While permissions for each role can be modified at the sub-account level (unit/department), role names are set by Canvas and cannot be altered. As such, instructors receive the role of "Teacher" and Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) receive the role of "TA" by default. If you wish to add an individual to your course, use the following chart to determine the most appropriate role for them. The permissions most commonly considered when adding an individual to a course are listed first.
Permissions | Student | Teacher | Assistant* | Tool Installer (by ITS approval only) | TA | Grader | Participant** | Designer | Librarian | Observer |
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Analytics- view pages | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Announcements- view | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Assignments and quizzes- Add /edit/ delete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Conversations- send messages to entire class | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Conversations- send messages to individual course members | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Course calendar- add/edit/delete events | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Course content- add/edit/delete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Course files- add/edit/delete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Course state- manage | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Courses- change visibility | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Courses- view usage reports | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Discussions- create | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Discussions- moderate (Delete/edit other’s discussion posts or lock topics) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Discussions- post | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Discussions- view | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Grades- edit | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Grades- select final grade for moderation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Grades- view all grades | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Grades- view audit trail | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Groups- add/edit/delete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Groups- View all student groups | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
LTI- add/edit/delete | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Add/remove other Teachers, Designers or TAs to course | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Learning outcomes- add/edit/delete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Course Sections (add/import/edit/delete sections) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Pages (create/delete/update pages) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Outcome Mastery Scales- add/edit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Outcome Proficiency Calculations- add/edit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Question banks- view and link | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
SIS data- read | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Student collaborations- create | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Students' submissions- View/comment on all | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Users- Add/remove students in courses | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Users- add/remove teachers, course designers, or TAs in courses | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Users- generate observer pairing codes for students | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Users- view list | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Users- view login IDs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Users- view primary email address | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Web conferences- create | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
* The Assistant role provides the same permissions/access to a course as a Teacher, but without having the individual's role display in the course as "Teacher." This role might be appropriate for administrative assistants, lab aids, technical support staff, etc.
** The Participant role is primarily intended for non-course sites (i.e., project sites) and is similar to the Member role in CTools.