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Account-level admins have access to Canvas reports that can be used to review account data. Canvas includes a set of default reports, though other customized reports may be included for your institution. Learn about report configurations in the Canvas Default Account Reports resource document.

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open Settings

In Account Navigation, click the Settings link.

Open Reports

Click the Reports tab.

View Reports

The Reports page shows all available reports. Each report includes the name [1] and a help icon that explains more about the report [2]. You can also view the last time the report was run, if any [3].

Note: The Last Run report displays in the language of the user who last ran the report.

Configure Reports

Most reports must be configured before they can be run. To configure a report, click the Configure button.

Depending on the report, report configurations may include one or several options.

Select Term

All reports except the LTI Report, Outcome Export, and User Access Tokens reports require you to select a term. In the Term drop-down menu, you can choose from the Default Term [1], or any active, future, or past terms. Courses with hidden assignments may not accurately reflect scores in this report.

The Grade Export, Last User Access, Student Competency, LTI Report, and User Access Tokens reports include the option to include deleted objects. Deleted objects may include deleted courses, users, or enrollments. To include deleted objects, click the Include Deleted Objects checkbox [2].

Note: The All Terms option is not available for the Outcome Results report; you must select a specific term.

Select Report Order

The Outcome Results report allows you to choose how to order the report. Ordering options are by Users, Courses, or Outcomes. By default, the report orders by Users. Select the radio button for your preferred report order.

Select CSV Files

The Provisioning and SIS Export reports ask you to select the CSV files you want to generate for a selected term [1]. Select the checkboxes next to the files you want to generate. Files can be generated for Users, Accounts, Terms, Courses, Sections, Enrollments, Groups, Group memberships, Group categories, Cross-listing (X list), User Observers, and Admins.

If you want to only view data created by your SIS, select the Created by SIS checkbox [2]. Otherwise, the CSV files display all data created in your Canvas account, including information created by SIS and through the interface.

To include concluded courses or deleted objects in the report, click the Include Deleted Objects checkbox [3].

Note: The selected term only impacts Courses, Sections, Enrollments, and Cross-listing CSV files.

Select Dates and Enrollment State

The Students with no Submissions report asks you to select a start date [1] and end date [2] for the report. You can either select a date by clicking each respective date's calendar icon, or you can enter the date directly in the date field.

You may also choose to include the enrollment state in the report by clicking the Include Enrollment State checkbox [3]. In the Enrollment State drop-down menu [4], select all enrollments or only active enrollments.

Select Start Date

The User Course Access Log and Zero Activity reports ask you to select a start date for the report. You can either select a date by clicking the calendar icon, or you can enter the date directly in the date field.

Note: A maximum of two years' data will be retrieved in the User Course Access Log report. If a user had access to a course over two years prior, a message displays but details cannot be provided.

Select Enrollment Type

The User Course Access Log report allows you to choose to include all or individual enrollment types. In the Enrollment Type drop-down menu, select all enrollments, student enrollments, teacher enrollments, TA enrollments, observer enrollments, or designer enrollments.

Select Course Scores

The SIS Submission Report allows you to include course scores. Click the Include course scores checkbox. By default, the SIS Submission Report does not include course scores.

Note: The SIS Submission Report may only display for institutions that have authenticated Canvas to post grades to their SIS.

Filter ePortfolio Data

The ePortfolio Report allows you to filter the data displayed in the report.

To only display ePortfolios from users without enrollments in your Canvas account, click the Only include ePortfolios from users with no enrollments checkbox [1].

To only display removed ePortfolios, click the Only include ePortfolios that have been removed checkbox [2].

Run Report

When you have finished configuring a report, click the Run Report button.

Download Report

When a report is complete and is available for download, click the Download icon. The file will download to your computer.

Note: When an account report fails, an error message displays with an accompanying error code.

InstContentTeam · ‎10-07-2020

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This document outlines the descriptions of the default Canvas reports, their configurations, and CSV export format and data.

Account and subaccount admins have access to Canvas reports that can be used to review account data or in conjunction with accessing Canvas via the API. Canvas includes a set of default reports available to all institutions. This document outlines the descriptions of all default reports, their configurations, and CSV export format and data. Configurations refer to the options and filters that can be enabled before the report is run.

Subaccount Reports

Users are associated with an account through a group or a course enrollment. Even though courses and groups can be created within subaccounts, user data is maintained at the account level. Subaccount reports that involve user data may not be as current as account-level reports. To maintain accuracy for subaccount reports, Canvas updates all user account associations weekly on Sundays (exact times may vary).

Course Grade Passback

The Course Grade Passback report gets the grade passback setting for courses in a selected term and only displays courses where a value has been set.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, grade passback setting

Course Storage

The Course Storage report shows the current statistics for storage space used in every course in a selected term (shown in megabytes).

The report shows two columns about file storage. The storage used column shows unique files in the course; files included through a previous import or course copy are not counted against the storage limit. The sum of all files column shows the amount of space required to download all files associated with the course.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, course SIS ID, course short name, course name, account ID, account SIS ID, account name, storage used (in MB), sum of all files (in MB)

Developer Keys Report

The Developer Keys Report includes Developer Keys available to the institution. The report includes keys inherited from parent or root account and keys installed directly in the account in which the report is run. For more information, see the Canvas API documentation.

CSV Format	One row per key
CSV Data	Global ID, key name, inherited from parent account, contact info, key type, permitted API endpoints

ePortfolio Report

The ePortfolio report includes all active ePortfolios for the current institution. The report can be customized to reduce the scope of the ePortfolio results to users without enrollments and/or ePortfolios that have been removed.

Configuration	Enrollment status, removed ePortfolios
CSV Format	One row per ePortfolio
CSV Data	ePortfolio name, ePortfolio ID, author name, author ID, author SIS ID, author login ID, date created, date updated, is public, workflow state

Grade Export

The Grade Export report shows the final grade results for all the students in a selected term.

