Roles and Permissions in Brightspace

• Instructor is the default role assigned to teachers in charge of courses.
• The Instructor is the manager of the course.
• Instructors can edit the content and activities of the course and perform all grading functions.
• This role also controls course access by adding new users, making the course visible or hidden and controlling access to content.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Instructors are usually academic course managers. Instructor roles are assigned by default to the assigned teacher in charge of the course.

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments and Assignment grading: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Calendar: full access
• Checklists: full access
• Classlist: full access; view and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content: full access
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Enroll: some users with lesser permissions
• Grades: full access
• Discussions: full access
• Grades and Grading: full access
• Groups and Group enrollments: full access
• Homepages and Widgets: full access
• Impersonate: only Demo Learners
• Import/Export/Copy Components: to and from org units
• Quizzes: full access
• Role switch: can view as Learners, Non-Registered Learner, Guest, PMC (Notetaker)
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team owner

• Cannot enroll Learners
• Cannot unenroll users in a course
• Cannot use badges and awards

• Facilitator is typically assigned to non-academic (non-credit) course managers, such as those teaching Professional Development courses or resource courses.
• The Facilitator is the manager of the course.
• Facilitators can edit the content and activities of the course and perform all grading functions.
• This role also controls course access by adding new users, making the course visible or hidden and controlling access to content.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Users who need Instructor-level permissions but are not teaching credit courses. Professional Development or HR courses might use the Facilitator role.

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments and Assignment grading: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Badges/awards (non-credit courses): can create, issue, revoke
• Calendar: full access
• Checklists: full access
• Classlist: full access
• Classlist: view and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content: full access
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Grades: full access
• Discussions: full access
• Enroll/unenroll users: can enroll users with lesser permissions
• Grades and Grading: full access
• Groups and Group enrollments: full access
• Homepages and Widgets: full access
• Impersonate: only Demo Learners
• Import/Export/Copy Components: to and from org units
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team owner
• Quizzes: full access
• Role switch: can view as Learners, Non-Registered Learner, Guest, PMC (Notetaker), Read Only

• Lab Coordinators have nearly all the same abilities as the Instructor role.
• This role is able to view/edit/add course content and perform all grading functions.
• Lab Coordinators can also communicate with students through forums, email and other communication tools.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Lab Coordinators who are enrolled into the main course page by the Instructor.

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Calendar: full access
• Checklist: create/remove checklists
• Class Progress: full access
• Classlist: view Classlist and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content: full access to manage Content and release conditions for Content; cannot submit/delete feedback on Content
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Discussions: full access
• Grades: full access
• Groups: full access
• Homepages: can view My Course’s Widget, view Updates Widget, override release conditions on Widgets
• Impersonate: Demo Learners only
• Import/Export/Copy Components: import/export/copy to and from org units
• Intelligent Agents: full access
• Manage Courses: can change banner image and manage dates
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team member
• Quizzes: full access
• Role switch: can view as all roles except Super Admin, Admin, Admin lite, Examinations, Instructional Designers, Designers, Instructor
• Question Library: can create/remove
• Surveys: full access

• Cannot unenroll users
• Cannot change course access status (activate/inactivate)
• Cannot submit/delete feedback on Content

• Designer role is essentially the opposite of the Teaching Assistant, in that Designers can add/edit different components of the course. Designers cannot, however, engage in any grading functions.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Course partners who need access to course setup and design or curriculum development.

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Awards: full access
• Calendar: full access
• Checklist: create/remove checklists
• Content: full access
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Grades: add/remove items
• Discussions: full access
• Groups: create/remove Groups
• Homepages: full access
• Import/Export/Copy Components: import/export/copy to and from org units
• Manage Courses: can change banner image, change dates
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team member
• Question Library: create/remove
• Quizzes: full access
• Role switch: can view as all roles except Super Admin, Admin, Admin lite, Examinations, Instructional Designers
• Surveys: full access at course level

• Cannot access Grades and Class Progress
• Cannot change course access status (activate/inactivate)

• Teaching Assistants (TAs) are able to view course content, grade assignments and add marks to the grade book.
• TAs can also communicate with students through forums, email and other communication tools.
• TAs do not have the ability to edit or add any content to the course page.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Basic TA role for TA assignments

