Canvas Roles & Statuses

Canvas Enrollment Statuses

During and after the semester, you may see different enrollment statuses next to students in the People area of your Canvas course.

Active: The student is currently enrolled in the course and has access to the course in Canvas.
Inactive: The student has officially dropped or changed sections through the Registrar’s Office. Their name remains in People, but they no longer have access to the course or appear in the Gradebook. The student’s enrollment record and any course data are retained in Canvas. This is a new change at 果冻传媒.
Concluded: The course has ended, therefore the student’s enrollment has ended. The student can no longer participate in the course, but their enrollment and course activity may remain visible to instructors for record-keeping purposes.

Canvas Roles

Canvas has various course-level roles with permissions that allow a user different course-level access. This resource provides an overview of the permissions associated with each role at 果冻传媒 College on Canvas.

Available Roles & Intended Use

Role	Intended Use
Teacher	Instructor for the course
TA (Teaching Assistant)	Faculty or Graduate Students assisting in teaching/grading the course
Course Manager	Faculty or Staff who are are managing a course in its entirety (i.e. manually created courses that *do not* go through Banner and Blueprints)
Designer	Faculty, Staff or Graduate Student providing assistance with designing or uploading content
Observer	Any 果冻传媒 member who needs Read Only access to a course.
Peer Aide	Student assisting in the course (no access to grades)
Student	Student enrolled in the course

Role Permissions

Canvas Function	Teacher	TA	Course Manager	Designer	Observer	Student	Peer Aide
Publish Course	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Announcements – view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discussions – create/post	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Discussions – view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discussions – moderate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Grades – edit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Grades – view all grades	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Manage Course Content add / delete / edit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Manage Course Files add / delete / edit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Manage Assignments & Quizzes add / delete / edit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Manage Pages create / delete / update	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Manage Courses conclude / publish	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Groups – manage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
*Add / remove all users in course	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No

* Teachers are limited to adding people in the roles of TA and Observers. Teachers cannot add students to a course. Student enrollment is controlled by the Office of the Registrar. Course Managers can add any type of user. For instructions on adding users, visit the .

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