Comparison chart: Canvas roles and permissions
This chart demonstrates what permissions are available to various roles in Canvas courses.
Role descriptions are provided in the parent page: People in your Canvas course: Roles and permissions.
| Course and account permissions | Student | TA | Teacher support | Teacher | Course access coordinator | Course Director | Course designer | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manage (add/edit/delete) events on the course calendar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Add/remove other teachers, course designers or TAs to/from the course | ✓ | |||||||
| Add/remove students to/from the course | * | |||||||
| Change course state | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Create/edit rubrics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Create student collaborations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Create web conferences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Edit grades | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Manage (add/edit/delete) assignments and quizzes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Manage (add/edit/delete) course files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Manage (add/edit/delete) course sections | ||||||||
| Manage (add/edit/delete) groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Manage alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Manage Faculty journal entries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Manage learning outcomes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Manage wikis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Moderate discussions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Moderate marks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Post to discussions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Read SIS data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| See a list of users | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Send messages to individuals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Send messages to the entire class | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| View all grades | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View all student submissions and make comments on them | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View analytics pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View/link to question banks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View announcements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| View discussions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| View the group pages of all groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| View usage reports for the course | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
* Course access coordinators can only add students to manually created courses. For credit-bearing courses, students need to enrol through Student Services Online.
| Permission | Faculty admin | Reviewer | Monitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage ‘observer’ role for users | ✓ | ||
| Read SIS data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View statistics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View the list of courses | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View course change logs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View grade change logs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage (add/edit/delete) events on the course calendar | ✓ | ||
| Add/remove other teachers, course designers or TAs to/from the course | ✓ | ||
| Change course state | ✓ | ||
| Create/edit rubrics | ✓ | ||
| Create student collaborations | ✓ | ||
| Create web conferences | ✓ | ||
| Edit grades | ✓ | ||
| Manage (add/edit/delete) all course content | ✓ | ||
| Manage faculty journal entries | ✓ | ||
| Manage learning outcomes | ✓ | ||
| Manage wikis | ✓ | ||
| Moderate discussions | ✓ | ||
| Moderate marks | ✓ | ||
| Post to discussions | ✓ | ||
| See a list of users | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send messages to individuals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send messages to the entire class | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View all grades | ✓ | ✓ | |
| View all student submissions and make comments on them | ✓ | ||
| View analytics pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View/link to question banks | ✓ | ||
| View course content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View discussions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View the answer matrix in quiz submission logs | ✓ | ||
| View the group pages of all groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View usage reports for the course | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Page updated: 20/09/2023