Canvas Roles

Student

Permissions are restricted, but students have the freedom to access and interact with course content. Individuals in the Student role are able to:

• View announcements and users
• Create collaborations and web conferences
• Create post or view discussions

SI Leader

SI Leaders act as a transcriber, guest, or other custom roles within the course. SI Leaders are able to:

• View announcements and users
• Create collaborations and web conferences
• Create post or view discussions
• Send messages to entire class
• Send messages to individual course members
• Moderate discussions
• View users' primary email address

Observer

Observers are able to:

• View announcements
• Moderate discussions
• Create conversations by sending messages to the entire class or individual course members

Teacher 

The Teacher role grants users access to course admin permissions which allows total control over their assigned courses, aside from manually adding/deleting third-party apps and tools.

Teaching Assistant (TA)

Same permissions as the Teacher role, excluding:

• Adding, editing, or deleting sections
• Managing course state
• Selecting final grades
• Adding, editing, deleting, or importing learning outcomes
• Adding or removing teachers, designers, and TAs

Teaching Assistant (TA) - No Grades

Same permissions as the Teaching Assistant (TA) role, excluding editing or viewing grades.

Grader

Permissions are restricted, but graders are able to access limited features in order to grade. Individuals in the Grader role are also able to:

• View announcements
• Change course visibility
• View discussions
• Edit/view all grades

Designer

Same permissions as the Teacher role, excluding:

• Viewing analytics report
• Access to grades
• Adding or removing teachers, designers, and TAs
• Access to user’s login IDs or primary emails

Librarian

Same permissions as the Teacher role, excluding:

• Viewing analytics report
• Adding, editing, or deleting sections
• Managing course state or changing it’s visibility
• Adding, editing, deleting, or importing learning outcomes
• Access to grades
• Managing rubrics
• Adding or removing students, teachers, designers, and TAs
• Access to user’s login IDs or primary emails