Request to Add Guest to a Canvas Site

Use this form to request to have guests added to your live course sites in Canvas. Please allow up to five business days (M-Th) processing time, excluding holidays and office closures. From your Canvas course navigation menu, you can go to “People” to see when your guest has been added or deactivated.


FERPA Notice

In accordance with student privacy regulations (FERPA), access to a live site with student enrollments is limited to:

  • Officially assigned Co-teachers
  • J1 Evaluators
  • Embedded tutor
  • Embedded Counselor


Also, in accordance with FERPA regulations, collegial collaboration on content or sharing of content is done in a development (DEV) site. Therefore, if you plan "To share content or strategies with a colleague", do not complete this form. Instead, add your colleague to your DEV site.

  • If you have an existing DEV site, as SiteHost, you can add your colleague yourself. Go to “How to Add Guests to Your Canvas Course”, and select the “Add Guest to Dev Site” tab for details.
  • If you need a new DEV site to collaborate, please complete the Canvas Site Request form instead.


Note, since all guests except official J1 evaluators, TLC or STEM Center tutors, and embedded counselors require the approval of your academic dean. once you submit your request, this form will be routed to your dean for approval.


For more information on Guest Requests, see the Online Faculty Handbook

About your request

Reason for your guest request:*

(please select one)

FERPA Notice

If you have selected, "To share content or strategies with a colleague", in accordance with FERPA regulations, collegial collaboration on content or sharing of content is done in a development (DEV) site. Therefore, you do not need to complete or submit this form.



For more information on Guest Requests, see the Online Faculty Handbook





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If your dean is not listed please, only type the email address of your supervisor into the field below (e.g., doeperson@fhda.edu), then hit "return/enter" to submit your entry.

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Your Information


About your guest

If your guest is a Foothill employee, please use their fhda.edu email address

If your guest does not have a CWID, please explain why not.

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About the Course

For example: COMM 4.01W, 55555

For example: https://foothillcollege.instructure.com/courses/2488

What quarter is the course scheduled?*

Please allow up to five business days (M-Th) processing time, excluding holidays and office closures. From your Canvas course navigation menu, you can go to “People” to see when your guest has been added. Thank you.


(If guest removal is not necessary, leave this field BLANK)