This section is intended to clarify the ELMS-Canvas administrative roles and their use.
Role | Access Summary | Assignment |
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Enterprise | Able to have complete access to all users, data, reports, functionality and configurations. | ELMS-Canvas system administrator, select DIT ATI staff by ATI Assistant Vice President and Registrar. |
Deputy | Able to have complete access to all users, data, reports, functionality and configurations. | Select college/department support staff designated by dean, assistant dean or AVP. |
Manager | Able to support users in specific college subaccounts, can masquerade as users, may be a Blueprint administrator upon request. | Select DIT ATI staff and college support staff by college director of technology or assistant dean. |
Executive | Ability to manage all aspects of courses offered through UMD Open Catalog. | Select college/department support staff designated by dean or AVP. |
Researcher | Able to access data related to campus-wide outcomes and data related to approved research projects. | Staff in the Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment Assistant VP, Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment. |
Canvas Data Portal Manager | Ability to add managers, grant admin permissions, download flat files. | Canvas Data Manager, select data scientists and analysts by Canvas Data Steward (Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs). |
Coordinators have unique responsibilities that will granted and governed through a separate SLA.
Permissions and abilities | Enterprise | Executive | Deputy | Manager | Researcher |
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View announcements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View list of participants in a course | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View discussions | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View all student groups | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View course usage reports | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View course content | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View and link question banks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View analytic pages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Add/import/edit/delete learning outcomes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Add/edit/delete course files | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Add/edit/delete assignments and quizzes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View courses list | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View statistics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Manage storage quotas | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Act as a participant in a course ** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Blueprint courses (create/edit/associate/delete) *** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete courses * | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Undelete courses | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View course changelogs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View grades changelogs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View all grades | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View user login IDs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View user primary email address | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
View quizzes submission logs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Message individual course members | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Create/post/moderate discussions | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete course content | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete alerts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete groups | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete pages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Create Web conferences | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Create student collaborations | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete rubrics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Manage course state | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete course calendar events | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Add/edit/delete global announcements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Manage account settings | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Manage user login details | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Message the entire class | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Enable/disable feature options | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Add/edit/delete Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Read SIS Data | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Add/remove Observers | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Manage Catalog | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Add/remove Teachers, Designers and TAs | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Select final grade for moderation | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Add/delete course sections | ✅ | ✅ | |||
Manage Webhooks | ✅ | ||||
Manage permissions | ✅ | ||||
Manage Developer Keys | ✅ | ||||
Manage SIS data | ✅ | ||||
Import SIS data | ✅ | ||||
Add/remove administrators | ✅ | ||||
Generate observer pairing codes for students | ✅ | ||||
View grades audit trail | ✅ | ||||
Edit grades | ✅ | ||||
Add/remove students from courses | ✅ |
This section is intended to clarify the EMT administrative roles and their use.
Role | Access Summary | Assignment |
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Manager | This role has access to all tools in EMT that can be used to support faculty and can act on behalf of any user. Additional system administration tools are available. | This role is assigned by the AVP Academic Technology and Innovation. It is currently held by select DIT and OES staff that support faculty. |
Deputy | This role has access to all tools in EMT that can be used to support faculty and can act on the behalf of any user. | Approval of this role is the responsibility of college Assistant Deans or Department Chairs. It is currently held by select college staff that supports faculty. |
Support | This role has access to select tools to support faculty and staff. | Approval of this role is the responsibility of the Manager of the Service Desk and Store. |
This section is intended to clarify EMT administrative roles available in specific EMT tools.
Manager | Deputy | Support | |
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Combine Sections and Courses | No | Yes | Yes |
Create Single Section Courses | Yes | Yes | No |
Publish Course Syllabus | Yes | Yes | No |
Submit Grades | Yes | Yes | No |
Manage Enrollments | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
Manage Students | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Coursemail | Yes | Yes | No |
Create Organizations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Create Custom ELMS Spaces | Yes | Yes | No |
Lookup Course Info | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lookup User Info | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ELMS Reports | Yes | Yes | No |
Manage Subaccounts | Yes | Yes | No |
Manage Syllabus Permissions | Yes | Yes | No |
View Admins | Yes | No | No |
PI Bug | Yes | No | No |
Canvas EDT | Yes | No | No |
*Roles limited to instructional colleague, guest instructor, observer, designer.
This section is intended to clarify the Executive role as it relates to UMD Open Catalog. Organizations that use the payment gateway also need a transaction administrator.
Role | Access Summary | Assignment |
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Executive |
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This role is assigned by the Learning Technology Strategy team in Academic Technology and Innovation. It needs approval by Academic Deans or Directors. |