The current score reflects the total while ignoring unsubmitted assignments and muted assignments, and the final score counts unsubmitted assignments and muted assignments as zero. If the Final Grade Override feature preview has been turned on in an account, the Grade Export report will include the override_score column.

For use with grading periods, use the MGP Grade Export report.

Configuration	Term, deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per enrollment
CSV Data	Student name, student ID, student SIS ID, student integration ID*, course name, course ID, course SIS ID, section name, section ID, section SIS ID, term name, term ID, term SIS ID, current score, final score, enrollment state, unposted current score, unposted final score, override score, current grade, final grade, unposted current grade, unposted final grade, override grade

* Contact your Customer Success Manager to include student integration IDs in the grade export report.

LTI Report

The LTI report provides an export of data that shows LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) usage information.

Configuration	Deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per LTI tool
CSV Data	Configuration location, associated account/course ID, associated account name, associated course name, tool ID, tool name, tool type, tool created at, tool privacy level, launch URL, custom fields

Last Enrollment Activity

The Last Enrollment Activity report show the last activity on a user’s enrollments.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per enrollment
CSV Data	User ID, user name, last activity date and time

Last User Access

The Last User Access report shows the last login for active users. The endpoint used for the most recent access date and time is updated every 10 minutes. The date and time displayed in the report will reflect the time the endpoint was updated and may differ from the exact time the user accessed Canvas.

Configuration	Term, deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per enrollment
CSV Data	User ID, user SIS ID (if applicable), user name, last access date and time, IP address

Multiple Grading Periods Grade Export

The Multiple Grading Period (MGP) Grade Export report shows grading period grades (and overall course grades) for each student enrolled in a given term.

Each [grading period name] also includes columns that indicate the unposted current score and unposted final score. Depending on the term configuration, this report may include multiple grading periods. If the Final Grade Override feature preview has been turned on in an account, the MGP Grade Export report will include the override_score column.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per enrollment
CSV Data	Student name, student ID, student SIS ID, course name, course ID, course SIS ID, section name, section ID, section SIS ID, term name, term ID, term SIS ID, grading period set name, grading period set ID, [grading period name] ID, [grading period name] current score, [grading period name] final score, [grading period name] unposted current score, [grading period name] unposted final score, current score, final score, enrollment state, unposted current score, unposted final score, override score, current grade, final grade, unposted current grade, unposted final grade, override grade

Outcome Export

The Outcome Export report shows all learning outcomes in an account and includes details of all attributes associated with each outcome.

CSV Format	One row per outcome
CSV Data	Canvas ID, vendor guide, object type, outcome title, outcome description, display name, calculation method, calculation integer, parent guides, workflow state, mastery points, ratings

Outcome Results

The Outcome Results report shows the learning outcome results for all students in published courses.

Outcome results are tied to their level of outcome access. Account outcomes display on the account report, while the sub-account outcomes display on the sub-account report. Course outcomes only display within course reports. The only time outcomes would be displayed on both reports is if they are stored in both accounts, such as copying an account outcome to the sub-account level.

When generating this report from the account or subaccount level, all outcomes are included for the appropriate context or a parent sub-account level.

Configuration	Term, deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per user-outcome-result pair
CSV Data	Student name, student ID, student SIS ID, assessment title, assessment ID, assessment type, submission date, submission score, learning outcome name, learning outcome ID, attempt number, outcome score, assessment question, assessment question ID, course name, course ID, course SIS ID, section name, section ID, section SIS ID, assignment URL, learning outcome friendly name, learning outcome points possible, learning outcome mastery score, learning outcome mastered, learning outcome rating, learning outcome rating points, account ID, account name, enrollment state

Provisioning

The Provisioning report exports all the needed information that relates to provisioning Canvas in one or all of its respective categories: Users, Accounts, Terms, Courses, Sections, Enrollments, Groups, Group Memberships, Group Categories, Cross-listing, and User Observers.

Each report includes a created by SIS column. SIS data is displayed in the column regardless if the SIS creation checkbox is selected as part of the report configuration. Selecting the Created by SIS checkbox will display only data created by SIS.

Deleted courses without SIS IDs are only included in the Provisioning report if the course was deleted less than 120 days before the date the report is created. Courses with SIS IDs are not affected by this limit.

Groups and Group Memberships are only included in the Provisioning report if they were created through a Canvas SIS integration. To help manage and track manually created groups and group memberships, you may want to automatically allocate unique SIS IDs for manually created groups/memberships.

Start dates and end dates are only included in Provisioning reports for courses and sections that have selected the Students can only participate in the course between these dates checkbox in Course Settings.

Configuration

Term, CSV File Type, created by SIS, deleted objects

CSV Format

One row per category

CSV Data

Users: Canvas user ID, integration ID, authentication provider ID, user ID, login ID, first name, last name, full name, sortable name, short name, email, status

Accounts: Canvas account ID, account ID, Canvas parent ID, parent account ID, name, status, user UUID

Terms: Canvas term ID, term ID, name, status, start date, end date

Courses: Canvas course ID, integration ID, course ID, short name, long name, Canvas account ID, account ID, Canvas term ID, term ID, status, start date, end date, Canvas Blueprint Course ID

Sections: Canvas section ID, section ID, integration ID, Canvas course ID, course ID, name, status, start date, end date, Canvas account ID, account ID

Enrollments: Canvas course ID, course ID, user ID, role, role ID, canvas section ID, section ID, status, Canvas associated user ID, base role type, limit section privileges, Canvas enrollment ID, Canvas temporary enrollment source ID, temporary enrollment source user ID

Groups: Canvas group ID, group ID, Canvas group category ID, group category ID, Canvas account ID, account ID, Canvas course ID, course ID, name, status, context ID, context type, group category ID, max membership

Group Memberships: Canvas group ID, group ID, Canvas user ID, user ID, status

Group Categories: Canvas group category ID, group category ID, context ID, context type, group name, role, self signup, group limit, auto leader, status

