Each user in a course is granted permissions based on their user role. The user's role determines what that user has the ability to do within the course. The chart below shows the permissions for each role.
Permissions
Course Roles
Course Content Permissions
Teacher
Designer
TA
Sub & Long-Term Sub
Student Teacher
Post to discussions
View announcements
View discussions
Manage events on the course calendar
Create web conferences
Manage assignments and quizzes
Manage course files
Manage all other course content
Manage wiki pages
Moderate discussions
Management Permissions
Teacher
Designer
TA
Long-Term Sub
Student Teacher
Add/remove other teachers, designers, or TA's
Add/remove students
Change course state
Manage (create / edit / delete) groups
View the list of users
Send messages to individual course members
Send messages to the entire class
View all students' submissions and make comments
View and link to question banks
View the group pages of all student groups
View usage reports for the course
View analytics pages
Manage learning outcomes
Manage course LTI's
Manage course sections
manual courses only
Grading Permissions
Teacher
Designer
TA
Long-Term Sub
Student Teacher
Create and edit assessing rubrics
View all grades
Edit grades
Moderate Grades
Permissions & School Roles
There are two roles in Canvas that each school can have. Both of these roles allow access at the school level instead of just at the course level.
Canvas Coordinator - must be assigned by the principal through Roles Manager
School Admin - automatically assigned for all principals as well as all VA Contacts (assigned by the principal through Roles Manager)
