Use the Preferences > Permissions page to determine course functionality available to teaching assistants. Select or clear the appropriate boxes to grant or deny permission to perform a particular task.
Options appear in categories by asset type, tool, or function.
To view or modify Permissions preferences:
Click Preferences in the top-right corner of the page.
Click Permissions in the Instructor column.
Question Bank
These options apply to questions that appear in the Question Bank browser window list and the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page.
Add items to Question Bank: Select to make the toolbar Add Course Materials menu available to users so they can add folders and questions to the Question Bank.
Cut, Copy, and/or Paste Items in Question Bank: Select to make the toolbar Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons available so users can cut, copy, and paste
folders and questions.
Edit items in Question Bank: Select to include Edit in the options menu for questions and question folders so users can edit questions and question folders.
Delete Items from Question Bank: Select to make the toolbar Delete button available to users so they can delete questions and folders.
Set global question folder properties: Select to include Question Preferences in the options menu for question folders so the user can set global properties, such as the question score and question title (prefix or suffix), for all of the questions in the folder.
Course Materials Library
These options apply to the Course Materials Library toolbar, folders, and assets (such as activities, readiness checks, files, links, discussions, pages, and so on) that appear on the left side of the Course Materials > Add from Library page.
Create Items in Course Materials Library: Select to make the Add Course Materials menu available to you and others with permission to do so can add assets to the Course Materials Library.
Cut, Copy, and/or Paste Items in Course Materials Library: Select to make the toolbar Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons available so you and others with permission can cut, copy, and paste folders and assets.
Edit Items in Course Materials Library: Select to include Edit in the options menu for folders and assets so you and others with permission can edit the folder and assets.
Delete Items from Course Materials Library: Select to make the toolbar Delete button available so you and others with permission can delete folders and assets.
My Course
These options apply to the My Course toolbar, folders, and assets (such as activities, readiness checks, files, links, discussions, pages, and so on) that appear on the right side of the Course Materials > Add from Library page and other Course Materials pages.
Create items in My Course: Select to make the toolbar Add Course Materials menu available so you and others with permission can add assets to the My Course lists. Note that this option does not allow you or others to add readiness checks.
Cut, Copy, and/or Paste Items in My Course: Select to make the toolbar Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons available so you and others can cut, copy, and paste folders and assets. Note that this option does not allow you or others to modify study plans.
Edit Items in My Course: Select to include Edit in the options menu for folders and assets so you and others with permission can edit the folder and the individual assets. Note that this option does not allow you or others to modify study plans.
Delete Items from My Course: Select to make the toolbar Delete button available to you and others with permission so you or they can delete folders and assets, including study plans.
Create Study Plans in My Course: Select to make the toolbar Add Course Materials menu available so you and others with permission can add readiness checks.
Cut, Copy, and/or Paste Study Plans in My Course: Select to make the toolbar Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons available so you and others with permission can modify readiness checks.
Edit Study Plan in My Course: Select to include Edit in the options menu for readiness checks so you and others with permission can edit the readiness check materials. Choose whether you or others can:
Edit pre/post test: Select to allow users to edit both the readiness check pre-test and post-test.
Add Study Materials: Select to allow users to add study materials to the readiness check.
Remove Study Materials: Select to allow users to remove study materials from the readiness check.
Note: If you clear Edit Study Plans in My Course, the user will not be able to edit the pre-test or post-test or add and remove study materials even if those individual options are selected.
Activity
These options apply to folders and assets (such as activities, readiness checks, files, links, discussions, pages, and so on) in the My Course list, which appears on the right side of the Course Materials > Add from Library page and other Course Materials pages.
Schedule Activities: Select to include Properties in the options menu for course folders and assets so you can schedule asset availability, assign assets to select students or locations, and schedule asset due dates and times.
Show/Hide Content in My Course: Select to make the toolbar Show/Hide button available and to include Show/Hide in the options menu for course folders and assets so you can determine whether or not the asset is visible
to students.
Gradebook
These options apply the Gradebook page and toolbar.
View Gradebook: Select to make the Gradebook page available to users so they can view and manage grades and view the student roster.
Create Column: Select to make the toolbar Create Column menu available so the user can add custom grade columns, such as calculated, numeric, or free text, to the gradebook.
Show/Hide Content in My Course: Select to include Show for Student and Show for Student in the options menu of gradebook activities and custom columns. These options let you control whether students can view grades for that activity or column.
Grant or Deny student access to course: Select to make the toolbar Grant Access and Deny Access buttons available and to include Grant Access/Deny Access in the options menu for student names so instructors can determine whether or not particular students have permission to access the course.
Gradebook Activity
These options apply to the View Submissions window, to gradebook columns, and to activity grades.
Delete Submission(s): Select to make the Delete all Submissions option available in the View Submissions window so users can delete student submissions for an activity.
Edit Grades: Select to include Edit Grades in the options menu for gradebook activity and custom columns so users can edit the grades for completed activities.
Change/Modify grade schema in grade column: Select to include Modify Grade Schema in the options menu for gradebook activity
and custom columns so users can change the applied grade schema.
Import Grades: Select to include Import Grades in the toolbar Create Column menu so the user can import grades into the course using a .csv file.
Print and/or Download Gradebook: Select to make the Download option available so users can download (a .csv or .pdf file) or print all gradebook details.
Reporting
These options apply to the Gradebook > Reports page. You determine which reports are available to other course users. Note that if a report is not selected for the teaching assistant or student, it is not displayed on the Gradebook > Reports page for that user role. Reports are grouped in categories based on the type of data that is reported. Click a category to view the available reports and permissions.
Performance Reports
Activity Results by Student: Select to enable users to generate, print, and download this report, which shows the performance of one or more students for a single activity.
Student Results by Activity: Select to enable users to generate, print, and download this report, which shows the performance of a single student for one or more activities.
Study Plan Results: Select to enable users to generate, print, and download this report, which shows scores for readiness check pre-tests, post-tests, and study materials for one or more students.
Assignment Details: Select to enable users to generate, print, and download this report, which shows student performance on particular assignment, by question.
Alignments
Standards covered by Lesson Plans: Used for K-12 courses only.
Others
Question Analysis: Select to enable users to generate, print, and download this report, which shows the performance of all students on one or more
questions included in one or more activities.
Submissions
These options apply to the View Submissions window.
View Student Submissions: Select to include View Submissions in the options menu for activities that appear in the My Course list on the Course Materials pages so the user can view student submissions for the activity.
Download & Print Student Submissions: Select to make the Download and Print buttons available in the View Submissions window so users can print student submissions for the activity and download them as .csv files.
Manage Users/User Roles
These options apply to the Enrollments > Manage Roster page or course sections.
Create New Student Profile: Select to include Student as an option in the Create User menu available on the roster toolbar so the user can create new users of type "student."
View Student Profiles: Select to include View Profile in the options menu for unregistered students listed on the Manage Roster page so the user can view profile information for unregistered students.
Update Student Profiles: Select to include Edit Profile in the options menu for unregistered students listed on the Manage Roster
page so the user can update profile information for unregistered students.
Enroll Student in course section: Only applicable to courses published as a program. Select to enable users to enroll students in a course section.
Locations
These options apply to the Preferences > Manage Locations page.
Manage computers and locations: Select to make the Add Computer and Add Location options available so users can add computers and locations to the course, add computers to locations, and batch import and export computer and location data from or to
a .csv file.
Delete computers and locations: Select to enable users to delete computers and locations from the course and to remove computers from
a location.
Learning Objectives
These options apply to the Learning Objectives toolbar (available from the Course Materials > Map Learning Objectives and Course Materials > Map Learning Objectives to Questions pages) and any learning objective folders and items used in the course. In most cases, these pages are not available in your course.
Create Learning Objectives: Select to make the toolbar Add Learning Objectives button available so users can add learning
objective folders.
Cut/Copy/Paste Learning Objectives: Select to make the toolbar Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons available so users can cut, copy, and paste learning object folders and assets (activities, readiness checks, files, links, discussions, and pages) added to the learning objective.
Edit Learning Objectives: Select to include Edit in the options menu for learning objective folders and assets so users can edit learning objective folders or items.
Delete Learning Objectives: Select to make the toolbar Remove button available so users can delete learning objective folders and the assets they contain.
Map Course Materials Library items to Learning Objectives: Select to make the Add button available so users can associate Course Materials Library assets with the learning objectives folders.
Remove Course Materials Library items from Learning Objectives: Select to include Remove in the options menu for learning objective folders and assets so users can remove assets from learning objective folders.
Save preferences
To save your choices, click Save Preferences. When you finish setting preferences, click Save and Close.
Caution: If you go to another page before you save your changes, your changes are discarded and the previous settings are maintained.
Cut, 
Copy, and 
Paste buttons available so users can cut, copy, and paste
folders and questions.
Delete button available to users so they can delete questions and folders.
Show/Hide button available and to include Show/Hide in the options menu for course folders and assets so you can determine whether or not the asset is visible
to students.
Create Column menu available so the user can add custom grade columns, such as calculated, numeric, or free text, to the gradebook.
Grant Access and 
Deny Access buttons available and to include Grant Access/Deny Access in the options menu for student names so instructors can determine whether or not particular students have permission to access the course.
Add Computer and 
Add Location options available so users can add computers and locations to the course, add computers to locations, and batch import and export computer and location data from or to
a .csv file.
Add Learning Objectives button available so users can add learning
objective folders.
Remove button available so users can delete learning objective folders and the assets they contain.