Cross-listing (X list): Canvas xlist course ID, xlist course ID, Canvas section ID, section ID, status, Canvas nonxlist course ID, nonxlist course ID

User Observers: Canvas observer ID, observer ID, Canvas student ID, student ID, status

Admin: Admin user name, Canvas user ID, user ID, Canvas account ID, account ID, role ID, role, status

Public Courses

The Public Courses report shows all the public courses that are not deleted for a given term.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, course SIS ID, course short name, course name, course start date, course end date

Recently Deleted Courses

The Recently Deleted Courses report shows all the courses for a given term that have been deleted in the last 30 days.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, course SIS ID, course short name, course name, course start date, course end date

SIS Export

The SIS Export report exports the needed files for Users, Accounts, Terms, Courses, Sections, Enrollments, Groups, Group Memberships, Cross-listing, and User Observers managed by the SIS import. To view all file data not managed by SIS, please configure and export the Provisioning report.

Each report includes a created by SIS column. SIS data is only displayed in the column if the SIS creation checkbox is selected as part of the report configuration.

Start dates and end dates are only included in SIS Export reports for courses and sections that have selected the Students can only participate in the course between these dates checkbox in Course Settings.

Configuration

Term, CSV File Type, created by SIS, deleted objects

CSV Format

One row per category

CSV Data

Accounts: Canvas account ID, account ID, Canvas parent ID, parent account ID, name, status

Users: Canvas user ID, integration ID, authentication provider ID, user ID, login ID, first name, last name, full name, sortable name, short name, email, status

Terms: Canvas term ID, term ID, name, status, start date, end date

Courses: Canvas course ID, integration ID, course ID, short name, long name, Canvas account ID, account ID, Canvas term ID, term ID, status, start date, end date, course format, blueprint course id

Sections: Canvas section ID, section ID, integration ID, Canvas course ID, course ID, name, status, start date, end date, Canvas account ID, account ID

Enrollments: Canvas course ID, course ID, user ID, role, role ID, canvas section ID, section ID, status, Canvas associated user ID, limit section privileges

Group Categories: Group category ID, account ID, course ID, category name, status

Groups: Canvas group ID, group ID, group category ID, Canvas account ID, account ID, name, status

Group Memberships: Canvas group ID, group ID, Canvas user ID, user ID, status

Cross-listing (X list): Canvas xlist course ID, xlist course ID, Canvas section ID, section ID, status, Canvas nonxlist course ID, nonxlist course ID

User Observers: observer ID, student ID, status

Admin: User ID, account ID, role ID, role, status

SIS Submission Reports

The SIS Submission report gets the submissions for courses. The SIS Submission Report may only display for institutions that have authenticated Canvas to post grades to their SIS.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per category
CSV Data	Submission ID, attempt, score, grade, late, submission type, submitted at, graded at, workflow state, excused, assignment id, assignment name, assignment created at, assignment due at, assignment points possible, assignment description, assignment post to SIS, assignment group ID, assignment group name, assignment SIS source ID, course ID, course SIS ID, course name, section ID, section SIS ID, section name, account ID, account name, term ID, term SIS ID, term name, user ID, user name, user sortable name, user SIS user ID, user SIS login ID

Student Competency

The Student Competency report shows the learning outcome results for all students.

This report displays the details of the outcome result including the associated assignment. However, this report only shows outcome results for assignments and does not include outcomes tied to question banks. For detailed reports, create outcomes at the account or sub-account level and add those outcomes to course activities.

When generating this report from the account or subaccount level, all outcomes are included for the appropriate context or a parent sub-account level. Additionally, reports include all child subaccount outcomes and all course level outcomes.

Configuration	Term, deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per user-outcome-result pair
CSV Data	Student name, student ID, student SIS ID, assignment title, assignment ID, submission date, submission score, learning outcome name, learning outcome ID, attempt, outcome score, course name, course ID, course SIS ID, section name, section ID, section SIS ID, assignment URL, learning outcome friendly name, learning outcome points possible, learning outcome mastery score, learning outcome mastered, learning outcome rating, learning outcome rating points, account ID, account name, enrollment state

Students with No Submissions

The Students with no submissions report shows all students enrolled in a course in a given term who have not submitted an assignment, graded discussion, or quiz between the given date range in a course.

Configuration	Term, start date, end date, enrollment state
CSV Format	One row per student enrollment that meet the criteria
CSV Data	User ID, user SIS ID, user name, section ID, section SIS ID, section name, course ID, course SIS ID, course name

Unpublished Courses

The Unpublished Courses report shows all the courses for a given term that are not published.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, course SIS ID, course short name, course name, course start date, course end date

Unused Courses

The Unused Courses report shows courses that have none of the following items: assignments, announcements, discussions, files, modules, pages, or quizzes.

Configuration	Term
CSV Format	One row per course
CSV Data	Course ID, course SIS ID, course short name, course long name, course status, course created date and time

User Access Tokens

The User Access Tokens report shows users with access tokens.

Configuration	Deleted objects
CSV Format	One row per token
CSV Data	User ID, user name, token hint, expiration, last used, dev key ID, dev key name

User Course Access Log

The User Course Access Log report shows all the activity from users enrolled in all courses in a given term. The times viewed and times participated are counted from the beginning of time until the time the report was generated. A maximum of one month's data will be retrieved. By default, it will return data from the beginning of the previous week.

Configuration	Term, start date, enrollment type
CSV Format	One row per student activity
CSV Data	Section ID, section SIS ID, section name, course ID, course SIS ID, course name, term ID, term SIS ID, term name, user ID, user SIS ID, user name, content type, content, times viewed, times participated, last viewed

Zero Activity

The Zero Activity report shows all the students enrolled in any courses in a given term.

Configuration	Term, start date
CSV Format	One row per user enrollment that have not visited the course since the date
CSV Data	User ID, user SIS ID, student name, section ID, section SIS ID, section name, course ID, course SIS ID, course name

Last update: 2023-06-21

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How do I view reports for an account?

