[Reports] Export course People list (including Teachers, TA, Support, etc.)

Problem statement:

There are times when we want to export all users enrolled in a course (everyone in the People) tab. For example, there may be a custom course that repeats each year with the same instructors (sometimes a large number of instructors). Currently, we need to keep a list of the login IDs for those instructors in a separate document so they can be re-added to each new version of the course. We'd like to be able to export the user list from the previous version of the course, sort by role type, and then re-add the instructors to the new course. There are also other use cases for exporting the entire course enrollment, not just the students (which can be done via Gradebook export).

Proposed solution:

Just as you can export the Gradebook to get a list of students in a course, we'd like an "Export Roster" button in the People tab to export a list of all users enrolled in the course and their corresponding role(s) and section affiliation(s) in the course. Ideally, there would be an option to export just specific sections or all sections in a course to allow flexibility for multiple use cases.

User role(s):

admin

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5 Comments
KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: Open
 
Mikee
Community Participant

Yes please.

Having the ability to export (and potentially re-import elsewhere to synchronise teaching and support staff involved) would be brilliant.

 

KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: New
 
KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: Added to Theme
 
anna_volkova
Community Explorer
Problem statement:

We would like our users to be able to export a list of people in a course under the "People" link in the course. This export should include as many details as possible, for instance, users sections, their roles, groups and e-mail addresses. These lists could be very helpful to both teachers and university staff whenever they need to follow up with students outside of Canvas, conduct workshops, or set up new Canvas pages. This functionality exists to some extent in New Analytics, however it'd be more convenient and user-friendly if that feature was available directly from the "People" link in courses.

Proposed solution:

A solution would be to include a button from the "People" link in Canvas courses that would allow users to export a list with all users and their details in the course. This will simplify and speed up process of exporting lists of people from Canvas. Ideally, it could be exported both as a .CSV and PDF files. I saw there is an existent similar idea already (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Reports-Export-course-People-list-including-Teachers...), but we would like our users to be able to export more information. I was in touch with Instructure Support (case#09499488) earlier regarding New Analytics and I have submitted another suggestion for New Analytics to be integrated into Canvas, which is similar to this suggestion (see https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Integrate-New-Analytics-into-Canvas/idi-p/558259). Thanks.

User role(s):

admin,instructor,TA,designer