How do I limit the use of the Attendance tool for a manually created Course role? Tutors may be able to view attendance but should not be able to edit attendance.
Hello @DSheridan
Thanks for posting this in the Canvas Community.
I was able to look at the Canvas course level permission sheet HERE. It looks like the permission for Course Content - Add / Edit / Delete allows for users to access the attendance tool. You might be able to restrict the Tutor role from the edit permission to restrict them from editing the attendance.
Hopefully this helps!
-Colton
We do not have the Course Content - add/edit/delete permissions enabled for Tutors. I'll read through the permissions page provided and can hopefully find what is allowing their access to Attendance.
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