Canvas Roles and Permissions
Role | Description |
Teacher | For instructors who need full access to Canvas. |
Librarian | For librarians who are responsible for instruction. See Course Permissions table for description of Librarian Canvas permissions. |
TA | For teaching assistants without the permission to edit grades. |
TA (with grade edit rights) | For assistant instructors and teaching assistants with the permission to edit grades. |
Designer | For instructional designers and their support staff who design course content/layout, but do not instruct courses nor edit grades. |
Media/ATI Specialist | For media and Accessibility specialists to provide support files and video links within Canvas courses. |
Advisor | For advisors who need to view course content and users, but cannot edit course content or grades. |
Student | For students who are only officially enrolled in the course. |
Observer | For users who have no official role in the course. Observers can only view course content and discussion forums; they cannot participate in the course nor edit course content. |
Canvas Permissions
Permissions | Student | TA | Advisor | Media/ATI Specialist | TA (with grade edit rights) | Teacher | Designer | Librarian | Observer |
Add, edit, and delete events on the course calendar |
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Add/remove teachers, course designers, or TAs to the course |
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Change course state (publish/unpublish) |
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Create and edit assessing rubrics |
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Create student collaborations | ✓ | ✓ |
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Create web conferences | ✓ | ✓ |
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Edit grades |
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Manage (add/edit/delete) assignments and quizzes |
| ✓ |
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Manage (add/edit/delete) course files |
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Manage (add/edit/delete) pages |
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Manage (add/edit/delete) course sections |
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Manage (add/edit/delete) groups |
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Manage all other course content |
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Manage learning outcomes |
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Moderate grades |
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Moderate discussions (delete/edit other’s posts, lock topics) |
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Post to discussions | ✓ | ✓ |
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Send messages to individual course members | ✓ | ✓ |
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Send messages to the entire class |
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View all grades |
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View students’ submissions and make comments on them |
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View analytics pages |
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View and link to question banks |
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View announcements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
View discussions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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View the group page of all student groups |
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View usage reports for the course |
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