Teaching Assistants for your course have special roles and permissions on Canvas as either TAs, Undergraduate TAs or Course Designers. TAs must be graduate students. There is an Undergraduate TA role designed with similar permission as a TA but with limited grading capabilities for undergraduate students. Course Designers can be undergraduate or graduate students or staff members. You can add these user types to your Canvas site yourself.
TAs, Undergraduate TAs, and Course Designers share the following permissions:
Add, edit, and delete assignments and quizzes *
Add, edit, and delete events in the course calendar
Change the course state, also known as publishing the course
Post to, edit and delete discussions
Post announcements
Create web conferences
View a list of all users
Create, edit, and delete groups
View pages for all student groups
*Undergraduate TAs do not have permission by default
TAs and Undergraduate TAs have the following additional permissions not available for Course Designers:
Send messages to the entire class
Send messages to individual course members
TAs have the following additional permissions not available for Undergraduate TAs:
View and edit grades
View course analytics
View and comment on all student submissions
Undergraduate TAs can obtain access to SpeedGrader permissions similar to the TA role, upon request by filling out this form. If you have questions regarding the form, please email [email protected].
TAs, Undergraduate TAs, Course Designers, and Teachers are not permitted to add or remove students or Auditors to or from the course.
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