Roles in LEARN
- Daspina Fefekos
- Stephen Tosh
- Prabhsharan Singh Sethi
Roles Overview
The following descriptions outline the characteristics of the roles that can appear in a class list in Waterloo LEARN. The order of the list of roles is roughly indicative of a decreasing set of permissions. For reference, the two main roles are Instructor and Student. All other roles are described by their notable exceptions to those two “baseline” roles.
Student, Guest Student, Past Student, and Test Student roles will appear in the gradebook.
Group Manager, Instructor, TA - Level 1 through 4 and Observer will not appear in the gradebook.
Group Manager
The Group Manager role can perform all course management activities in a course and in addition, can manage enrollments.
Notable Permissions | This role can:
This role can NOT:
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Role properties
| Self-enroll in groups |
** Instructor **
The Instructor role can perform all course management activities in a course.
Notable Permissions | This role can:
This role can NOT:
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Role properties
| Self-enroll in groups |
Staff/Librarian
The permissions and properties for this role are identical to Instructor, only the title is different and this role is present only within a course offering.
Notable Permissions (vs Instructor) | This role can NOT:
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Role Properties
| Self-enroll in groups |
TA – Level 4
Typically manages the course for the instructor. The permissions and properties for this role are identical to Instructor, only the title is different and this role is present only within a course offering.
Notable Permissions (vs Instructor) | This role can NOT:
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Role properties | Self-enroll in groups |
TA – Level 3
Same as "TA - Level 2" below, except the "TA - Level 3" can manage the grade book.
Notable Permissions (vs Student)
| Users
Quizzes:
Surveys:
Grades:
Dropboxes:
Discussions:
Content:
News:
This role can NOT:
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Role properties | Self-enroll in groups |
TA – Level 2
Similar to “TA - Level 1.5” below, except this role can manage aspects of the quizzes, grades and dropboxes.
Notable Permissions (vs Student)
| Quizzes:
Grades:
Dropboxes:
Content:
News:
This role can NOT:
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Role properties | Self-enroll in groups |
TA – Level 1.5
Similar to “TA - Level 2” above, except while the role can mark dropbox submissions, discussion posts and quiz questions, it can not enter or alter grades in the gradebook.
Notable Permissions (vs Student)
| Quizzes:
Dropboxes:
Discussions:
Content:
News:
This role can NOT:
|
Role properties | Self-enroll in groups |
TA – Level 1
This is similar to the Student role, but cannot perform course activities that impact evaluation or grading.
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | This role can NOT:
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Role properties | Self-enroll in groups |
Guest
This role is based on the Observer role.
Notable Permissions (vs Observer) | There are a significant number of differences between the Observer and Guest roles. |
Role properties | This role can: Participate in discussions |
** Student **
The Student role exists at the Org level and at the Course Offering level and can perform course activities that impact evaluation or grading.
Notable Permissions
| None
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Role properties
| Appear on Attendance Registers
|
Guest Student
An identical copy of the Student role. This role is intended to be used where student rights are required, but the Guest Students are manually added (not added by automated class list population). E.g., Deferred exams. Note: Not for use with Auditing students.
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | This role can NOT:
|
Role properties
| Appear on Attendance Registers |
Past Student
An identical copy of the Student role except Past Student can access past courses. The intention for this role is for use when we need to allow an extension within a past course offering.
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | This role can: Can access past courses This role can NOT: Self Register for a Course |
Role properties
| Appear on Attendance Registers Can have content statistics |
Future Student
An identical copy of the Student role except Future Student can access a course not yet released to the general class roster. The intention for this role is for use when we require a student to have access a course prior to its release date (usually prior to the official start of term).
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | This role can: Can access future courses This role can NOT: Self Register for a Course |
Role properties
| Appear on Attendance Registers Can be graded in Grades |
Test Student
An identical copy of the Student role, except Test Student can be impersonated, and can access future courses.
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | This role can: Can access future courses |
Role properties | Appear on Attendance Registers |
Observer
This role can NOT affect a course in any way. This is a read-only role that can be used to allow guests to view the released content in a course. This role has far fewer permissions than all of the other roles.
Notable Permissions (vs Student) | There are a significant number of differences between the Student and Observer roles. |
Role properties | This role can NOT: Self-Enroll in Groups |
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