Designate a teaching assistant (TA) or another instructor

Updated 14 Aug 2023

You can designate another instructor or a teaching assistant for your course from two locations:

From the My courses page

1. Open the My courses page.
2. Select the menu icon for any course, then select Roster.
3. Select the chevron below the student who will be an instructor or TA for your course. (You may see the word "educator" rather than instructor. These terms are used interchangably.)

   

4. Select Teaching Assistant
5. Answer Yes at the prompt.

From the Settings page in your course

1. Have the TA or other instructor register for your course as a student.
2. From any Revel page, select Settings then the Class roster tab.
3. Select the options menu for the student who will be an instructor or TA.
4. Select Change to instructor or Change to TA.

   Change to instructor appears only if the selected student has Pearson instructor credentials.

How are instructors and TAs different?

In Revel, TAs and instructors share most options. Like instructors, TAs can create and edit assignments, change due dates, grade assignments, and email students.

From My courses or the Class roster page, TAs can see the roster and email students. However, they can't drop or activate students, or change their own or another student's role.

Additionally, some learning management systems (LMS) recognize TAs as students. To retain TA privileges, TAs should access their Revel course through the My courses page rather than their LMS.