How To Make Students in "People" Module Visible To Students

[bretg]

My "People" Module on the left column listing has the closed eye next to it meaning it is not visible to the students.  How do I get rid of that.  There is no "publish" tab anywhere on the page when I open up "People."  Also, once available, are the students able to see the email addresses of their peers?

[bneporadny]

Hi Bret,

You just need to make this option visible to students in the course navigation menu that is found in the settings of the course. Here is a link to some documentation‌ that will walk you thru doing this (https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12933-415257079 ).

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

Hi,  @bretg , to make the People tab in the course navigation visible to students, you'll need to adjust that navigation item in the course settings, as described in How do I manage Course Navigation links?

Turning to your second question, the answer to this might depend on whether your school has enabled personal profiles or not (How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student?)  I did a quick test in a course that has profiles enabled, and determined that a student can see whatever the user has provided on their profile. The email address is not listed there by default, but a user can choose to customize it.

[nr2522]

Hello,  @bretg ‌.

This article from the Canvas Instructor Guide will show you how to enable and disable course navigation links: How do I manage Course Navigation links?

Best,

Nelson

[kmeeusen]

Hi  @bretg  

Very easy process..........

• Navigate to the course,
• Go to Settings,
• Click on the Navigation tab,
• Scroll down the list until you find People,
• Using your mouse or touch pad, drag People up to the top part of the list and drop it where you would like it to display in the menu,
• Scroll back to the bottom and click Save.

You can learn more at How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an instructor?  and at https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12933-415257079 

I see that 3 of us were working on an answer for you at the same time, and I lost the race.

Kelley

[chrish]

Found this while researching the same issue. Even if the teacher has the "People" in the navigation it did not appear. You have to allow it in the permissions: