Secure and Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions

[agilbert]

Don’t make your Canvas users unhappy by changing course and account role permissions midstream—plan ahead instead! This session will be a group conversation about the various options for permissions in Canvas, how they work, and recommended best practices to keep Canvas both secure and friendly.

Presenters: Amy Lanier​ Gregory Orcutt​  - University of Texas Houston Health Science Center (UTHealth)

Join the Discussion! Visit these Canvas Community links to share your permission stories, find up-to-date information on permission changes, and UPVOTE the feature request for more granular permissions: Permissions: A Hot Topic in the Canvas Community: Secure & Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions

For presentation slides & Canvas Permission Guides, see: Secure & Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions​

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[asatkins]

Aside for Observer role- You can assign an observer to the course instead of linking to the student. It will then let you see content without student work.

[asatkins]

Here's the link to the hidden permissions thread: Hidden Canvas Permissions

[agilbert]

Join the Discussion! Visit these Canvas Community links to share your permission stories, find up-to-date information on permission changes, and UPVOTE the feature request for more granular permissions: Permissions: A Hot Topic in the Canvas Community: Secure & Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions

For presentation slides and other documents referenced in our talk, see: Secure & Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions

[gorcutt]

What was the portal that someone mentioned that would allow an advisor to be associated with a student, and see all that student's classes?

[kona]

Thanks for sharing these resources and I'm very sorry I missed your session! Can't wait for the video to come out!

[CommunityTeam]

The session video is now available at: ​

[cms_hickss]

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[agilbert]

Fantastic - thanks for sharing those links!