Canvas: Site Access

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Extend course access to share your course structure with colleagues or help students finish incomplete work. You can add people, share course content, or change access dates in Canvas.

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How to extend Canvas course access

Extend course access to share your course structure with colleagues or help students finish incomplete work. You can add people, share course content, or change access dates in Canvas.
 

Add people to your Canvas course

FERPA regulations apply when adding individuals to a course where they can see student information. Additional people should only added to a course manually if they have “an educational need to know.” For more information see Canvas: Adding People to an Active Site.
 

Share Canvas course content

Share your course structure and materials without exposing student data. See Canvas: Requesting an Archive Copy for Sharing or ePub for Offline Access.
 

Faculty Reviews

Faculty up for contract renewal, promotion, or tenure review may need to share online curricular materials with the review committee. See Canvas: Site Access for Faculty Reviews.

Change course access dates

Manage course availability based on academic schedules. Change dates for active courses directly, or request access changes for archived courses. See Canvas: Changing Access Dates for Course Sites.
 

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Article ID: 915
Created
Tue 8/18/26 2:36 PM
Modified
Tue 8/18/26 2:40 PM

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Canvas: Adding People to an Active Site
FERPA regulations apply when adding individuals to a course where they can see student information. Make sure you only add people to your course who have “an educational need to know.” You can learn more about FERPA here. Questions about FERPA can be directed to the Registrar.
Canvas: Changing Access Dates for Course Sites
A Canvas site is accessible according to the academic term course dates set by the Registrar. The course end date is typically set to the final day of classes plus thirty days for grading. Instructors can change this for active courses where the current students may need access to the site beyond the course end date.
Canvas: Requesting an Archive Copy for Sharing or ePub for Offline Access
As an instructor, there are times when you may need or want to share access to a past Canvas site. If you want to share a Canvas site without student data, then you need to request an archive copy of your site. You may prefer to export your course in ePub format if your goal is less about the Canvas experience, request an archive Canvas site and then download a copy your content.
Canvas: Site Access for Faculty Reviews
Faculty up for contract renewal, promotion, or tenure review may need to share online curricular materials with the review committee.

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Canvas
Canvas is Middlebury's enterprise learning management system. It provides tools to create online course sites that enable course communications, forums, assessments, file sharing, and other activities.
Canvas Support
Canvas is Middlebury's learning management system. It provides tools to create online course sites that enable course communications, forums, assessments, file sharing, and other activities.