AsULearn is connected to Banner, so students are dynamically added and dropped to courses in normal academic terms. You may, as the instructor, manually add users to your course as well, as long as they have current accounts at Appalachian. For example, adding a colleague as a secondary teacher, a student who has an incomplete, your Chair or Dean as an observer, etc. To manually add users to your course:
Step-by-step guide
- From the main course page, click the 3-line hamburger icon to open the drawer, and select Participants to from the menu.
- Click Enroll users button at the top right of the Participants window.
- You'll see the 'Enroll users' window:
The default role to add is Student, but you can select another role if you wish with the Assign role pulldown menu.
The most accurate way to search using the username (what comes before the @ in the appstate.edu email address) of the person you wish to enroll in the search box, and the user will automatically show up in the window. Usernames are absolutely unique, so that's the most accurate way to search. If you search by first and last name (i.e., John Campell), you will see every user named 'John Campbell' at Appalachian, and you have a chance of selecting the wrong one. Note that you may only enroll Appalachian user accounts.
When the user returns in the search window, just click on their name, and you'll see they've been added in the selected role. Note that you may repeat these steps (searching and even changing the role for various users) to add multiple users. If you add a person by mistake, just click on the 'X' in the purple button representing their enrollment and they'll be removed.
When you're done, click the Enroll users button. You'll return to your Participants page and see the added user(s) there with the role you chose for them. You may wish to notify users that you have enrolled manually, so they'll know!
Available roles:
- Teacher: Teachers can do anything within a course, including changing the activities and grading students.
- Secondary Teacher: This role has the same privileges as the Teacher role (adding/editing activities and assigning/viewing student grades). Secondary Teachers may not add other Teachers, however.
- Non-editing teacher: Non-editing teachers can teach in courses and grade students, but may not alter activities.
- Content assistant: Content assistants may add, edit, or delete resources, activities, and blocks in the course. They cannot see grades or grade any activities.
- Student: Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.
- Observer: Allow users to observe course activities, resources, and content, but not enter text, view grades, or receive email via forum subscriptions.