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00:07: How do I view reports for an account?

00:12: In global navigation click the admin link then click the name of

00:16: the account.

00:18: The settings portion of your account is only available to Canvas admins.

00:22: In account navigation click the settings link

00:27: Click the reports tab.

00:29: The reports page shows all available reports each report includes the

00:33: name and a help icon that explains more about the report.

00:36: You can also view the last time, the report was run.

00:39: If any

00:41: Most reports must be configured before. They can be run to configure a

00:45: report. Click the configure button Depending on the report

00:49: report configurations may include one or several options.

00:55: All reports except the LTI report outcome export and user

00:59: access tokens. Reports. Require you to select a term.

01:03: In the term drop-down menu, you can choose from the default term or any

01:07: active future or past terms.

01:10: Courses with hidden assignments. May not accurately reflect scores in this report.

01:15: The great export last user, access student competency

01:19: LTI report and user access tokens reports include

01:23: the option to include deleted objects.

01:26: Deleted objects may include deleted courses users or enrollments

01:31: to include deleted objects.

01:33: Click the include deleted objects checkbox.

01:37: The outcome results report allows you to choose how to order the report.

01:41: Ordering options are by users courses or outcomes, by

01:45: default the report orders by users, select the radio button

01:49: for your preferred report order.

01:52: The provisioning insists export reports, ask you to select the CSV files

01:56: you want to generate for a selected term. Select the checkboxes next

02:00: to the files. You want to generate files can be generated for users accounts

02:05: terms courses, sections, enrollments groups,

02:09: group, memberships, group, categories, cross-listing,

02:13: X list, user, observers and admins.

02:18: If you want to only view data created by your sis select the created

02:22: by CIS checkbox, Otherwise, the CSV files display

02:26: all data created in your canvas account, including information, created

02:30: by sis and through the interface. To include concluded

02:35: courses, or deleted objects in the report.

02:37: Click the include deleted objects, checkbox.

02:42: The students with no submissions report asks you to select a start date and

02:46: end date for the report. You can either select a date by clicking each respective

02:50: dates calendar icon or you can enter the date directly in the date field.

02:55: You may also choose to include the enrollment state in the report by clicking.

02:59: The include enrollment state checkbox.

03:02: In the enrollment State drop-down menu, select all enrollments are only

03:06: active enrollments.

03:09: The user course access. Login 0, activity reports, ask you to select

03:13: a start date for the report. You can either select a date by clicking the

03:17: calendar icon or you can enter the date directly in the date field.

03:22: The user course, access log report allows you to choose to include all or individual

03:26: enrollment types. In the enrollment type drop-down menu.

03:29: Select all enrollments student.

03:32: Enrollments teacher enrollments ta enrollments Observer

03:36: enrollments or designer enrollments.

03:40: The eportfolio report allows you to filter the data displayed in the report, To

03:46: only display eportfolios from users without enrollments in your canvas account.

03:50: Click the only include eportfolios from users with no enrollments

03:54: checkbox To only display remove eportfolios,

03:58: click the only include eportfolios that have been removed checkbox.

04:03: When you have finished, configuring a report, click the Run report button.

04:08: When a report is complete and is available for download, click the download icon.

04:13: The file will download to your computer.

04:16: This guide covered how to view reports for an account.

ctitmus · ‎07-20-2020

You can run reports to review attendance information for a subset of the courses and students in your account. This report is sent to your email, where it can be downloaded as a comma separated v...

You can run reports to review attendance information for a subset of the courses and students in your account. This report is sent to your email, where it can be downloaded as a comma separated value (CSV) file.

The downloaded CSV report displays all content in a list. Reports always include the following data fields: Course ID, SIS Course ID, Course Code, Course Name, Teacher ID, Teacher Name, Student ID, Student Name, Class Date, Attendance, and Timestamp.

Roll Call Attendance Badges are included in account reports if they were created in the account and have been assigned to students. Additionally, the badges will also only be included if they were set within the time frame you specify in the report. To view badges for reports in a subaccount, you must request the report from the subaccount. For example, if an instructor has marked a student with a badge that was created in a course or in a subaccount, the badge will not appear in the report when exported from the account.

You can generate reports for the entire course, or you can generate reports based on specific students or courses. To locate a course or student ID, view the People page, click the name of a student, and both the course and student IDs will be in the browser URL (e.g. courses/XXXXXX/users/XXX).

Note: In order to gather all the needed information, a provisioning report will also be generated when an attendance report is requested. The provisioning report can be viewed in the Reports tab in Account Settings.

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open Attendance

In Account Navigation, click the Attendance link.

Specify Report Data

In the Generate Report tab, you can specify criteria for your report. If you leave the fields blank, the report will be generated for the entire account.

You can choose a date range for the report [1]. You can also optionally filter by SIS course ID [2] or SIS student ID [3].

By default, the email field [4] will be populated with your email address to send the report. Confirm your email in the field or enter a new email address.

Run Report

Click the Run Report button.

View Notification

A notification should appear if your request was successfully submitted.

View Email

You will receive an email with the subject Roll Call Attendance Report. The email contains a link where you can access your attendance report for the next 24 hours. When you click the link, you can choose to view or download the report results.

ctitmus · ‎07-20-2020

...age, so please ensure users in your institution are aware of term dates for your institution publicly. Not all courses within a term conform to the term dates. Learn more about course dates and section s...

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to add terms and set term dates to manage course access for users. You will also learn how to create a grading period set, associate it with a term, and create a grading period within that set.

Terms can only be created at the root account level. Once terms are created, grading periods will allow you to establish date ranges for grade reporting.

Notes:

You can create terms using the SIS Import Tool, but not grading periods.
Term access dates can only be added manually.
This lesson outlines a manual process for uploading information in your account. To learn more about using the Canvas API to automatically integrate with your SIS, talk with your CSM and visit the Canvas Guides, review Canvas API documentation, and visit the Canvas Developers Group in the Canvas Community.

