agilbert
Community Novice

Secure and Friendly - Managing Canvas Permissions

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 LanierGregory 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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asatkins
Community Novice

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
Community Novice

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

agilbert
Community Novice

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
Community Member

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
Coach Emeritus

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

CommunityTeam
Community Novice

The session video is now available at:

agilbert
Community Novice

Fantastic - thanks for sharing those links!