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An instructor can modify Section enrollment for site members, although official roster changes (e.g. when student switches seminars) will be automatically synced and an instructor does not need to make adjustments in that regard.

Certain site members, such as Teaching Assistants, may need to have membership with multiple specific Sections. The process of adding a TA to a site and assigning them to specific Sections is achieved through a combination of the following steps.


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Brightspace refers to all categories within a course roster (labs, lectures, seminars, etc.) as Sections. The steps below will add a user to specific Sections in a site. If you want to add a user to all Sections, refer to the Add a User to Your Site.

Add a

User to Only One Course Section (e.g., seminar, lab)Navigate to the Classlist tool

user to a single Section

1) Navigate to Classlist

Go to the Classlist tool. You can access this through the course navigation bar or through Course Admin.

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2) Select Add Participants

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Add Existing Users

On Select the Classlist page, select the blue Add Participants button and then select Add existing users from the drop-down menu, Add existing users. 

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3) Search for the

User you Want to Add to the Site On the Add Existing Users page, in the search bar type

user to be added

Type the name, username, or email address of the person you wish to add be added to your course. Then hit Enter or select the magnifying glass icon to conduct the search.

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the course in the Search For… field.

Note

There may be multiple Brock users with the same name. Modify the search option filters to narrow the result list. We recommend filtering your search by email or Org Defined ID (Brock IDs) for the best resultsresult.

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4) Assign the

User

user a Role and Section

Locate and select the user account on in the results list . Be and be sure to check the box to the left of their name first and then use the drop down arrows . Assign a role and roster association using the site drop down menus in the Role and Section columns to assign the user’s role and roster associations within the site. You must select a single Section at this stage.

Screenshot of the options that appear beside a user's name in the classlist, role and section dropdown menus.
  • Role Optionsoptions: Instructor, Student, Teaching Assistant, Read Only, and Student Accessibility Services. Each role has different tool permissions and access. See Site Roles and Permissions for full details.

  • Section Optionsoptions: Sections are the rosters that are currently associated with your the site. If the site has Section rosters enabled, site members must be associated with at least one.

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5) Enroll Selected Users

Select the blue Enroll Selected Users button at bottom of the page to complete the process of adding a user to one specific section of your the course site.

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6) Confirm

the Enrollment

enrollment

On the Confirmation of Enrollment page review the user account, role, and section and then select Done.

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Add a

User

user to

Multiple Course Sections (but not all) If you want to

multiple course Sections

The following steps will allow one to chose the specific Sections to which a user has access. To add a user to all course sections (e.g. , lecture and all seminars/labs) please , follow the steps in Add a User to Your Site. If you want to be selective over which sections a user has access to, please follow the steps below.

The more sections in the class the more tedious the process. Note that once
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This process will become tedious in a site with many Sections. Once multiple sections are selected: , the View By: ‘Users’ or ‘Sections’ function becomes visible.

Complete the

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above Outlined Steps

Once you have added a user to one section of the course you can then navigate to Course Tools in the course navigation bar and select Course Admin.

A screenshot of the course navigation bar with Course Tools and Course Admin highlighted.

Navigate to the Sections Tool

In Course Admin, under the Learning Management heading, select the Sections tool.

A screenshot of the list of tools under Course Admin with Sections highlighted.

Select the Sections you want to enroll the user in

Click the box beside each of the sections you want to enroll the user in and then select Enroll Users at the top of the page.

Screenshot of a list of sections with an Enroll Users button at the top of the page.

Find the user in the list and the check the columns for the corresponding sections

Scroll to find the user you want to manage the enrollments for, and then vertically scroll to select the boxes for all of the sections you want the user to have access to. Once complete, select the Save button (vertical scrolling all the way to the left might be necessary to find the Save button again).

A screenshot of the enrollments page with all of the sections and users in a spreadsheet layout.

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