[ARCHIVED] How do I add the "Teacher" role onto a user?

[asuggs]

How do I add a "Teacher" role onto a newly created user?  Institutional Account, not free.

Under people I see that I can search by role such as "Teacher", but I do not find where I can add the Teacher Role onto the newly created user.  The user has already authenticated/accepted the account.  They do not have the ability to click on +Course link to create course. I am an Admin in the Admin group. I can create courses.

Should I have been in the Teacher group drop down on the Admin/People tab before I created the users?

[scottdennis · Accepted solution]

Hi Adam and welcome to the Community!

Users in Canvas do not have roles outside of their identity in a specific course.  You can create user roles at the account level but people will only have these roles within a specific course, not across all courses.  You may be a student in one course and a teacher in the next.  Does that make sense?

[asuggs]

Thank you for your response.

Yes. I am working through the available videos outlining roles and other features.

How do I give the newly created user the ability to create a course?

When I masquerade as the user I do not see a link to create a course. In my own userid, I have the ability to add a new course.

[scottdennis]

Hey Adam,

No problem, happy to help!

To contradict what I said earlier is that system admins retain the admin role wherever they are in the Canvas instance and can create courses.  Your admin, or you if you are an admin can decide whether or not to allow users to create new courses in the instance settings.  Many institutions that have an integration with their school registration do not allow users to create additional courses, although some do.  If you want some but not all users to be able to create courses without giving them other admin rights, I believe you can make a copy of the admin role in the account settings and then edit down the rights associated with this custom role.

[Stef_retired]

 @asuggs ‌, since you've asked a similar question in a different thread, I'll add the link here to close that loop: https://community.canvaslms.com/message/170716-how-do-i-give-a-new-user-the-ability-to-create-a-cour...