How do I share my module with students?

[AnneNoble-Custe]

Good Evening,

I am implementing my module tomorrow and I am not sure how to share it with the 10 students. I could send a link to their email or write the credentials on the board and let them find it, but I am not sure how.

Please Help!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello @AnneNoble-Custe ...

I'm not sure what you mean by "share my module with students".  When you build your course in Canvas, you can build all your content on your "Modules" index page.  (Make sure that all your modules are "published" and that the content within those modules is also "published".)  Then you'll also want to make sure that your course is also "published" so that all your students can access the course content.

• How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor?
• How do I publish or unpublish a page as an instructor?
• How do I publish or unpublish a discussion as an instructor?
• How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor?
• How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor?
• How do I publish a course?

I would also suggest that you review these video tutorials:

• Set Up Your Canvas Course in 30 minutes or Less - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
• Modules Overview (Instructors) - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Also, Ashlee Espinosa has a great set of videos on YouTube that might be of interest to you that are all about setting up your Canvas course(s).  Here's a link to all of them:

Canvas LMS Tutorials for Online Teaching - YouTube

I hope some of these links will be helpful to you!  Sing out if you have any questions.

[AnneNoble-Custe]

Thank you Chris for the response,

I am using Canvas for my MA Capstone. I am implementing a 1-hour module tomorrow for a group of 10-year-olds but I am not sure how to get it to them. How do they get on canvas? through my credentials? They need to sign in as a student right, I do not have a clue. I was told to use Canvas. I bought the Canvas for Dummies book and it hasn't helped all that much. I am using the free version of Canvas. And the students I am implementing the module to do not have access to Canvas. How can I give them free access?

[Chris_Hofer]

@AnneNoble-Custe ...

Thanks for clarifying that you are using the Free For Teachers (FFT) version of Canvas vs. a paid Canvas environment (which would normally be purchased by a school/organization).

Normally, you would go to your "People" page of the course and then add your students to the course via e-mail address.  Then, they would be able to sign in to your course that way.

How do I add users to a course?

There's one other way that might be worth checking out...which is self-enrolling.  In your course, go to your course "Settings" page, and then on the "Course Details" tab, scroll to the very bottom of the screen.  Underneath the "Description" text box, click on "more options".  The very first check-box option you'll see listed is "Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL or code".  If you select this option, you'll need to click on the "Update Course Details" button.  Then, return to that area of the screen again near the check-box, and you should see a unique URL which you can give to your students.  They would need to go to that URL and complete the sign-up process to access your course.

How do I enable course self-enrollment with a join... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

I hope this will help a bit!

[AnneNoble-Custe]

OK, the url takes me to the module. But how do they sign in as their own person? I want to give them a number to use, wHere I will be the only one that knows who matches which number (Protecting students in my study).

How can the students be identified after joining module?

[AnneNoble-Custe]

ok sorry, I was signed in so of course it went to the module page. I used my cell phone and it took me to a sign-in page asking for an email and a full name. My study is anonymous so the students can put my email in and a number or faux name for "full name" right? OR do I have to have each student put in their own email? I don't want them to have access to anything after the study so I hope this is not true. Thank you for all your help. You have been a lifesaver! TRULY! I will probably need help retrieving my quantitative data after implimentation.

[ProfessorBeyrer]

How's this for an idea: you create the user accounts for each student. Then you can go in and change the passwords when you are done, which will prevent those students from logging in again but allow you to access their data.