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Calendar: full access
• Checklist: full access
• Class Progress: full access
• Classlist: full access
• Content: view Content but not edit
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Discussions: full access to Discussions at the course level except unable to edit/copy or delete any post or create/add release conditions
• Grades: full access
• Groups: full access
• Import/Export/Copy Components: import/export/copy to and from org units
• Manage Courses: can change banner image and manage dates
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team member
• Quizzes: has access to grade submitted quizzes
• Role switch: can view as Learner, Non-Registered Learner, Notetaker (PMC), Read Only
• Surveys: full access

• Cannot delete/add/edit Assignment folders or edit evaluation properties for Assignments
• Cannot create/edit/delete course Content
• Cannot create/edit/delete any Discussion posts
• Cannot can manage Homepages or Widgets
• Cannot access Intelligent Agents
• Cannot change course access status (activate/inactivate)
• Cannot enroll users
• Cannot impersonate users
• Cannot do the following in Quizzes: access question collections, preview and reorder quiz, enter in-progress quiz as user, manage quiz reports, view stats
• Cannot edit/copy or delete any post or create/add release conditions in Discussions

• Teaching Assistants (Full Rights) have nearly all the same abilities as the Instructor role.
• This role is able to view/edit/add course content and perform all grading functions.
• TAs can also communicate with students through forums, email and other communication tools
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: TAs who are taking an active part in the creation or maintenance of the course and its materials.

• Announcements: full access
• Assignments: full access
• Attendance: full access
• Calendar: full access
• Checklist: create/remove checklists
• Class Progress: full access
• Classlist: view Classlist and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content: full access to manage Content and release conditions for Content; cannot submit/delete feedback on Content
• Course access: can access inactive courses
• Discussions: full access
• Grades: full access
• Groups: full access
• Homepages: can view my courses Widget, view updates Widget, override release conditions on Widgets
• Import/Export/Copy Components: import/export/copy to and from org units
• Manage Courses: can change banner image and manage dates
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team member
• Question Library: can create/remove
• Quizzes: full access
• Role switch: can view as all roles except Super Admin, Admin, Admin lite, Examinations, Instructional Designers, Designers, Instructor
• Surveys: full access

• Cannot unenroll users
• Cannot use Intelligent Agents
• Can only impersonate Demo Learners
• Cannot change course access status (activate/inactivate)

• Learner role is the default role assigned to formally registered students within Brightspace.
• Learners are able to view course content, participate in activities, and to see their own grades (if made visible by the instructor).
• This role appears in Classlist and Gradebook.

Uses: Default role assigned to all registered students or participants in courses.

• Announcements: view
• Assignments: view and submit
• Checklists: view
• Grades and Class Progress: view own only
• Content: view and download
• Discussions: view and post
• Quizzes and Surveys: view and participate
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a Team member

• Cannot edit/delete content
• Cannot impersonate any users
• Cannot access inactive courses

• Non-registered Learner role is for students who are auditing a course in Brightspace.
• Appears in Classlist.
• Non-registered Learner is a copy of the Learner role.

Uses: Assigned to students who are not formally enrolled via the Registrar’s Office (i.e., auditing students, SaPP students)

• Announcements: view
• Assignments: view and submit
• Checklists: view
• Grades and Class Progress: view own only
• Content: view and download
• Discussions: view and post
• Quizzes: view and participate
• Surveys: view and participate

• Cannot receive a final grade via E-grades
• Cannot be enrolled in Microsoft Teams
• Cannot edit/delete content
• Cannot impersonate users
• Cannot access inactive courses

• Guest is a “read-only” role that allows users view access to all content, without the ability to participate in course events/grading.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Guest speakers, Community Partners, Carleton Staff (i.e., Co-op presentations)

• Announcements: view
• Calendar: view and manage tasks
• Checklists: view
• Content: view and download
• Groups and Sections: view
• Surveys and Quizzes: view

• Cannot view or submit Assignments
• Cannot view Forums and Discussions
• Cannot view or participate in Quizzes or Surveys
• Cannot view Classlist
• Cannot view Groups and Group enrollments
• Cannot be enrolled in Microsoft Teams

• PMC (Notetaker) is a role assigned to individuals who are in the course to assist another student by taking notes.
• The role has access to content but cannot engage in course activities.
• This role appears in the Classlist.

Uses: Notetakers working for the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities

• Announcements: view
• Calendar: view and manage tasks
• Checklists: view
• Content: view and download
• Groups and Sections: view
• Surveys and Quizzes: view

• Cannot view or submit Assignments
• Cannot view or participate in Quizzes or Surveys
• Cannot view the Classlist
• Cannot be enrolled in Microsoft Teams