Roles in CLE
Description: An overview of the roles available in CLE courses and collaboration spaces, along with a brief description of what each role allows a user to do within a course.
Resources: Click the appropriate tabs above to learn more about roles in the CLE.
Course-based Roles: These roles are used in regular courses.
Manager
Manager can access courses and modify them (essentially can do anything), but they usually do not typically participate in courses. Only Category Managers can assign the Manager role at the course level. Managers can “log in as” other users in the courses they manage. Managers can assign the following roles: Instructor, Content Assistant, Grading Assistant, Student, Participant. Managers do not receive email notifications from CLE course forums.
Instructor
Instructors can do anyting within a course, including adding and modifying the activities and resources, and grading students. Instructors can assign the following roles: Content Assistant, Grading Assistant, Student, Participant.
Content Assistant
Content Assistants can add and modify resources and activities, add/edit questions and quizzes, add/edit questionnaires, and edit course settings. Cannot modify blocks. Cannot grade quizzes or assignments, or access the gradebook. Content Assistants can assign the following roles: Student, Participant.
Grading Assistant
Grading Assistants can grade students (quizzes, assignments). Can access the gradebook. Cannot add or modify resources or activities. Cannot assign roles.
Student
Students generally have fewer privileges within a course. Can access resources and activities. Cannot modify resources and activities.
Participant
Participants have less privileges than students. Do not appear in the gradebook. Cannot access quizzes or assignments. Can participate in forums (e.g., post, reply). Can unenroll themselves from courses (for self-enrolled and manually enrolled courses only).
Guest
Guests have minimal privileges and cannot enter text anywhere. Note: This is not a role you assign. You can enable guest access on the Edit settings page for your course.
Collaboration Roles: These roles are used in collaboration spaces (i.e., not regular courses).
Leader
The Leader of a collaboration space has the highest level of capabilities within a space. It is analogous to the Instructor role. Leaders can assign the following roles: Member
Member
A Member of a collaboration space has the lower level of capabilities within a space. It is analogous to the Student role.
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