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
• Enrol some users with lesser permissions
• Classlist–view and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content– full access
• Grades– full access
• Discussions– full access
• Grades and Grading– full access
• Groups and Group enrollments– full access
• Homepages and Widgets– full access
• Import/Export/Copy Components to and from org units
• Quizzes– full access
• Role switch – learners, non-registered students, guest, notetaker-PMC
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team owner
• Can access inactive courses

• Can only impersonate Demo Learners
• 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
• Awards –create, issue, revoke
• Calendar– full access
• Checklists– full access
• Classlist– full access
• Enroll users with lesser permissions
• Classlist–view and enroll any role with lesser permissions
• Content– full access
• Grades– full access
• Discussions– full access
• Grades and Grading– full access
• Groups and Group enrollments– full access
• Homepages and Widgets– full access
• Import/Export/Copy Components to and from org units
• Quizzes– full access
• Role switch – learners, non-registered students, guest, notetaker-PMC, read only
• Can enrol/unenroll users
• Can use badges/awards (non-credit courses)
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team owner
• Can access inactive courses

• 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. Can not submit/delete feedback on content.
• Discussions – Full access
• Grades – Full access
• Groups – Full access
• Homepages – Can see my courses widget, see updates widget, override release conditions on widgets
• 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
• Quizzes – Full access
• Role switch – all roles except super admin, admin, admin lite, examinations, instructional designers, designers, instructor
• Surveys – Full access
• Create/remove Surveys and Question Library
• Can manage homepages or widgets
• Can impersonate Demo Learners
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team member
• Can access inactive courses

• Cannot unenroll users
• Cannot change course status (activate/inactivate)

• 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 for assignments
• Attendance – full access
• Awards – full accesss
• Calendar – Full access
• Checklist – create/remove checklists
• Content – Full access
• 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
• Quizzes – Full access
• Role switch – all roles except super admin, admin, admin lite, examinations, instructional designers
• Surveys – Full access at course level. Create/remove surveys and question library
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team member
• Can access inactive courses

• Cannot access Grades and Class Progress
• Cannot change the status of a course (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
•  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
• Quizzes – Has access to grade submitted quizzes
• Role switch – can role switch with learner, non-registered student, Notetaker-PMC, read only
• Surveys – Full access
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team member
• Can access inactive courses

• Cannot delete/add/edit assignment folders or edit evaluation properties for assignments
• Cannot create/edit/delete course content
• Cannot create/edit/delete any posts
• Cannot can manage homepages or widgets
• Cannot access to Intelligent Agents
• Cannot change course 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, see stats

• 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. Can not submit/delete feedback on content.
• Discussions – Full access
• Grades – Full access
• Groups – Full access
• Homepages – Can see my courses widget, see 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
• Quizzes – Full access
• Role switch – all roles except super admin, admin, admin lite, examinations, instructional designers, designers, instructor
• Surveys – Full access
• Create/remove Surveys and Question Library
• Microsoft Teams: can be enrolled as a team member
• Can access inactive courses
• Can manage homepages or widgets

• Cannot unenroll users
• Cannot use Intelligent Agents
• Can only impersonate Demo Learners
• Cannot change course 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 to
• Quizzes and Surveys–view and take

• 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 take quizzes or surveys
• Cannot see classlist
• Cannot see 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 take quizzes or surveys
• Cannot see the classlist
• Cannot be enrolled in Microsoft Teams