# Manage Course Sections

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## Manage Course Sections

### What it Does

#### Course Sections - add

Allows user to add course sections in Course Settings.

#### Course Sections - edit

Allows user to rename course sections.

Allows user to change start and end dates for course sections.

Allows user to cross-list sections.

#### Course Sections - delete

Allows user to delete course sections.

Allows user to delete a user from a course section.

### Additional Considerations

#### Cross-Listing

To cross-list sections, Course Sections - edit and Courses - manage must also be enabled.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


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