Question
What are the permissions for each of the roles in D2L Brightspace?
Answer
The list of available roles in D2L Brightspace currently include:
- Student
- TA
- TA-plus
- TA - View Grades
- Instructor(2)
- Student Incomplete
- reviewer
- TA -CMST
- ABET Reviewer
Descriptions
Student: The student role is the typical role for students in a course. The role allows them to do learner-based actions and activities in a course. The student role has no course setup or modification ability.
TA: The TA (Teacher's Assistant) role allows users enrolled in that role access to course-based student data, some course modification, and a more complete view of the course. For example, a TA can see dropbox submissions, view content items in draft status and add/delete course content.
TA-plus: This role is the TA role, plus access to the gradebook. Users in this role can both see and edit items in the gradebook.
TA - View Grades: This is the standard TA role as above, but they can view the gradebook/grades for students in the course.
Instructor(2): The Instructor(2) role can't delete discussion posts, change classlist enrollment, and can't enroll anyone at the Instructor or Instructor(2) level. Instructor(2) can enroll student, TA, TA+ roles.
Student Incomplete: Instructors should use this role to accommodate course incompletes. The role simply allows a student access into a previous term's course.
reviewer, TA - CMST and ABET Reviewer: These roles should only be used by the people or departments for which they were created.