how to delete a course in canvas as a student

by Madelyn Blanda 8 min read

STEP 1: In Canvas select the course and class you want remove the student (s) STEP 3: Open the more menu by clicking on the kebab icon STEP 4: Select "remove from course"

Navigate to the course with the content you wish to delete. From the course navigation menu, select Settings. In the "Settings" sidebar at the right, select Delete All Course Content. You will be prompted to confirm.Nov 23, 2021

Full Answer

What happens if you delete a course?

Once you delete a course, the course will be completely removed from your institution's account and will not be viewable by you, prior students, or the account administrator.

What does "delete a course" mean?

Deleting a course is a course permission for manually created courses only. If the Permanently Delete this Course button does not appear in Course Settings and your course was not generated through a student information system (SIS), this setting has been restricted for your course. If you are an instructor, contact your admin for assistance.

How to find course ID number?

Administrators can restore deleted courses if they know the Course ID number. You can locate your Course ID number at the end of your course URL (i.e. canvas.instructure.com/courses/XXXXXX).

Can you delete courses from your account?

Courses are not deleted from an account unless done so by you or another user at your institution.

How do I remove a student/user from a Canvas course?

Students may need to drop the course at a future point, however, and will be dropped from Banner, but are not automatically dropped from Canvas.

What to do if a student drops a course on Canvas?

If a student has dropped your course, but their name still appears in your Canvas course, instructors should fill out this request form to ask for that student to be removed or deactivated.

Can you drop a course on Canvas?

Students may need to drop the course at a future point, however, and will be dropped from Banner, but are not automatically dropped from Canvas. When a student has dropped, instructors do not have the rights to remove students in Canvas.

How long does it take to remove a course from Canvas?

Once the student removes the course, their enrollment in the Canvas course will be automatically removed within 2 hours.

What happens when an academic term ends?

When the academic term ends, all courses shift to a read-only state. Once the course is in this state, enrollments cannot be added or removed from the site.

What happens after the add drop?

After the close of the add/drop, there is a flexible grace period † to allow registrars to work through any paper-based enrollment changes. Once the registrar's office completes that work, extraneous visitor enrollments will be removed automatically. Announcements are posted within Canvas and on the Canvas login page when visitor removal will occur.

Can you remove official enrollments from canvas?

Because official enrollments are created outside of and then synched down to Canvas, official enrollments cannot be modified or removed directly from Canvas. Any modification to official enrollments must be made in the system where the enrollment originated.

Can Canvas enrollments be removed?

Official Canvas enrollments populated by a student's schedule/worksheet can only be removed by that student dropping the course from their schedule/worksheet.

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