Lesson 3 Outline

Terms

Grading Periods

Additional Resources

Terms

What are Terms?

Terms define start and end dates that apply to any course added to that term. For that reason, term dates should be set before adding courses to your account. Terms can be created manually or by using SIS imports.

Additionally, terms are used to filter data in account analytics and account reports.

Add New Term

To manually add a term to your account:

Click the Terms link in Account Navigation.
Click the Add New Term link.

Add Term Details

In the Term Details page, add the following information:

Term Name: Enter a name to display in the Terms page and in the Course Settings page
SIS ID (Optional): Enter an ID associated with SIS data to enhance searching and filtering for terms in an account
Term Runs From Dates: Specify the beginning and end dates for your term
User Can Access Dates (Optional): Enter beginning and end dates that specify when course-level users can access courses within the term. Learn more about user access dates.

Notes:

Canvas includes a default term that cannot be removed or renamed.
Use caution when editing Term Runs from and User can access dates, as the fields cannot be left empty they are edited.
Instructors and students cannot view the Terms page, so please ensure users in your institution are aware of term dates for your institution publicly.
Not all courses within a term conform to the term dates. Learn more about course dates and section start dates.

Grading Periods

What are grading periods?

Grading periods specify date ranges used for student grade reporting. Student grades are calculated using course assignment scores with due dates that fall within the grading period’s start and end date range. Grading period close dates prevent grade modification after a specified date.

Grading periods are created within grading period sets. When creating a grading period set, you can associate it with terms, and any courses within that term automatically inherit the grading periods.

Add Grading Period Set

To create a grading period set:

Click the Grading link in Account Navigation.
Click the Add Set of Grading Periods button.

Add Grading Period Set Details

Enter or select the following details for your grading period set:

Set name: Enter a searchable name to display in the Grading Periods page.
Attach terms: Type and select a term name(s) to associate with the grading period. Courses associated the selected terms inherit grading period set dates.
Weighted grading periods (optional): Assign a weight to individual grading periods.
Display totals for All Grading Periods (optional): Allow users to view total grades and any assignment group totals in a course associated with the grading period set.

When you are done entering grading period set details, click the Create button [5].

Add Grading Period

Your grading period set displays on the Grading Periods page. To add one or more grading periods to your grading period set, click the Add Grading Period link.

Add Grading Period Details

Add the following for each grading period you wish to include in a grading set:

Grading Period Title: differentiate between grading periods
Start Date and End Date: specify start and end dates for the grading period; any course assignment that falls within these dates will be included in the student’s reported grade
Close Date: specify a date when reported grades can no longer be modified for the grading period

When finished, click the Save button [4].

Learn more about adding grading periods and viewing existing grading periods in an account.

Additional Resources

Canvas Guides

For more in-depth information about the topics covered in this chapter, check out the Canvas Admin Guides chapters on Terms and Grading.

You can also watch the Canvas Admin overview videos about Terms and Grading Periods.

Canvas Community

The Canvas Community is an online community of Canvas users from around the world. It houses a space for Questions and Answers about Canvas and a variety of groups, including the Canvas Administration group.

Up Next in Lesson 4: Grading and Learning Standards

You may prefer to configure your account to standardize learning expectations and measurements as much as possible. In the next lesson, you’ll learn about the following:

Grading Schemes

Grading schemes establish the criteria ratings used to measure student achievement in a course. This helps ensure that student grades are based on a standardized scale.
Accounts can house multiple grading schemes, and a course can enable one grading scheme to measure student achievement.

Outcomes

Outcomes are statements that describe the knowledge and skills students will gain from the courses they take at your institution.
You can provide outcomes for a variety of subjects, skills, and courses at the account level. Instructors can then find and apply account-level outcomes in their courses.

Rubrics

Rubrics are tools used to measure student growth and achievement on individual assignments in a course.
You can create a standard set of rubrics for instructors to use across courses.

Question Banks

Canvas allows users to create question banks, or quiz question repositories. Questions can be grouped and saved for easy access and use when creating a new quiz.
You can create question banks for instructors to use in their courses, ensuring that students across courses can be assessed on standardized quiz questions.

ctitmus · ‎07-20-2020

..., navigation, click the people link. 00:22: If you have organized courses in your account by sub accounts and those courses include 00:26: enrollments, click the sub accounts linked to l...

In the People page, you can view all users in your account, filter users by course role, or search for users individually. You can also sort search result columns in ascending or descending order.

For all users, you can manage and create account groups, manage profile pictures, and view user profiles.

Note: If enabled for your institution, you may see options to manage temporary enrollments on the People page.

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open People

In Account Navigation, click the People link.

View People in Sub-Accounts

If you have organized courses in your account by sub-accounts and those courses include enrollments, click the Sub-Accounts link to locate and open the sub-account, then click the sub-account's People link.

View People

The People page displays all users in the account along with relevant details such as name, email, SIS ID, and last login. The page includes global filters and search tools at the top [1], optional filter checkboxes for temporary or deleted users [2], and a list of matching user records [3].

All elements on the page are responsive and adjust based on the browser window width to ensure visibility of user data.

Search and Filter Users

The People page allows you to search for and filter users in the account using a set of global tools:

All Roles [1]: select a course role to filter users by role. By default, all roles are shown. Admin roles are not included in this menu.

Search Field [2]: enter a user’s name, email, SIS ID, login ID, or Canvas user ID to search. If you have the SIS Data - Manage and SIS Data - Read permissions, you can also search by Integration ID.

Show only temporary enrollment recipients [3]: check this box to filter for users with temporary enrollment as recipients.

Show only temporary enrollment providers [4]: Check this box to filter for users with temporary enrollment as providers.

Include deleted users in search results [5]: enable this option to include deleted users in your search results.

All filters and search tools update the user list dynamically. The display adapts to your browser’s width to ensure all user data remains visible.

