Non-Instructional Use of Canvas 

Would your program, group, or committee like to use a Canvas area to manage information? You may request a non-instructional course area in Canvas.

Definition

Non-instructional course: a course to post information and, possibly, for users to communicate. This is not an official FRC course. You might use Canvas for work within committees, programs, departments, and Student Services.

Considerations

1. If you are managing a non-instructional course, you will be responsible for adding users to that course. You will have the ability to give other staff regular access or elevated access (e.g., teacher role). 
2. Do NOT give students anything other than student access. Employees are the only ones who should have instructor access.
3.  If you allow users to self-enroll, do NOT post that link on any web site. This can jeopardize the security of Canvas. 
4. Since students have to accept the invitation to join a non-instructional course or have to deliberately self-enroll in such a course, this constitutes a choice on their part. Therefore, FERPA requirements of students not being able to see or interact with each other do not apply. In the rare event that a non-instructional course automatically enrolls students (in which case they have no choice but to be enrolled in the course), FERPA requirements apply. 

Request a Canvas Area

Email the Canvas administrator (jreilley@frc.edu or kdesmond@frc.edu) to request the creation of a non-instructional Canvas area. Include the name you would like for your Canvas area.