Overview
Roles are collective sets of permissions and limitations placed on a user in Canvas.
Permissions are assigned to roles and allow users with those roles to access certain features and perform certain functions in Canvas.
At UTK, your course-level role in Online@UT (Canvas) determines which permissions you have in a specific Canvas course.
Through our integration with Banner, if you are listed as either the Primary Instructor or Secondary Instructor of record, then you will automatically be enrolled in your Canvas course(s).
If needed, Primary instructors can only enroll additional users into their course sites with the following roles: Secondary Instructor, Teacher Assistant, Grader, Designer, and Observer. Primary instructors cannot enroll additional users with the 'Student' role. Student enrollments are managed twice daily via the automated Banner-Canvas synchronization: once in the morning (at 9:00am) and once in the afternoon (at 2:30pm).
Please note: if you add a user to your course site multiple times, assigning that user a different role each time, they will have the combined permissions of each role you assigned.
Please review our Roles and Permissions support guide for more information and details on Canvas roles and permissions.