How to Sync Students from Your LMS Roster to CampusKnot

Sync your course roster from your LMS to automatically add students to CampusKnot, or update your roster after your add/drop period ends.

Before You Start

This guide assumes you've already linked your LMS account to CampusKnot. If you haven't, complete that setup first: How to Link Your LMS Account to CampusKnot.

Are Your Course Sections Cross-Listed in Your LMS?

Some instructors teach multiple sections of the same course that are cross-listed, or merged, inside their LMS. If your sections are cross-listed, you see one shared grade-book for all of them in your LMS, even if the sections meet at different times.

Check how your sections meet before you sync:

Sections meet at the same time: Continue with the steps below.
Sections meet at different times: Create a Multi-section course in CampusKnot instead, and upload each section's roster manually. Skip the sync steps below.

See How to Invite Students, TAs, and Co-Lecturers to a Course for those steps.

Multi-section course type selected, with Sections list showing Section 1, 2, and 3

Sync Your Roster

Step 1 Open your course's materials page in your LMS, then click on the 'Launch Courseware'

Naming varies by institution (for example, Books and Tools or Course Materials)

Step 2 Choose one of the options:

Create a new course: If you haven't created a course on CampusKnot for the upcoming semester
Import to Existing Course: If you have already created a CampusKnot course for the semester

Sync Roster page with Create a new course and Import to existing course options

Step 3 Select the LMS course you want to sync, then click Next

Go to my CampusKnot courses button highlighted above the Synced Courses table

Step 4 Click Next. A list of your LMS students appears.

If you don't see a list, confirm your course is published in your LMS. If the roster still doesn't appear, contact your CampusKnot representative.

Member list with 6 LMS members found, showing Back and Next buttons

Step 5 Once the sync is completed click on 'Go to my Campusknot courses'

Step 6 Inside CampusKnot, navigate to the three-dot (⋮) icon of the synced course and select the 'Manage members' option

Students without a CampusKnot account appear under Pending
Students who already have an account appear under Members

Manage members option highlighted in the course card's three-dot menu, with LMS badge

Step 7 The course status changes to LMS, confirming the roster imported successfully

Course card showing the LMS badge next to a synced course thumbnail

Update your roster

Step 1 Choose the 'Update roster' option

Step 2 Click on 'Next'

Update Roster member list with 28 members found and Back and Next buttons

Step 3 To continue click on 'Yes, sync'

Sync Roster confirmation dialog naming the source and destination course, with Yes, Sync

Step 4 You'll receive a success message once your roster is updated