Limiting grader access

[JonathaGott]

I'm administering a team-taught course by faculty unfamiliar with Canvas.  The concern is that when grading their section faculty will inadvertently alter grades entered by other faculty.  Is there a way to limit grader access to only their assignments?  Thank you.

[jcarpenter1]

Hello @JonathaGott and welcome to the Community.  What you are asking about deals with Roles and Permissions.  This link should help you set them up.  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Guide/tkb-p/admin#RolesandPermissions

As a former gen ed. teacher with a TT teacher, we discussed grading and access together.  However, I can see your dilemma.  I had my Sp. Ed. teacher added as a teacher to my course with all of the permissions of a teacher.  However, there were some classes, where the Sp. Ed. teacher was a TA in my course, and couldn't access my gradebook, only theirs.  I hope this helps and doesn't confuse.  😍

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @JonathaGott,

I'm going to make a few assumptions here...  1 - You have multiple sections set up in your course.  2 - students and graders are enrolled in their correct sections.  3 - graders re only responsible for grading students in the specific section(s) in which they are enrolled.  If that is the case, limiting the graders (not students) to interact only with users in their section would be the perfect solution.  In addition to setting that up in the UI as the linked guide shows, you can do it with SIS CSV files as well.  If your course/enrollments are not set up in this way, I'd encourage you to investigate if they can be done like this, as I think it's the best solution for you, and something we have been doing at my institution for a few years now.

Hope this info helps!

-Chris