Manage Users

To add a user to the account, click the Add People button [1]. The Add People button only displays if you have permission to manage enrollments.

To manage account-level user options, click the Options menu [2]. If you have appropriate permissions, you can manage profile pictures and view user groups.

View Users

The People page paginates filter and search results in sets of 15 users and are ordered alphabetically by last name. Each paginated page displays in a table format but columns are responsive according to the widest column for that page.

Results display the user's name and profile picture [1], email address [2], SIS ID (if applicable) [3], and last login date and time [4]. A login on the current date displays the time only.

Each column heading can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

Notes:

Viewing user email addresses is an account permission. Depending on your permissions, you may not be able to view a user's email address.
If profile pictures are not available or a user has not yet set a profile picture, the user's initials will display in place of a profile picture.

Manage User

To open a user's profile, click the name of the user [1].

If enabled for you institution, you can create a temporary enrollment [2]. You can also act as the user [3], send a message from the Conversations Inbox [4], edit user details [5], and Export DSR Request [6].

Note: On the Account-level People page, Root-account admins can export a human-readable Data Subject Request (DSR) report for a single user following General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines.

View User Profile

The student profile displays information organized into several sections:

Name and Email [1]: Shows the student’s full name, display name, sortable name, profile picture, default email address, and time zone. Admins can also edit the user's profile details, act as the user, merge the user's account, and delete the user from the account.
Login Information [2]: Displays the student’s login credentials, SIS ID, and associated account. If permitted, you can manually manage login information to edit the login information or add an additional login and password.
- Last Request: Shows the most recent time a user viewed content or took action in a course. This also includes any automatic pings sent while the course page is open in the browser, even if the user did not actively interact with the page.
- Current Login: Shows the date and time of the users most recent login session (the login they are currently using or just completed)
- Last Login: Shows the date and time of the users previous login, before their current session.
Observers [3]: Lists any observers linked to the student, including the observer’s name, email, and the time of their most recent request.
Enrollments [4]: Shows all course enrollments for the student, including course titles, terms, enrollment statuses (e.g., active or completed), and roles.
Access Tokens [5]: If available, displays user-generated access tokens.
Page Views [6]: Displays recent page views for the student. This data can be filtered by date and downloaded as a CSV file.
See Outcome Results [7]: If available, allows viewing the student’s outcome results.
Message [8]: Opens a window to send a direct message to the student.
Pair with Observer [9]: Allows pairing the student with an observer.

ctitmus · ‎07-20-2020

...ommunication. By default, the analytics page displays an interactive chart graph of all data. However, you can view data within a table at any time. Student analytics show you how well a particular s...

Course Analytics data is pulled from Canvas Data 2 (CD2)/Data Access Platform (DAP).

You can view analytics in both active and concluded courses. Only active and completed student enrollments are included in the data for Course Analytics. Deleted or inactive user enrollments will not generate data.

Available analytics include course grade, weekly online activity, and communication. By default, the analytics page displays an interactive chart graph of all data. However, you can view data within a table at any time. Student analytics show you how well a particular student is doing in your course.

For more information, visit the Course Analytics overview guide.

Notes:

If you cannot view the Course Analytics link in Course Navigation, you may have to make the link visible via the Navigation tab in Course Settings. If the Course Analytics link is not available in the Navigation tab, your institution has disabled this feature.
Data is refreshed in Course Analytics every 8 hours. However, when the Course Analytics feature option is first enabled, it may take up to 24 hours before the complete data set becomes available. Make sure to also check the time data was last updated in the course, as content may be outdated compared to recent course activity and student submissions.
For Course Analytics to load properly in Canvas, make sure that your browser’s settings allow third‐party cookies.
In order for Course Analytics to display in Canvas, third-party cookies may need to be enabled in your browser settings.
Because mobile page view data is based on device settings and network connection, it may vary from the time the page views actually occurred. Page view data should not be used to assess academic integrity.
Weekly Online Activity displays in a Monday-Sunday format.
For clarity, Last Activity refers to the last recorded page view prior to course conclusion, while Last Interaction refers to the last participation action (such as submitting an assignment or posting in a discussion) that occurred before the course ended. These definitions help in interpreting student engagement metrics accurately.

Open Course

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the name of the course [2].

Open Course Analytics

To open Course Analytics, click the Course Analytics link in Course Navigation [1] or click the Course Analytics button in the Course Home Page [2].

Note: If you cannot view the Course Analytics link, you may have to make the link visible via the Navigation tab in Course Settings.

View Data Status

If the course has been concluded, the analytics page includes a Concluded label.

Open Course Grade Analytics

Click the Course Grade tab [1].

You can view the overall average course grade [2], grades on assignments, discussions, and quizzes [3], or compare the average course grades to sections, students, or assignments [4]

Learn more about viewing course grade analytics through an interactive chart and data table.

View Weekly Online Activity Graph

To view the student's weekly online activity, click the Weekly Online Activity tab [1].

Data is displayed as a chart with two rows: average page views [2] and average participations [3]. The following actions will generate participations:

Announcements: posts a new comment to an announcement
Assignments: submits an assignment
Collaborations: loads a collaboration to view/edit a document
Conferences: joins a web conference
Discussions: posts a new comment to a discussion
Pages: creates a page
Quizzes: submits a quiz
Quizzes: starts taking a quiz

Data for the week that is currently in progress is indicated by a dotted line [4].

To download a CSV of the weekly online activity data, click the Download button [5].

Notes:

The definition of participation is based on federal guidelines related to student attendance as applicable to online courses. Please note that because communication between students and teachers often happens outside of the LMS, it is not included as a participation metric. However, as part of the Course Analytics offering, a history of inbox messages sent between students and instructors is included so that it can be viewed alongside participation metrics.
Student participation data using external tools is not supported.

View Weekly Online Activity Data Table

To view weekly online activity in a table, click the Chart Options icon [1] and select the Data Table option [2]. The data table shows the week start date [3], number of page views [4], and number of participations [5].

