Roles and Permissions

Instructor

Purpose: Assigned to the official instructors of the course via Student Center 

The instructor role is assigned to people who are responsible for teaching a course. People in this role are listed as the approved instructor of the course.
 
Instructors can create or make changes to the course content and activities, perform all grading functions, and add people to the course. 

People in this role appear in Classlist. 

Learner 

Purpose: Assigned to students who are registered in the course via Student Center

The Learner role is assigned to students who participate in a course and are graded. Students in this role are officially registered in the course.

Learners can view course content, participate in activities, and access their grades (if made visible by the instructor). 

People in this role appear in Classlist and Grades.

Facilitator 

Purpose: Assigned to course coordinators, grade admins, and other course admins who are not the official instructors of the course

The Facilitator role is assigned to people who maintain the course, like the Instructor role, but who are not the official instructor of the course.

People are added to this role manually by the course instructor or facilitator.

Facilitators can perform the same actions as the Instructor role. They can create and make changes to the course content and activities, can perform all grading functions, and can add people to the course.

People in this role appear in the classlist. 

Participant 

Purpose: Assigned to students who are not registered in the course officially.

The Participant role is assigned to people who are not officially enrolled in the course, but who want to be able to participate in the course and be graded. Grades for people in this role cannot be submitted to the Office of the Registrar.

People are added to this role manually by the course instructor or facilitator.

Participants can interact with course content, participate in activities, take assessments, and view their grades.

People in this role appear in Classlist and Grades.

Read Only

Purpose: Assigned to people who are guests, content reviewers, or accreditors.

The Read Only role is assigned to people who want to view the content of the course without participating in activities or being graded. The Read Only role does not have access to learners’ submissions or grades.

People are added to this role manually by the course instructor or facilitator.

People in this role appear in Classlist.