Commonly used account-level roles

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Many institutions create the same type of account-level roles. This document talks about the most commonly used account-level roles in Canvas and their permissions. If you need help customizing your account-level roles, please contact your Customer Success Manager. Learn how to create account-level roles.

To learn more details about any of these account permissions, view the Canvas Account Role Permissions PDF.

For common permissions with vendor roles, view some suggestions from  @John_Lowe  in the document Vendor Roles.

Account Permissions

Here are a few examples of account-level roles that have been created by other Canvas admins.

Department Chair

• Alerts - add / edit / delete
• Conversations - send to individual course members
• Course Content - view
• Courses - view list
• Courses - view usage reports

• Global Announcements - add / edit / delete
• Groups - view all student groups
• Discussions - post
• Statistics - view

Sub-Account Admin

• Alerts - add / edit / delete
• Assignments and Quizzes - add / edit / delete
• Conversations - send to individual course members
• Course Calendar - add / edit / delete events
• Course Content - add / edit / delete
• Course Files - add / edit / delete
• Course Content - view
• Courses - view list
• Courses - view usage reports
• Discussions - moderate
• Discussions - post
• Grades - edit
• Grades - view all grades
• Grades - View audit trail
• Groups - add / edit / delete
• Groups - view all student groups
• Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete
• Pages - add / edit / delete
• Question banks - view and link
• Statistics - view
• Submissions - view and make comments
• Student Collaborations - create
• Users - act as
• Users - add / remove teachers, course designers or TAs in courses
• Users - add / remove students in courses
• Users - Generate observer pairing code for students
• Users - manage login details
• Users - view list
• Web Conferences - create

Outcomes Manager

• Analytics - view pages
• Course Content - view
• Courses - view usage reports
• Grades - view all grades
• Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete
• Learning Outcomes - import
• Statistics - view
• Users - view list

Analytics Manager

• Analytics - view pages
• Conversations - send to individual course members
• Course Content - view
• Courses - view usage reports
• Grades - view all grades
• Statistics - view
• Users - view list

Instructor Admin

• Analytics - view pages
• Assignments and Quizzes - add / edit / delete
• Conversations - send to entire class
• Conversations - send to individual course members
• Course Calendar - add / edit / delete events
• Course Content - add / edit / delete
• Course Files - add / edit / delete
• Course Sections - add / edit / delete
• Course State - manage
• Courses - view usage reports
• Discussions - moderate
• Discussions - post
• Discussions - view
• Grades - edit
• Grades - View all grades
• Grades - View audit trail
• Groups - add / edit / delete
• Groups - view all student groups
• Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete
• Pages - add / edit / delete
• Question banks - view and link
• SIS Data - read
• Student Collaborations - create
• Submissions - view and make comments
• Grades - Select final grade for moderation
• Users - add / remove teachers, course designers or TAs in courses
• Users - add / remove students in courses
• Users - act as
• Users - view list
• Web Conferences - create