View Student Analytics

To view analytics for all students in your course, click the Students tab [1].

To view analytics for one student in your course, click the name of the student [2].

To locate a student, you can sort the table by student name [3], or any other column header [4].

The analytics table is paginated so you can view more students if you continue to scroll to the bottom of the page.

View Reports

To view and run reports in your course, click the Reports tab [1].

To view Report settings, click the Settings button [2].

Missing Assignments [3]: This report will produce a list of assignments that have not been submitted yet.

Late Assignments [4]: This report will produce a list of assignments that have been submitted late.

Excused Assignments [5]: This report will produce a list of assignments that are excused.

Class Roster [6]: This report will produce a list of students enrolled in the course with student contact information such as email, SIS ID, etc. Report data is up to 40 hours delayed.

Course Activity [7]: This report provides a list of daily user interactions in course resources, where each report entry captures a summary of user views and participations. Report data are up to 40 hours delayed, account time zone is applied to facilitate daily views and participation aggregates. Calendar filter only accommodates 30 days in the past.

To run a report, click the Run Report button [8].

View Online Attendance Report

If enabled by your institution, you can also view an Online Attendance report that indicates if students have met online attendance criteria for designated class days. Online attendance criteria is managed by your institution.

InstContentTeam · ‎01-16-2021

...Settings If this permission is disabled and Courses - add is enabled, users can add a new course with the Add a New Course button in Account Settings. Blueprint Courses To add a...

This document discusses account-level and sub-account-level permissions. Using the information in this document, you may be able to troubleshoot permissions-related questions from your users or create custom roles for your account.

This document is for account role permissions; to view course role permissions, please visit the Canvas Course Role Permissions resource document.

This document is designed as a complete reference for the Permissions page in Canvas. This document specifically discusses account-level and sub-account-level permissions. Using the information in this document, you may be able to troubleshoot permissions-related questions from your users or create custom account-level roles for your account.

Permissions are listed alphabetically, matching the order in the Canvas UI. Each permission includes the following information:

The default status (enabled/disabled) for default user roles in Canvas.
A non-editable status is indicated by an asterisk*.
A table indicating the main effect(s) of the permission, listed specifically in reference to Canvas features.
An additional considerations table, if applicable. This includes information about cross-functionality with other permissions and course and/or account settings that may impact the permission.

Things to keep in mind when working with permissions and roles:

At the account level, the only default role is Account Admin.
You cannot change a permission that has a transparent checkmark or X without a button. These are permissions that are locked by default and cannot be modified by anyone.
When you change a permission, it can sometimes take 30 minutes or longer for that permission to take effect. If the expected changes do not appear immediately, try again after some time has passed.
Enabling a permission doesn’t take effect as quickly as disabling a permission.
Admins who are given student or teacher (instructor) roles in a course may still be able to view admin features. To avoid permission conflicts, admins should create a separate account.

Sub-Account Permissions and Settings

The following permissions never apply to sub-accounts:

Catalog - manage
Users - act as
Users - manage login details
Users - manage observers
SIS Data - import
SIS Data - manage
Developer Keys - manage
Notifications - view
Admin Tools - Logging (in Statistics - view)

The following Account Navigation links are never available in sub-accounts:

Authentication
Developer Keys
SIS Imports
Terms

Important: This document describes the content shown in the Permissions page sidebar and is subject to change. Updates are posted to the Canvas Permissions Updates document in the Canvas Community Admins group. If you find something that does not make sense or does not work as intended, please contact the Canvas support team.

Account-level settings - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️ *

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Settings	Allows user to view and manage the Settings and Notifications tabs in Account Settings.
Authentication	Allows user to view and manage authentication options for the whole account.
Subaccounts	Allows user to view and manage subaccounts for the account.
Terms	Allows user to view and manage terms for the account.
Theme Editor	Allows user to access the Theme Editor.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Announcements	The Announcements tab is always visible to admins; however, to manage announcements, Global Announcements - add / edit / delete must also be enabled.
Feature Options (Account Settings)	To manage the Feature Options tab, Feature Options - enable / disable must also be enabled.
Reports (Account Settings)	To view the Reports tab, Reports - manage must also be enabled.
Subaccount Navigation (Account Settings)	Not all settings options are available at the sub-account level, including the Notifications tab.

Admin Analytics - view and export data

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Admin Analytics	Allows user to view account analytics using Admin Analytics.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Admin Analytics

By default, the Admin Analytics - view and export data permission is enabled for other account roles which have the Grades - view all grades and Analytics - view pages permissions enabled.

Newly added account roles do not have the Admin Analytics - view and export data permission enabled by default and must be enabled during the role creation process or later.

Admins - add / remove

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️ *

Features Affected

What it Does

Account Settings

Allows user to add and remove other account admins.

Allow the user to receive New Account User notifications from admins with the 'Add/remove other admins' permission.

Commons

Allows user to access and edit the Admin settings in Commons.

Allows user to create and manage Groups.

Allows user to manage shared resources in the account.

Alerts - add / edit / delete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings	Allows user to configure alerts in Course Settings.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Account Settings	This is an account setting that must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager. Alerts are a seldom-used feature designed to send an alert to students, teachers (instructors), or admins for specific triggers (e.g., no student-teacher interaction for 7 days). They are checked every day, and notifications will be sent to the student and/or the instructor until the triggering problem is resolved.

Analytics - view pages

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Analytics (Account)

Allows user to view account analytics.

Analytics (Course)

Allows user to view course analytics through the course dashboard.

Allows user to view student analytics.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Analytics	To view student analytics in course analytics, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.
Account Settings	The analytics feature must be enabled in Account Settings to view analytics pages. To see the Analytics link in the user sidebar from the People page, Profiles must be disabled in your account.
People (Course)	To view student analytics, Users - view list and Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.

