In Permissions, Separate Manage (add/edit/delete) courses into 3 permissions

[cms_hickss]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

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Please change, nn Account Roles the  "Manage (add/edit/delete) courses" from a single setting to three separate settings.

Current:

Manage (add / edit / delete) courses

Should become:

• User can Add courses
• User can Edit courses
• User can Delete courses

One reason for this request:

This would allow you to set Sub-Account Managers (or other roles) to having only the permissions needed for that role instead of none of them or all of them. For example, the ability to add a course but not to edit or delete a course.

Note: There is this one as well, In Permissions, Separate "Manage (create/edit/delete) course sections" into 3 permissions  (this is for the same thing but with sections and not courses)

Comments from Instructure

We have exciting news about the first phase of the Priority: Granular Permissions‌.  The New User Interface is included in the Canvas Production Release Notes (2018-07-14) .  Go check it out!

[kbarth]

This is a feature that UWF is also very interested in. We currently allow faculty to create and edit courses, but they cannot delete them. Deleting courses requires an Admin level permission. After 10+ years online, we found this to be a best practice. Courses, once activated or published, are considered official academic records. Additionally, once a course is closed (ended), it should be Read-Only. We hope this idea will soon be on the development road map.

Karen BArth

[Renee_Carney]

  Idea is currently in Product Radar Learn more about this stage...

[Renee_Carney]

The Radar idea stage has been removed from the Feature Idea Process.  You can read more about why in the blog post Adaptation: Feature Idea Process Changes.

This change will only impact the stage sort of this idea and will not change how it is voted on or how it is considered during prioritization activities.  This change will streamline the list of ideas 'open for voting', making it easier for you to see the true top voted ideas in one sort, here.

[cms_hickss]

For this idea, please remember to follow:

• Priority: Granular Permissions 
• Canvas Permissions and Granularity Feature Ideas 

The first step to getting Granular Permissions was completed with the Permissions: New Interface.

[linglea7685]

I see there hasn't been a reply in this thread since 2018, so maybe I'm just not figuring something out, but we would also love the Courses - Add/Edit/Delete to be split up in the account role permissions. Our reasoning is because we have custom developed services that add courses, sections, enrollments and so forth, but we'd really like our Department Chairs(Sub Account Admins) to be able to edit some details about courses, mainly the start and end dates, but we don't want them adding or deleting courses.

[Stef_retired]

Comments from Instructure

The Courses - add / edit / delete permission has been grouped into five separate permissions for Account roles, and four permissions for Course roles. This change provides granularity in managing courses.

For more information, please read through the  Canvas Release Notes (2021-06-19).