Canvas - Course Role Checklist and Comparison

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
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