Adding a co-teacher in Canvas
Invite co-teacher to your course in Canvas to collaborate on assignments and grading.
Who is this for?
👤 Canvas Teachers.
Looking to change the primary teacher of your Canvas course instead? Check out this guide.
Inviting a co-teacher to your course
1. As the primary teacher of a Canvas course, you can add co-teachers to your course via the People tab.
Just select the + People button on the right side of the page.
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2. In the Add people window that opens, enter the email of the co-teacher you're inviting to the course, and set the Role to Teacher (this will be set to Student by default).
After adding your co-teacher email(s), select the Next button in the bottom-right corner.
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3. A confirmation window will appear next, where you can confirm the users to be invited to the course, and select Add Users.
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Accepting a course invitation
If you've been invited to join a Canvas course as a co-teacher (via the above steps), you will need to accept the invitation you receive in your email.
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