How To Create Sections In Canvas Courses
Modified on: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 1:21 PMCreating a Section in a Canvas Course
| 1. To create a new section in Canvas, start by clicking on Settings. |
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2. Click on the Sections tab 3. In the Sections tab, under Add a New Section, Enter the new section name and click the + Section. A new section will be created. |
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Once you create your new section,
-Repeat the process to add as many additional sections OR -Edit your section name by clicking on the pencil icon on the right next to the section name, or the “X” beside the pencil to remove any unwanted sections.
*Note* You can NOT remove any manually created section that has users in it. The users will have to be removed from the section first. |
Adding People to a Canvas Section
| After the desired section has been created you can add users to the desired section. 1. Click People on the navigation menu 2. Click the 3 dots on the far right of the screen at the appropriate student enrolled. 3. On the drop menu, click Edit Sections with the pencil icon next to it. |
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| 4. On the next screen, click the Browse button and select the section you’d like to place the user in, then click update. |
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| If you select the wrong section you can click the “X’ next to the incorrect section and add the correct one using browse. Back on the People page, you’ll see the students sections updated with the new section added. *NOTE* Students moved to a manually-created Section in a course will remain enrolled even if the sync withdraws them from the synced course roster. a request would need to be sent to Online Learning Systems to remove the student from the course.
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