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18 June 2021
Has there been any changes made to the system regarding the ability to add an Observer into a course over the last week or two? The reason I ask is that I have been trying all week to add Observers onto courses and am receiving the following system message:
"We were unable to find matches below. Select any you would like to create as new users"
The email address of my observer appears and when I add their name into the "name" field and press next, I receiving the following system message:
"The following users could not be created as the person already exists"
The staff members I am wanting to add as Observers are definitely in the "People" section.
My role in CANVAS is Admin
Help please!!!
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