Available Roles & Intended Use
| Role |
Intended Use |
| Teacher |
Instructor(s) of Record |
| TA |
Graduate Employee (GE) |
| Designer |
GE, Staff, or Undergrad providing assistance with designing or uploading content |
| Grader |
GE or Undergrad Employees providing grading services |
| Observer |
Any UO member who needs Read Only access to a course. Not intended for students or those auditing a course. |
| Librarian |
Library Staff |
| Learning Assistant |
Staff or Undergraduate Learning Assistants or Lab Assistants |
| Admin Staff |
Staff providing administrative, instructional, or faculty support. (Same access as TA but different name so students don't confuse staff roles as GEs) |
Role Permissions
| Canvas Function | Teacher | TA | Designer | Grader | Observer | Librarian | Learning Assistant | Admin Staff |
|---|
| Publish Course | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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| Announcements - Create | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Announcements - View | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Assignments and Quizzes - Manage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (but cannot delete) | No | Yes (but cannot delete) | No | Yes (but cannot delete) |
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| SpeedGrader - Grade/Comment on Student Submissions | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
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| Grades - View All | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
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| Discussions - Create/Manage | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Discussions - View | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Discussions - Post | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Course Files - Manage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (but cannot delete) | No | Yes (but cannot delete) | Yes (but cannot delete) | Yes |
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| Modules - Manage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Peer Reviews - Manage | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
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| Pages - Manage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes (but cannot delete) | Yes (but cannot delete) | Yes |
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| People - View | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| People - Add/Remove | Yes * | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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| Groups - Create/Manage | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Group HomePages - View/Access | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Email Students | Yes | Yes | No | Yes ** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Email Non-Students | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Calendar - Manage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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* The ability to Add People is limited to adding people in the roles of TA, Grader, Librarian, Designer, Learning Assistant, and Admin Staff. Teachers cannot add students to a course. All student enrollment is controlled by Banner. As of April 2021, Observers can only be added by Canvas Admins. If you need an Observer added to your course, please submit a Service Portal Ticket (opens in a new tab).
** Graders do not have the option to select All In Students in the message To field. They must individually select each student to add to the To field.
