How be be unenrolled from large numbers of courses

This article will outline how a user can request to be unenrolled from a large number of courses on Canvas.

What to do when you no longer need to be enrolled in the courses

If you have recently changed roles, you may wish to be unenrolled from now irrelevant courses. If it is a small number of courses, you can contact CELT or a college learning technologist, who can remove you manually. If it is a large number of courses, you will be asked to fill out a spreadsheet with your enrollments.

The recommended workflow would be:

  1. Visit the Courses tab on the Global Navigation menu in Canvas.
  2. Copy all the information there, and paste to Excel.
  3. Tidy the first line if needed (common).
  4. Delete all columns except the one containing courses.
  5. Use Text to Columns and indicate that a space should separate the columns.
  6. Once the text has separated into columns, delete all that do not contain the course code.
  7. Delete any rows that contain courses you wish to remain enrolled in
  8. Copy the relevant column with the course codes and paste it into the courses_id column in the template file below (as values).
  9. Tidy if needed.
  10. Type in your ID number (with a capital S). Pull down this column until you reach the last filled row.
  11. Pull down 'teacher' and 'deleted' as well.
  12. Save and upload to the Form link below.

A video guide of the above steps is available below.

Download the unenroll users from canvas course template file above. You will see an example line has been provided. Fill out the spreadsheet with your own information, exactly in the style shown in the example line.

Note, the S in your staff ID number MUST be a capital S.

Do not add an additional spacing between the year and course code.

The first column will contain all the courses from which you wish to unenroll. All other columns will have static information on each row (your ID number, teacher, deleted).

Upload the CSV file to this form: Request to Unenroll from Canvas Courses in Bulk. You will receive an email notifying you when the request has been completed.