Canvas Roles and Permission Settings

This page outlines the roles available in Canvas and their associated permission settings. You can also view how Canvas roles are assigned to UBC instructors and TAs, based on their teaching duties as identified by the Teaching Assignments & Section Management (TASM) duty mappings.

Please refer to Teaching Assignments Duty Mappings in Canvas on:

  • How Canvas roles are assigned to TAs based on duty roles in SIS
  • How Canvas roles are assigned to instructors based on duty roles in Scientia

 

SISC/Scientia Managed RolesManually Managed RolesAdmin Roles
TeacherSecondary InstructorTATA GraderTA Course BuilderStudentCourse AssistantCourse FacilitatorDesignerInvigilatorObserverGuestTest StudentCourse ISS
Analytics - view pages✔️✔️✔️✔️
Announcements - view✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Conversations - send messages to entire class✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Conversations - send messages to individual course members✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Calendar - add / edit / delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Courses - change visibility✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Courses - view usage reports✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Discussions - create✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Discussions - moderate✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Discussions - post✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Discussions - view✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Grades - edit✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Grades - select final grade for moderation✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Grades - view all grades✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Grades - view audit trail
Groups - view all student groups✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Item Banks - manage account
Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Learning Outcomes - import✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Assignments and Quizzes - add✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Assignments and Quizzes - delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Assignments and Quizzes - edit✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Content - add✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Content - delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Content - edit✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Files - add✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Files - delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Files - edit✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Course Sections - add
Course Sections - delete
Course Sections - edit
Courses - conclude
Courses - delete
Courses - publish✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Courses - reset
Groups - add✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Groups - delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Groups - manage✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
LTI - add
LTI - delete
LTI - edit
Pages - create✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Pages - delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Pages - update✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Outcome Mastery Scales - add/edit✔️✔️✔️✔️
Outcome Proficiency Calculations - add/edit✔️✔️✔️✔️
Question banks - view and link✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Rubrics - add / edit / delete✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
SIS Data - read✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Student Collaborations - create✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Submission - Submit on behalf of student✔️✔️✔️✔️
Designers - add
Designers - remove
Observers - add
Observers - remove
Students - add
Students - remove
TAs - add
TAs - remove
Teachers - add
Teachers - remove
Users - allow administrative actions in courses
Users - Generate observer pairing codes for students
Users - manage students in courses
Users - view list✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Users - view login IDs
Users - view primary email address
Web Conferences - create
TeacherSecondary InstructorTATA GraderTA Course BuilderStudentCourse AssistantCourse FacilitatorDesignerInvigilatorObserverGuestTest StudentCourse ISS