When manually adding users to a course, you can add a user into any available role, including custom roles as created by your admin. If you are not sure about what permissions are allowed for a specific role in your institution, please contact your Canvas admin.
Creating a new section and setting date parameters
When you create a new section for students, you may need to set custom start and end dates.
PeopleSoft Teachers
Once you have created a new section you need to associate student (s) with that section,
Non-PeopleSoft Teachers
Once you have created a new section you can enroll or remove users using People in the course navigation.