What are course sections?

Course sections in Canvas are a potential way to group participants by county or by a cohort beginning a course at a certain time.

To add a new section to a Canvas course:

• Go to ‘Settings > Course Sections’ to create a section.
• Give the course section a name.

Adding a participant to a section:

• To add a participant to a section, edit the person in the ‘People’ list and click ‘Edit Section’.
• Start typing the name of a section, select it, and then click ‘Update’. Note: People have to be in at least one section.

See courses and sections info in the instructors guide in the Canvas Community for more information about course sections.

Limiting users to only interact with other users in the same course section:

• Go to ‘People’, edit the person you want to only interact with a particular section, and choose ‘User Details’
• Under Privileges in the Membership area, click: ‘limit user to only fellow section users’

See How do I limit a user to only interact with other users in the same course section? in the instructors guide in the Canvas Community for more information.