In Permissions, Separate "Manage (create/edit /delete) groups" into 3 permissions

[cms_hickss]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

For more information, please read through the  Canvas Release Notes (2021-09-18). 

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Please change each the "Manage (create / edit / delete) groups" from a single setting to three separate settings.

Current:

Manage (create / edit / delete) groups

Should become:

• Create groups
• Edit groups
• Delete groups

One reason for this request:

This would allow you to set TAs (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 edit groups but not add and delete groups.

[millerjm]

We need some support for our case that the permissions available in Canvas are not sufficient for our needs.  Above is the update that Allison Weiss posted to many of our feature ideas.  She is asking for use cases for granularity and we really need to justify each and every one.  I made a document to track discussions and feature ideas related to permissions: 

Canvas Permissions and Granularity Feature Ideas

This is the sort of information that would assist in getting these changes made during this permissions audit.  This information would need to be added as comments to the individual feature ideas, and if it needs to be pasted to more than one, then please do that.  I know it's tiresome to post the same thing again and again, even though someone else has already done it, but they need to see that it's not just 5 people with these issues!  We haven't gotten much traction because we haven't had enough use cases posted but my document above seems to have gotten some attention.

• What has the current user permissions "bundling" and lack of granularity cost you in terms of support and functionality?
• What permissions have you HAD to grant to someone simply to allow them to be able to do their job, that you would have rather NOT given?
• What permissions have you had to DENY giving someone because it gave them access to something that you could not due to security, concern about causing trouble, etc.?
• What other qualms do you have about things?
• What things have cost you more in staff hours because of denying access to someone, means that your department had to research, do work, etc, on behalf of a user that would have been able to do their work if the permissions were granular?

Thank you!

Joni

I'm also tagging  @kona ​ and cms_hickss​  since they have been so involved in getting attention to these feature ideas. 

[Renee_Carney]

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

[cms_hickss]

Can I have a WOOHOO!!!!  🙂

[victoria-maloy]

cms_hickss WOOHOO!!!!

[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.

[Stef_retired]

Comments from Instructure

The Groups - add / edit / delete permission has been grouped into three separate permissions. This change provides granularity in managing courses. (This update does not affect Canvas APIs.)

For more information, please read through the  Canvas Release Notes (2021-09-18).