[ARCHIVED] Adding users to a section

[shokhida]

How do i add users to a section? I created a course, but i teach this course to different groups (group 101, group 102 etc), i want add the users to their own groups but i could not find any add users menu in the sections area. When I enroll people to a course they are automatically showing up in one section but they are all mixed, so how can i assign them to their own group in a section?

Thank you)

[chadscott · Accepted solution]

Howdy,

If you have the permissions to add users to a section, you can edit their section in the PEOPLES tab.

Click the 3 dots to the right of their name and click "edit section". You can then remove the current section and then add them to the correct one.

If you don't have the correct permissions, contact your Canvas admin and ask them to move the enrollments to the correct sections for you.

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-edit-sections-for-an-enrollment-in-a-co...

Cheers,
Chad Scott
Katy ISD

[DaveMcIntosh]

Hello Chad,

Isn't there a less labour-intensive way to add users to a section than going manually through every name, using several button clicks each time? I wanted to create a section of 60 students...

Thanks,

Dave

[JaredWall]

There is an easier way, but it requires knowing how to give the section an SIS ID and then adding the users to the section via an SIS import (all at once). This would also require the proper permissions. If you are not an admin with SIS permissions, then you cannot achieve this. You would have to contact someone with those permissions. 

[james_whalley]

@shokhida You can also use the +People button to bulk add users to a section. You just need to put each entry on a separate line or separate them by commas. I usually just copy-paste from a spreadsheet column for this.