Can a student also be a TA?

Question

We have a program that spans both undergrad and medical students and we are developing a scholar-led CANVAS site for the program. Scholars themselves will be managing a decent amount of the content. Cana student also be a TA so this can be accomplished?

Chris · Answer

@BarbaraPorwit,

Can you clarify whether you want a person to be a student and a TA in the same Canvas course, or whether you mean they'd be a student in one course and a TA in another course?

If the former, which @jerry_nguyen's comment is technically correct that you can give a user more than one role in a single course, there are going to be some caveats to go along with that.  External tools can be problematic in this scenario (Turnitin, for example, has the student role trump other roles, so when creating an assignment the Turnitin options wouldn't show up for a dual-role user).  As an admin, I'd really advise to not give people dual roles in a single course, even if Canvas does technically allow it.

If it's the second scenario where a student is just being added as a TA into a single course shell but is not enrolled as a student in that shell, you should have no issues.

-Chris

jerry_nguyen · Answer

@BarbaraPorwit

Yes, a user enrolled in a Canvas course can be assigned multiple roles