (on a PC) on your keyboard.

To delete a sub-account, click the Delete icon [2].

Note: Sub-accounts that contain courses cannot be deleted.

Confirm Sub-Account Deletion

When you delete a sub-account, a pop-up window will appear in your browser. Click the OK button.