CourseLink has a variety of roles that can be assigned to users at the course-level to determine how much (or how little) access they will have to that course site. Choosing the right role for the right user is important and the information on this page will help you make an informed decision when choosing a role.
Roles for non-students are assigned at the course site level via the Classlist tool’s Add Participants option.
Instructor Roles
Within the CourseLink Learning Management System (LMS), there are two distinct instructor roles intended for use by face-to-face instructors and Distance Education (DE) instructors. There is also one utility role (Instruct-copy) that serves a specific purpose.
Instruct-build-grade
Full access role intended for use by face-to-face instructors using a CourseLink site to help support their course delivery
Instruct-copy
Limited access utility role Intended for use by face-to-face instructors who want to safely share their site’s content and structure with another instructor
Instruct-facilitator
Limited access role allowing basic functionality with various tools given to all instructors of Distance Education (DE) course sites on CourseLink
Teaching Assistant (TA) Roles
Within the CourseLink Learning Management System (LMS) there are three distinct teaching assistant (TA) roles
TA-build-grade
Similar to the the Instruct-build-grade role it is the highest level of access for a TA and intended for use in CourseLink sites supporting face-to-face courses.
TA-facilitator
Similar to the the Instruct-facilitator role and intended for use in Distance Education CourseLink sites.
TA-grade
The most limited level of access for a TA role, allowing interaction with tools that have assessment and feedback components.
Student and Guest Roles
CourseLink uses only one role for all students who are officially registered in courses that use CourseLink. However, there are additional roles that can be used for guests or for demonstration purposes.
Student
This role (also called the Registered-Student role) is given to all students officially registered in courses that use CourseLink.
Guest-ungraded
A limited role often used for guest speakers or lecturers that grants access to view content on an open course site and interact via discussions.
Demo-student
A role with the same permissions as the Student role often used in conjunction with a CourseLink visitor account to test or demonstrate various tools from the student perspective