Canvas - Course Role Checklist and Comparison
The article outlines the roles and permissions for individuals involved in for-credit and master courses, including the roles of Teacher, TA Grader, TA, Facilitator, Designer, Grader, Course Librarian-Research, Course Librarian-eReserves, Observer, and Interpreter. Specific permissions are assigned to these roles such as managing assignments, viewing question banks, editing grades, and viewing analytics. The permissions vary between roles, providing different levels of control and access within the course environment.
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 |
View modules | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manage (add / edit / delete) assignments and quizzes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Moderate quizzes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 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 | No | 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 |