Canvas Roles & Permissions

Teacher - all available course permissions where they are enrolled as teacher

TA - can do almost everything an instructor can do (cannot export course content)

Course Builder - edit course materials, cannot see grades

Grader - can see and edit grades, cannot edit course materials

PLA - a student who can't see grades or edit materials and doesn't show up in Gradebook

Undergrad Auditor - Can participate in course, doesn't show in Gradebook.

Observer - Observes a specific student's participation in the course. Meant more for parents of K12 students.

Designer - like a Course Builder role with some additional permissions regarding users. Meant to assist instructor in course creation. Cannot edit grades.

Librarian - like a Course Builder with a few additional course participation permissions (discussion and moderation).

Manually Added Student - Same as a student, but bypasses Workday (good for waitlisted students)

Undergraduate Auditor - same as student but not managed by Workday