Your institution administrator can turn off user management by instructors.
Each course can have no more than four instructors.
- Select a course in Spark.
- Click User Management.
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Click Import > Instructors.
The Import Instructors menu opens.
- Click Download CSV template.
- Open the template in a spreadsheet editing program such as Excel.
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Enter instructor information.
- Username
- The username for the account.
Usernames can include the following characters:
Your password should contain:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
- At least 8 characters
- At least one uppercase letter
- At least one lowercase letter
- At least one number
- First Name
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User's given name.
- Last Name
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User's family name.
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Optional: An email address where Spark can send the student a link to set their password, or verify their identity if they forget their password.
Note Without an email address, the user cannot set, or reset their own password. - Course Key 1
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Your course's 8-digit identification code.
Course keys are shown on your dashboard after Key.
- Course Key 2
- Optional: A second course key is needed to add an instructor to a second course.
- Course Key 3
- Optional: A third course key is needed to add an instructor to a third course.
- Save your spreadsheet as a CSV file.
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Upload your file by dragging it to Drop CSV file to
upload or clicking browse and selecting
your file.
A message is shown in your Messages tab after each roster upload. It contains information about the created accounts or any errors.
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Check your messages to be sure all users were added successfully.
- Click the Messages tab, then click News.
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If your upload had errors, click the Error
Report to download a report explaining each error in
your original document.
Common errors include not completing required fields or using an existing username.
Correct your .CSV file and import it again.
- If your upload was successful, your message does not link to an error report.