Removing students from a course

[jqueen]

Is it possible to remove multiple students from a course?  I am wanting to reuse a course for the upcoming grade level and don't want to remove 180 students one at a time!

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

Hi, @jqueen , are you attempting to reuse a course from a previous year rather than creating a new course shell? And, importantly, have you asked your district Canvas admin for assistance about how enrollments are handled at the school? Deleting the students from the old shell is going to remove records of their course activity as well, and that will make it much harder to retrieve the course data in the event you or your administration ever need to do so.

It's a better practice to conclude the older course and use the course copy feature in Canvas to create a new shell; if you're responsible for the course enrollment piece of the setup, you can then easily enroll your new students in the new course while keeping the older course intact.

This all depends on how your school handles enrollments, so it's a good idea to check that before moving ahead.