Course-level roles are roles with permissions that allow a user course-level access. Usually users with these roles cannot see more than what is in their Canvas courses.
Note: All user permissions trickle down through an account. Additionally, all permissions modifications affect all users assigned to a role. You may need to create a custom course-level user role for users whose course-level permissions you would like to vary from others’.
Descriptions of Course & Account Permissions
- Instructor role
- Full permissions
Tutorial Assistants have a similar level of access to a course as the Instructor except for the ability to add or remove other teachers, designers, TAs, or students to the course.
This role should only be assigned to undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants.
TAs can:
- Create and manage course content
- Grade student work, has overall access to grades
- Modify the course calendar
- See full list of participants in the course
- Manage grading rubrics, assignments and quizzes
- View, edit and moderate all grades
- Manage course files, pages and other course content
- Manage course sections and groups
- Post to and moderate discussions
- Send messages either to individuals or entire course
- View and comment on student submissions
- Can publish/unpublish course
TAs cannot:
- Add or remove teachers, designers, or other TAs from the course
- Add or remove students from the course
Similar level of access to a course as the Instructor and TAs, except for the ability to add or remove other teachers, designers, TAs, or students to the course
This role should properly be assigned to administrative staff who are assisting with the operations of a course.
Course Staff can:
- Create and manage course content
- Grade student work, has overall access to grades
- Modify the course calendar
- See full list of participants in the course
- Manage grading rubrics, assignments and quizzes
- View, edit and moderate all grades
- Manage course files, pages and other course content
- Manage course sections and groups
- Post to and moderate discussions
- Send messages either to individuals or entire course
- View and comment on student submissions
- Publish/unpublish course
TAs cannot:
- Add or remove teachers, designers, or other TAs from the course
- Add or remove students from the course
Limited role with grading, discussion moderating permissions,and ability to view users and certain acitivity.
A Grader can:
- View, edit and moderate all grades
- Grade student work; has overall access to grades
- See full list of participants in the course
- Manage grading rubrics
- Send messages either to individuals or entire course
- View and comment on student submissions
- View announcements, discussions and group pages
A Grader cannot:
- create or modify course content (has limited or no access)
A Course Designer creates and manages course content, and interacts with students. The Designer has no access to student grades.
A Designer can:
- See full list of participants in the course
- Modifies the course calendar
- Manages grading rubrics, assignments and quizzes
- Manages course files, pages and other course content
- Manages course sections and groups
- Posts to and moderates discussions
- Can post announcements
- Sends messages either to individuals or entire course
- Can publish/unpublish course
The Librarian role is intended for Librarians who may provide content such as links and readings for the course.
Please visit Library Reading List for more information on how the library can help to make your course readings available to your students.
Teaching Librarians should be added with the Teacher role
Librarians can:
- See a full list of course participants
- Modify the course calendar
- Manage course files, pages and other course content
- Post to discussions, but can not manage or moderate discussions.
- Sends messages either to individuals or entire course
Librarians cannot:
- access student grades
- post announcements
Observers have a very limited role. They can:
- Can view announcements and discussions
- Can be used to allow a user to ‘shadow’ another user’s participation in a course
- Not tracked in the grades area
This is the default role for students participating in a course, particularly those officially registered on ROSI (or another student registration system)
Others participating in a course in a student-like role (e.g. Auditors) should be added with one of the other available course roles.
Students can:
- View course files, pages and other course content
- See the list of other participants in the course
- Send messages to other individuals in course
- At Instructor’s discretion can send messages to entire course
- View announcements and participate in discussions
- Participates in assignments and assessments
- Is tracked in the grades area
ALERT: Should not be used to enroll students who are waitlisted for admission for the course.
