How do I populate Canvas sections with student (and TA) accounts?
Once you have created a new section, you can populate that section with user accounts.
Click People
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To the far right of the student’s name, click on the Properties icon (3 vertical dots) and select “Edit Sections”
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This displays the Section Enrollments dialogue box
Click “Browse” and select the section you want the student to belong to (Note: students can belong to more than one section)
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Click Update
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This adds the account to the section.
Note: Users can belong to more than one section
Note: You can remove a student from a section by clicking on the "X" icon
Note: To assign a TA to a section, you must first assign the TA to 2 sections, click update, go back to edit sections and remove the second section
Example of Section listing in People
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To limit a user to interact with a specific section only, click on Properties and select User Details
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Under Membership / Privileges, select "limit this user to only see fellow section users"
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