Quercus How to Add People

To Add People to your course:

1. 1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
      
   2. Click the Add People button.
      
   3. To add a user, you can search for users with:
      • Email addresss
      • Login IT (the user’s UTORid)
   4. Search by Email: By default, the search field is set to search by email address [1]. In the text field [2], enter the email address for the user. You can copy and paste multiple users at one time, such as from a comma separated value (CSV) file, by placing a comma or line break between users.
      
   5. When searching by email address, the user’s institution-assigned email address should be used whenever possible. For the majority of institutions, each user should have an email address associated with the user’s account and may be the same as the user’s login ID.
   6. Instructors can add users through one of several formats, which also support user names:
      • • “A User” <auser@example.com>
        • “B User” buser@example.com
        • cuser@example.com C User
        • “User, D” <duser@example.com>
        • euser@example.com

1. Search by Login ID: To add a user by login ID, select the login ID button [1].
   
2. In the text field [2], enter the UTORid for the user. You can copy and paste multiple login IDs at one time by placing a comma or line break between login IDs.
3. Select User Details: In the Role drop-down menu [1], assign the user(s) a role for the course based on available course roles.
   
4. In the Section drop-down menu [2], assign the user(s) a section in the course.
5. If you want to limit the user(s) to only interact with other users (Links to an external site.) in their section, click the Can interact…checkbox [3].
6. Click the Next button [4].
7. Note: If you are adding multiple users at the same time, all users inherit the same role and section.
8. Add Existing Users: If Canvas finds an existing user, you can confirm the user before adding the user to the course [1].
   
9. The user’s name displays in the page along with the user’s information you used in the user search. Although Canvas may display additional search columns, existing information in a user’s account will not be displayed.
10. When you are ready, click the Add Users button [2].
11. If Canvas did not find your intended user, you can click the Start Over button [3].
12. View Search Results:
    If Open Registration is disabled for your institution and Canvas is not able to find a match for the user(s), Canvas will notify you that a match was not found.
13. Add Users: Confirm the users you are adding to the course via your selected search method. Click the Add Users button.
    

Instructors may wish to add course staff (e.g., instructors, TAs, staff) AFTER the course end date. This could be used for adding an instructor who will be teaching a course in subsequent years, allowing them to access information.

The +People button becomes unavailable and is greyed out once the course has ended. However, you can still add course staff by temporarily “reopening” the course, add user(s), and then close the course again once they have been added.

Note: If the course has entered Read-Only state for instructors, you will not be able to change the course Participation dates to reactivate the +People button. If you need to add someone to a Quercus course that ended over a year ago, please reach out to your Divisional Support Contact for assistance.

How to Add People after a Course Ends

After the course has ended, the +People button will be greyed out. Follow these instructions to temporarily “reopen” the course by adjusting the Quercus course participation end date, adding user(s), and then closing the course again.

1. Select a Quercus course

2. Click Settings in the course navigation menu