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Canvas has several user roles: Student, Teacher, Guest Teacher, Faculty Observer, TA, Course/Lab Assistant, Liaison Librarian, and Writing Advisor/Subject Tutor.
| User Role |
Use Case |
Notes |
Editing? |
Grading? |
| Student |
Officially enrolled students |
Automatically updated in Canvas based on official enrollment |
No |
No |
| Teacher |
Official instructor of record |
Automatically updated in Canvas based on official registrar record |
Yes |
Yes |
| Guest Teacher |
Guest lecturer |
Can edit, no grading permissions |
Yes |
No |
| Faculty Observer |
Tenure review committee members |
No editing or grading permissions; read-only |
No |
No |
| TA |
Employed student |
Can edit, no grading permissions |
Yes |
No |
| Course/Lab Assistant |
Employed student |
Can edit, has grading permissions; must have official role on campus |
Yes |
Yes |
| Liaison Librarian |
Subject librarian |
Can edit, no grading permissions |
Yes |
No |
| Writing Advisor/Subject Tutor |
Employed student |
No editing or grading permissions |
No |
No |
"Student" is linked to myPugetSound.
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To add a "Student" to your course please have them officially enroll in your course. Contact the Registrar's Office at 253.879.3217 or by email at registrar@pugetsound.edu for more assistance.
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When a student officially adds or drops your course, no action is needed on your part to add them or list them as inactive. Canvas will automatically add them to or list them as inactive in your course, usually within one hour.
- If someone is auditing a course it may take longer for them to appear in Canvas. Auditing students can be added through the Registrar's Office. Please see the Registrar's Office Website for more information.
To add users please fill out the service request form. You may need to provide the following information:
- Your name and email address
- Full name(s) and Puget Sound email address(es) of person(s) to add to your course
- Semester, course, and section(s)
- What level of access does each person need?
Notes:
- Only the official instructor of record can submit requests.
- Adding students to previous semester courses requires approval from the Dean's Office.
- Other use cases not listed here may require the approval of the Dean's Office.