Canvas Prides are informal collaborative spaces available in Canvas. Prides share most features of other Canvas courses, with some key differences detailed below.
Policies and Specific Features
- Any faculty, staff, or student with access to Canvas can create Prides.
- Friends of Penn State account holders cannot create Prides or be enrolled in Prides.
- A single individual can create a maximum of 10 Prides.*
- There is no way to delete or archive a Pride at this time.
- An individual can be enrolled in an unlimited number of Prides.
- The maximum number of users in a Pride is 1,000.
- The storage limit of a Pride is 300 megabytes.
- Grades and the gradebook are not available in Prides.
- Assignments and quizzes cannot be created or accepted in Prides.
*If you have unused Prides and are at capacity please email canvas@psu.edu and they can help get that Pride moved over to a Manually Created Canvas Course and then it will auto-archive and free up space for new Prides.
When you email please include the Pride URL so they can best assist moving them over to Manually Created Courses.
Creating a Pride
Use the following steps to create a Pride in Canvas with you as the Pride Admin:
- On the right side of the Canvas Dashboard in the Request Course Spaces section, click the Pride Manager button.
Figure 1: Click the Pride Manager button in the Request Course Spaces section. - On the Pride Manager screen, click the blue +Create Pride button.
Figure 2: Click the +Create Pride button. - In the Pride pop-up window that displays, enter a Pride Name.
Figure 3: Enter the name of the Pride being created. - Enter a Short Title describing this Pride.
- Use the Pride Type drop-down list to select the purpose of the Pride.
- If you would like to enable individuals to search for and enroll in this Pride themselves, select the Searchable for self-enroll check box.
NOTE: If you choose to allow individuals to self-enroll, you can use the generated Enrollment Pass Code or create one of your own. The pass code cannot exceed 10 characters (letters and numbers) and the Pride must be published before individuals can self-enroll. You will need to provide users with the pass code for self-enrollment. When someone self-enrolls, they are automatically added to the Pride and assigned the the role of student. - Click Submit.
Publishing a Pride
Prides must be published for enrolled users to access them. When you are ready to publish your Pride:
- In the global navigation menu on the left, click Courses.
- Select the name of the appropriate Pride.
- On the Pride home page under Course Status, click the Publish button.
Figure 4: Click the Publish button to publish this Pride. - On the Choose Course Home Page window, select the home page for this Pride.
Figure 5: Select the home page for this Pride. - Click the Choose and Publish button.
- The Pride is published and the Course Status now displays as "Published".
Figure 6: Published status for this Pride.
Enrolling Users in a Pride
If you need to enroll users in a Pride:
- From the dashboard, select the Pride.
- In the course navigation menu at the left, click People.
- Click the blue Add People button in the upper right.
- In the Add Person pop-up window that displays, enter the User ID of the person you want to enroll.
Figure 7: Enter the ID of the student you want to add. - Click the Retrieve User button.
- Once the user's info displays, select the person's Role (Student or Pride Admin) using the drop-down menu.
- Click the Add User button.
Self-Enrolling in a Pride
To enroll in a Pride that is open for self-enrollment:
- On the right side of the dashboard under Request Course Spaces, click the Pride Manager button.
- To search for a Pride, enter the Pride ID and/or Name.
- Click the Search button.
- Select the Pride from the list generated by the search.
- Click the Enroll button.
Figure 8: Click the Enroll button to join the selected Pride. - In the Self Enroll pop-up window, enter the Pass code.
Figure 9: Enter the Pass Code to join this Pride. - Click the Enroll button.