Roles in course groups
Updated 21 May 2024
The roles in a course group are:
- Coordinator instructor: Creates the coordinator course and is the primary instructor for all member sections. The coordinator instructor owns all member sections and uses the coordinator course to manage the features and content inherited by the member sections.
- Section instructor: Teaches a member section but has restricted access to the course, as specified by the coordinator instructor.
Section instructors enroll in a member section with a section instructor access code. In some cases, students can be promoted to section instructor.
- Teaching assistant (TA): Teaches a member section when promoted from student to TA by the instructor. TAs have limited access privileges defined by the instructor. This role is available only in MyLab and Mastering courses.
Section instructor access
A section instructor's role and capabilities within a member section depend on status (instructor or student) and on the level of access granted by the coordinator instructor. The following table shows default section instructor access if the coordinator instructor has not set custom access levels.
| Action within a member section | Primary/ Coordinating instructor |
SI/TA: Full Instructor access | SI/TA: Section Instructor access | SI/TA: Read-only access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create a member section | yes | yes | no | no |
| Copy a member section | yes | yes | no | no |
| Edit course settings | yes | yes (except course access settings) | no | no |
| Customize the coverage | yes | yes | no | no |
| Post course announcements | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Delete or edit announcements inherited from the coordinator course | no | no | no | no |
| Delete the course | yes | yes | no | no |
| Use all gradebook features (except Manage Instructor Access in MyLab and Mastering courses; except Edit Roster in all other courses) | yes | yes | yes | view only |
| Manage Instructor Access (in MyLab and Mastering courses) | yes | yes (except course access settings) | no | no |
| Edit Roster (in non-MyLab and Mastering courses) | yes | yes (except course access settings) | no | no |
| Use all Manage Assignments features (except creating custom questions) | yes | yes | yes | view only |
| Import assignments | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Add custom questions | yes | yes | no | no |
| Add their custom questions from their own pool | yes | yes | no | no |
| Edit custom questions inherited from the coordinator course | no | no | no | no |
| Import results (Learning Catalytics results cannot be imported from one course to another) | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Create and run Learning Catalytics sessions | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Submit scores for incomplete assignments | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Give all students full credit for questions that they can't access | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Remove questions and give students full credit for them | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Export gradebook results | yes | yes | yes | no |
| View and manage results | yes | yes | yes | view only |
| Delete or edit assignments inherited from the coordinator course | no | no | no | no |
| Delete student results | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Edit instructor email address | yes | yes | no | no |