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Canvas - Adding non-UW Users with a Person of Interest Account
Sometimes an institution in the Digital Learning Environment needs to add a user who is not a Universities of Wisconsin student, staff, or instructor (such as an external reviewer or emeritus faculty) to a course in the Instructional instance of Canvas. Although the Continuing Education instance of Canvas allows user accounts without UW credentials, the Instructional instance does not. One common solution is to create a Person of Interest (POI) account for that user in the campus's Human Resources System (HRS).
The Universities of Wisconsin System HRS KnowledgeBase defines a Person of Interest account as follows:
A Person of Interest (POI) record is added to HRS for individuals who have an affiliation with a UW institution but are not considered employees, are not paid, and do not need reimbursement of expenses by the institution. These may include consultants, emeritus faculty, Non-UW Time Approvers for Time and Labor (T&L), Non-UW Interviewers, or other individuals requiring an affiliation with a UW institution other than employer-employee.
Each Universities of Wisconsin institution is responsible for creating its own Person of Interest accounts. The workflow for creating these accounts varies by campus. Check with your campus HR and IT staff.