Overview
There are two levels of roles in Course Builder:
Org-wide roles
Course-level roles
Organization-wide roles
There are two types of organization-wide roles:
Standard: This is the most common role and gives users access to the syllabi, lesson plans and assignments for courses they can access. This user will not be able to view courses they are not added to, access admin features, etc.
Admin: This role is able to access all courses, regardless of whether they've been added to the course. They can also create new courses, update global course policies, invite users and more.
Course-level roles
For each course, there are three different user roles that have different levels of access:
Instructor:
Can access the syllabus, lesson plans, and assignments (only as PDFs)
Cannot edit any aspect of the course, syllabus, lesson plans or assignments
Cannot publish to Forum
Cannot view past versions of the syllabus or lesson plans
Cannot use in-line comments
Can provide feedback on activities for each lesson plan once the lesson plan is taught
Author:
Can access the course page, syllabus, lesson plans and assignments
Can edit any aspect of the course, syllabus, lesson plans, and assignments
Cannot publish to Forum
Can use in-line comments
Reviewer:
Can access the course page, syllabus, lesson plans and assignments
Can edit any aspect of the course, syllabus, lesson plans and assignments
Can publish to Forum
Can use in-line comments
Can add/edit other users' roles on the course
You can identify your and others' roles by selecting the gear menu in the header bar and clicking Show People and Roles.