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This article explains the different Course Roles available in Canvas. |
Role | Description |
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Teacher | All the permissions an instructor needs to actively create and manage a course. Must create course shells and add users through Middleware. |
Teacher can create, edit, and delete course content in Canvas. Teacher can manage grades. Teacher can not manually add people to the course in Canvas. | |
Course Administrator | Same permissions as a Teacher with the expanded permission to add users to a course. This role is intended for Department Admins in Plan Site courses and eCampus IDCs in the course development stages. Faculty have the Course Administrator role in Sandboxes courses. |
Section Teacher | Same permissions as Teacher, with the expanded ability to create new Sections in the course. |
TA (Teaching Assistant) | Similar permissions sets as a Teacher. This role can not create sections, manage the course state, manage learning outcomes, or add or remove users. |
Designer | Has all of the functionality of a Teacher with the exception of |
editing grades in the grade book |
. Designers cannot create, edit, or delete New Quizzes | |
Observer | Observers can view course data but cannot participate in all Canvas areas. Observers may be added to a course to observe the course |
. Enrolling the guest with an observer role allows access to |
course content without being able to affect any course data or participation. Cannot view grades data unless the Observer is assigned to a particular student. |
Grader |
Same as Observer but with grades permissions.
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Can view but not edit course content. Can edit grades. |
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