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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
Location Map & Room: KOKOPELLI 3 |

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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.
Here's the link to the hidden permissions thread: Hidden Canvas Permissions
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
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?
Thanks for sharing these resources and I'm very sorry I missed your session! Can't wait for the video to come out!
The session video is now available at:
I hope this is okay, but these Ideas for more granular permission are open for voting; and I noticed that some of these were discussed in the video.
Fantastic - thanks for sharing those links!
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