How do I add students without an email

[john_reed]

I thought there was a way to impport students into canvas who do not have an email account. Some of my students dont have an account(email).

[Bobby2 · Accepted solution]

Hi  @john_reed  Thank You for your question.

You are correct. We can put people into courses using their SIS ID also.

This guide outlines this https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12973-4152724200 

Sing out if you need a hand.

[LoganCundiff]

Adding a user by SIS ID still requires an email, and then shows up as pending.

[JayKemp]

I too cannot figure out how to bypass the required email address.

[James]

@JayKemp 

Canvas has started requiring an email address for all things done through the web UI. I can still create user accounts through a SIS import and bypass the email requirement, but then I cannot edit them later through the web UI.

We used to create logins through Canvas for certain students who did not have an institutional email address (their department didn't put their users into our SIS). When they would come back and say "Oops, we misspelled the name, can you fix it?" I would have to do another SIS import to make any changes. Thankfully, they have started adding email addresses now so we can manage them better with the web interface. Note that those students still don't use their email addresses for email, but they use it to log into Canvas using our single sign-on solution.