Canvas - Course Role Checklist and Comparison
This article provides a side by side analysis of Course Level Roles and their permissions that are available to instructors in Canvas.
Course level roles - for-credit courses and master courses
The following roles are most likely to be used by instructors when enrolling new (non-student) members into a for-credit or master course. Instructors cannot add students to a course.
Permissions | Teacher | TA Grader | TA | Facilitator | Designer | Grader | Course Librarian-Research | Course Librarian-eReserves | Observer | Interpreter Pre-Semester | Interpreter Semester |
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Change course state | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Manage (add / edit / delete) assignments and quizzes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
View and link to question banks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Manage (add / edit / delete) course files | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Manage (add / edit / delete) pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Manage (add / edit / delete) course sections | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Manage (add / edit / delete) groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Create and edit assessing rubrics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Create student collaborations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Manage learning outcomes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Moderate discussions (delete / edit posts, lock topics) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Post to discussions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
View discussions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
View all students' submissions and make comments | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Import learning outcomes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
View all grades | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Edit grades | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Moderate grades | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Add/remove other teachers, TA, or course designers | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Add, edit, and delete events on the course calendar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Manage alerts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Send messages to individual course members | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Send messages to the entire class | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
See the list of users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Manage all other course content | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Read SIS data | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
View analytics pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
View usage reports for the course | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
View announcements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
View the group pages of all student groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |