Brightspace roles
Access to the tools and functions within a Brightspace course are controlled by the role assigned to the user. For example, the Instructor role gives a user access to many features that someone in the course as a Student does not have.
This article lists the main roles in Brightspace and gives a short description of the permissions associated with the role within a Brightspace course.
Instructor
| Tool | Access Type |
|---|---|
| Announcements | Full viewing and authoring. |
| Assignments | Full creation, viewing, and assessment. |
| Awards | Create, view, issue, and revoke badges and certificates. |
| Calendar | Access and manage events. |
| Checklist | Create and view. |
| Class Progress | View progress for all enrollees. |
| Classlist | View enrollees and send email. |
| Content | Full viewing and authoring. |
| Discussions | Full creation, posting, and assessment. |
| Access address book and send emails. | |
| External Learning Tools | Link 3rd-party integrations into content and view. |
| Grades | Creating grade book and assessing submissions. Import/export grades. |
| Groups and Sections | Manage groups and sections. |
| Homepages | Set homepages and manage widgets. |
| Import/Export/Copy Components | Import into and export from the course. Copy content between courses. |
| Intelligent Agents | Manage agents. |
| Links | Manage links within the course. |
| Navbars | Manage navigation bars and custom links. |
| Quizzes | View, author, manage, and assess quizzes. |
| Seating Chart | View and manage. |
| Survey | View, author, and manage surveys. |
| Users | View Brightspace user email, enrollments, and contact information. |
Sandbox Instructor
The Sandbox Instructor is a special case of the Instructor role. When a sandbox course is created, all instructors are added as Sandbox Instructor unless otherwise requested.
The role is required for sandbox courses as enrollments do not occur automatically like for-credit courses. Sandbox Instructor has all of the same characteristics of the Instructor role with the additional ability to enroll and unenroll individuals in the sandbox course. This allows the instructor to add other faculty or students as needed.
Student
| Tool | Access Type |
|---|---|
| Announcements | View. |
| Assignments | View, submit, and receive feedback. |
| Awards | Earn badges and certificates. |
| Calendar | View. |
| Checklist | View. |
| Class Progress | See own. |
| Classlist | View. |
| Content | View. |
| Discussions | View and post. |
| See address book and send emails. | |
| External Learning Tools | Launch. |
| Grades | View. |
| Groups and Sections | View. |
| Homepages | N/A |
| Import/Export/Copy ComponentsN/A | N/A |
| Intelligent Agents | N/A |
| Links | View. |
| Navbars | N/A |
| Quizzes | View and take. |
| Seating Chart | N/A |
| Survey | View and take surveys. |
| Users | N/A |
Elevated Student Roles
| Tool | Student Reviewer Access | Elevated 1 | Elevated 2 | Elevated 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announcements | View only
(additional role with authoring) |
View and author | View and author | View and author |
| Assignments | View only | View, manage, and give feedback | N/A | View, manage, and give feedback |
| Calendar | View only | View only | View only | View only |
| Checklist | View only | View only | View only | View only |
| Classlist | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Content | View only | View only | View only | View only |
| Discussions | View only | N/A | View, compose, reply, give feedback | View, compose, reply, give feedback |
| N/A | Send emails | Send emails | Send emails | |
| External Learning Tools | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grades | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Groups and Sections | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Links | View only | View only | View only | View only |
| Quizzes | View only | View only | View only | View only |
| Survey | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Student-Extended Access
Student-Extended Access has all of the same abilities of the Student role with the addition of the ability to enter the course after the course's End Date has passed. Student-Extended Access is assigned to students that need to get back into a closed course to complete the work needed to change and IP grade to a letter grade.
When a student needs access to satisfy an IP, the instructor notifies TLT and requests the role switch. Once the IP is completed, the teacher again notifies TLT and the role is reset back to Student, ending access to the closed course.