How do I upload new user list of new students instead of one at a time

[chriscas]

Hi @KimWheeler,

This is a seemingly easy question, but it can become complicated pretty quick.  I'm going to make a few assumptions based on your question.  I'm going to assume you're a teacher and that you can add a single person successfully in your course as shown in the How do I add users to a course? - Instructure Community - 1119  guide..  If both of these assumptions are correct, it's actually very easy to add multiple people to your course at one time.  You can either separate the login/email info of each user with commas, or you can have one user per line (like copy/paste from excel would generate).  I've added multiple people at one time with both of these methods, so they do work in general.  If this doesn't work for you, could you please provide more info about your role, perhaps where you get stuck in the process, if you get an error message, etc...

-Chris

[KimWheeler]

Thank you for this. We specifically are adding on the Admin side brand new user accounts in Canvas - before we add them to any classes. Is there a way to create many new users at one time as brand new to Canvas, and not on the teacher side of things?

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Aha, sorry for my incorrect initial interpretation @KimWheeler!  In the case of bulk admin additions, you'll probably want to use the SIS import process in your root account.  You'll need to upload a zipped users.csv and admins.csv as described on the SIS Import Format Documentation - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation page.

Let me know if this new info helps answer your question!

-Chris

[KimWheeler]

Thank you, we will try this!