The Unregistered User role has similar permissions to students. It differentiates students who will be active participants in the course but who aren’t officially registered for credit
Unregistered students can:
- View course files, pages and other course content
- See the list of other participants in the course
- Send messages to other individuals in course
- At Instructor’s discretion can send messages to entire course
- View announcements and participate in discussions
- Participate in assignments and assessments
- Is tracked in the grades area
Course Roles - Instructional Staff
| wdt_ID | Permissions | Teacher | TA | Course Staff | Grader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add, edit, and delete events on Course Calendar | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 2 | Add/remove other teachers, designers or TAs to course | yes | no | no | no |
| 3 | Add/remove students for the course | yes | no | no | no |
| 4 | Change course state, including publish & unpublish | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 5 | Create & edit assessing rubrics | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 6 | Edit grades | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 7 | Manage (add/edit/delete? assignments & quizzes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 8 | Manage (add/edit/delete) course files | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 9 | Manage (add/edit/delete) pages | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 10 | Manage (create/edit/delete) course sections | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 11 | Manage (create/edit/delete) groups | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 12 | Manage alerts | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 13 | Manage all other course content | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 14 | Manage learning outcomes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 15 | Moderate grades | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 16 | Moderate discussions (delete/edit other's posts, lock topics) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 17 | Post to discussions | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 18 | Read SIS data | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 19 | See the list of users | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 20 | Send messages to individual course members | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 21 | Send messages to the entire class | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 22 | View all grades | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 23 | View all students' submissions & make comments on them | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 24 | View analytics | yes | yes | yes | no |
| 25 | View and link to question bank | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 26 | View announcements | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 27 | View discussions | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 28 | View the group pages of all student groups | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 29 | View usage reports for the course | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Permissions | Teacher | TA | Course Staff | Grader |
Course Roles - Other Staff
| wdt_ID | Permissions | Designer | Librarian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add, edit, and delete events on Course Calendar | yes | yes |
| 2 | Add/remove other teachers, designers or TAs to course | no | no |
| 3 | Add/remove students for the course | no | no |
| 4 | Change course state, including publish & unpublish | yes | no |
| 5 | Create & edit assessing rubrics | yes | no |
| 6 | Edit grades | no | no |
| 7 | Manage (add/edit/delete? assignments & quizzes | yes | no |
| 8 | Manage (add/edit/delete) course files | yes | yes |
| 9 | Manage (add/edit/delete) pages | yes | yes |
| 10 | Manage (create/edit/delete) course sections | yes | no |
| 11 | Manage (create/edit/delete) groups | yes | no |
| 12 | Manage alerts | no | no |
| 13 | Manage all other course content | yes | yes |
| 14 | Manage learning outcomes | yes | no |
| 15 | Moderate grades | no | no |
| 16 | Moderate discussions (delete/edit other's posts, lock topics) | yes | no |
| 17 | Post to discussions | yes | yes |
| 18 | Read SIS data | no | no |
| 19 | See the list of users | yes | yes |
| 20 | Send messages to individual course members | yes | yes |
| 21 | Send messages to the entire class | yes | yes |
| 22 | View all grades | no | no |
| 23 | View all students' submissions & make comments on them | no | no |
| 24 | View analytics | no | no |
| 25 | View and link to question bank | yes | no |
| 26 | View announcements | yes | yes |
| 27 | View discussions | yes | yes |
| 28 | View the group pages of all student groups | yes | no |
| 29 | View usage reports for the course | yes | no |
| Permissions | Designer | Librarian |
Course Roles - Students & Observers
| wdt_ID | Permissions | Student | Unregistered Student | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add, edit, and delete events on Course Calendar | no | no | no |
| 2 | Add/remove other teachers, designers or TAs to course | no | no | no |
| 3 | Add/remove students for the course | no | no | no |
| 4 | Change course state, including publish & unpublish | no | no | no |
| 5 | Create & edit assessing rubrics | no | no | no |
| 6 | Edit grades | no | no | no |
| 7 | Manage (add/edit/delete? assignments & quizzes | no | no | no |
| 8 | Manage (add/edit/delete) course files | no | no | no |
| 9 | Manage (add/edit/delete) pages | no | no | no |
| 10 | Manage (create/edit/delete) course sections | no | no | no |
| 11 | Manage (create/edit/delete) groups | no | no | no |
| 12 | Manage alerts | no | no | no |
| 13 | Manage all other course content | no | no | no |
| 14 | Manage learning outcomes | no | no | no |
| 15 | Moderate grades | no | no | no |
| 16 | Moderate discussions (delete/edit other's posts, lock topics) | no | no | no |
| 17 | Post to discussions | yes | yes | no |
| 18 | Read SIS data | no | no | no |
| 19 | See the list of users | yes | yes | no |
| 20 | Send messages to individual course members | yes | yes | no |
| 21 | Send messages to the entire class | no | no | no |
| 22 | View all grades | no | no | no |
| 23 | View all students' submissions & make comments on them | no | no | no |
| 24 | View analytics | no | no | x |
| 25 | View and link to question bank | no | no | no |
| 26 | View announcements | yes | yes | yes |
| 27 | View discussions | yes | yes | yes |
| 28 | View the group pages of all student groups | no | no | no |
| 29 | View usage reports for the course | no | no | no |
| Permissions | Student | Unregistered Student | Observer |