How to Add a Columbia User to My CourseWorks Site

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Last updated: Jul 18, 2022
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This article is intended for use by faculty and staff who need to Columbia users to their CourseWorks site.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Log in to CourseWorks.
  2. Navigate to the desired course.
  3. On the left, in the course menu, click on People.
    people tab located in the course menu
  4. On the right, click on the blue "+ People" button.
    add new people button
  5. Type or paste the user's UNI in the space provided.
    text box to add UNIs
  6. Choose the Role for the user, and on the bottom right, click Next:
    1. LRA Student - Student, automatically added to the course through the registrar
    2. NRA Student -Ā Ā Student, manually added to the course through Courseworks
    3. LRA Teacher - Instructor, automatically added to the course through the registrar
    4. Ā NRA Teacher -Ā Instructor, manually added to the course through Courseworks
    5. TA -Ā Ā Teacher's Assistant, manually added to the course through Courseworks
    6. LRA Enhanced TA -Ā Enhanced Teacher's Assistant, automatically added to the course through the registrar
    7. LRA TA - Teacher's Assistant, automatically added to the course through the registrar

    8. Enhanced TA -Ā Enhanced Teacher's Assistant, manually added to the course through Courseworks

      Please Note

      When adding users to the course manually through CourseWorks, refrain from using the roles with the prefix LRA and the Observer role.

  7. Click the Next button.
  8. Click the Add Users button to complete.


Guest User Access

For users that do not have UNIs, please see the article onĀ How to Add/Extend/Remove Guest User Access to CourseWorks Site.