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Users - Students
What it Does
Students - add
Allows user to add students to a course from the account Courses page.
Allows user to update a student’s section enrollment or role.
Allows user to add students to a course.
Students - remove
Allows user to remove students from a course.
Allows user to remove a student’s section enrollment or role.
Allows user to deactivate students in a course.
Additional Considerations
Courses (Account)
If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add students to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if a student does not already have a Canvas account.
To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.
To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.
People (Course)
If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins can remove the enrollment from a course.
To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.