Public Knowledge Base - Canvas: Request a Manually Enrolled Course

A Manually Enrolled Course is a non-credit bearing course that has student enrollment but is not connected to LionPATH.

From your Canvas Dashboard, select the “Request a Master or Manually Enrolled Course” button to request a Manually Enrolled Course.

Request a Master or a Manually Enrolled Course button

Master Course: A course development area or prep space for a course you will be teaching. This is not an official course space from LionPATH. Content developed in the Master Course can be imported into the official course space from LionPATH when it appears on your Canvas dashboard.

Manually Enrolled Course: A space to create and offer a non-credit bearing course that has student enrollment but is not connected to LionPATH.

In the request form that appears after you select the button, choose the option to request a Manually Enrolled Course.

Create a New Course screen with Manual Course selected

The user will need to provide the course name;

Course Name entry

Penn State Access Account user ID(s) of the course admin or designer for the Manually Enrolled Course (ex. xyz5000);

and purpose for the course (whether professional development or University Outreach).

Purpose for the course entry

NOTE: In the request form, it is very important that you use the Location drop-down menus to select a campus, college, and department so your Manually Created Course is created in the correct area. You will be added to the roster as a “teacher."

Professional Development options

Professional Development college drop-down menu

Selecting Canvas Training in the College drop-down menu

Professional Development college drop-down menu with Canvas Training selected

will make the following options appear in the Department drop-down menu.

Professional Development department drop-down menu when Canvas Training was selected in the College drop down menu

Selecting Faculty Development, Student Training, or Staff Training in the College drop-down menu

Professional Development college drop-down menu

will make the following options appear in the Department drop-down menu.

Professional Development department drop-down menu when Faculty Development, Student Training, or Staff Training was selected in the College drop down menu

University Outreach options

University Outreach college drop-down menu

Selecting Contracted Courses or Community Programs in the College drop-down menu will make the following options appear in the Department drop-down menu.

University Outreach department drop-down menu

Requests for a Manually Enrolled Course may take up to two days to be completed.

Please visit Course Sandbox, Merge Courses, and Master or Manually Enrolled Courses in Canvas for an overview of the three types of course spaces in Canvas that faculty and staff may request.