Analytics Hub

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Analytics Hub	Allows user to open Analytics Hub, the central library of all things Data, Analytics and Insights.

Announcements - view

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Announcements

Allows user to view the Announcements link in Course Navigation.

Allows user to view course announcements.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Announcements

To view recent announcements on the home page, Course Content - view must be enabled, and the Show recent announcements on Course home page checkbox must be selected in Course Settings.

To manage course announcements, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.

Global Announcements

This permission only affects course announcements; to manage global announcements, Global Announcements - add / edit / delete must be enabled.

Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Blueprint Courses

Allows user to designate a course as a Blueprint Course.

Allows user to manage Blueprint Course settings in Course Settings.

Allows user to add and remove associated courses.

Allows user to edit lock settings on individual assignments, pages, or discussions.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Blueprint Courses

Course roles can only manage Blueprint Courses if they are added to the Blueprint Course as a teacher (instructor), TA, or designer role.

To manage associated courses, Courses - view list and Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.

To edit lock settings on files, Course Files - edit, Courses - manage / update and Course Files - edit must also be enabled. To edit lock settings on quizzes, Courses - manage / update and Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled.

Course Settings

To manage lock settings for object types, Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.

Catalog - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Catalog

Allows user to access Admin settings in Catalog.

Allows user to manage Catalog settings.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Catalog	This permission is only available to institutions using Canvas Catalog. Catalog is an additional product that can be purchased through a Canvas Success Manager.
Subaccount	Not available at the sub-account level.

Conversations - send messages to entire class

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Conversations

Allows user to send a message to “All in [course name]”.

Allows user to send a message to “All in [course group]”.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Conversations	When enabled, users can only send messages to all users in courses and course groups, not to account groups.

Conversations - send messages to individual course members

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Conversations	Allows user to send messages to individual course members.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Conversations	When disabled, students can still send individual messages to course teachers (instructors) and course TAs. Additionally, when disabled, students cannot send individual messages to students who belong to the same account-level groups.
People (Course)	To edit a user’s section, Users - allow administrative actions in courses and Users - view list must also be enabled.

Course Calendar - add / edit / delete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Calendar	Allows user to add, edit, and delete events in the course calendar.
Scheduler	Allows user to create and manage appointments on the calendar using Scheduler.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Calendar	Regardless of whether this permission is enabled or disabled, users will still be able to manage events in their personal calendar.
Scheduler	Scheduler must be enabled for your account.

Course Content - view

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Courses	Allows user to view published and unpublished course content.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Undelete Courses)	If Courses - manage / update and Courses - undelete are also enabled, an account-level user will be able to restore deleted courses in Admin Tools.
Courses	If Course Content - view is disabled, user will still have access to Course Settings. Users cannot manage individual course content without the appropriate permission for that content item. If course visibility is limited to users enrolled in the course, this permission allows the user to view course content without being enrolled in the course.
Course Content	To view Choose Home Page and Course Setup Checklist buttons, Courses - manage / update must also be enabled. (Teachers, designers, and TAs can set the home page of a course, regardless of their permissions.)
Gradebook	To view the Gradebook, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.

Courses - change visibility

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings	Allows user to manage the Visibility options in Course Settings or when creating a new course.

Courses - undelete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Admin Tools (Restore Courses tab)	Allows user to access the Restore Courses tab in Admin Tools. (Not available at the subaccount level.)

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Admin Tools (Restore Courses tab)

To search for a course in the Restore Courses tab, Course Content - view must also be enabled.

To restore a deleted course in an account, Manage Courses - delete and Course Content - view must also be enabled.

Courses - view change logs

Default Role Status

‌

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Admin Tools (Logging tab)

Determines visibility of the Course Activity option in the Admin Tools Logging tab.

Allows user to view course activity information for the account.

Courses - view list

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Blueprint Courses

Allows user to filter for blueprint courses at the account level.

Allows user to add associated courses.

Courses

Allows user to see the list of courses in the account.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Account Settings	If this permission is disabled and Courses - add is enabled, users can add a new course with the Add a New Course button in Account Settings.
Blueprint Courses	To add associated courses, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - add must also be enabled.
Statistics	Allows user to see the list of recently started/ended courses in account statistics.

Data Services - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Canvas Data Services	Allows user to access and manage Canvas Data Services.

Developer Keys - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Developer Keys

Allows user to create developer keys for root accounts.

Allows user to view the new Apps page in Account Navigation.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Developer Keys	Required fields include key name, owner email, tool ID, redirect URL, and icon URL.
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

Discussions - create

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Discussions	Allows user to add discussions in the Discussions page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Announcements

To create announcements, Discussions - moderate must be enabled.

Discussions

To view discussions in a course, Discussions - view must be enabled.

Both Discussions - create and Discussions - moderate allow the user to create a discussion in the Discussions page. To manage discussions, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.

Discussions - moderate

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Announcements	Allows user to view the New Announcement button in the Home page. Allows user to add announcements in the Announcements page.
Blueprint Courses	Allows user to edit lock settings on the Discussions index page in a Blueprint master course.
Discussions	Allows user to add discussions in the Discussions page. Allows user to close for comments, move, pin/unpin, edit, and delete discussion topics in the Discussions page. Allows user to edit discussion topics. Allows user to view all replies within a discussion topic.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Announcements	To view announcements, Announcements - view must be enabled.
Blueprint Courses	To edit lock settings on the Discussions index page, Courses - manage / update and and Discussions - view must also be enabled. If the additional permissions are enabled, but this permission is not enabled, lock settings can be edited on individual discussions.
Discussions	Both Discussions - create and Discussions - moderate allow the user to create a discussion in the Discussions page. If this permission is enabled, Discussions - create is not required. To view discussions in a course, Discussions - view must be enabled. To reply to a discussion, Discussions - post must be enabled. To edit a discussion, Discussions - moderate must be enabled.

Discussions - post

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Discussions	Allows user to reply to a discussion post.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Discussions

To view discussions in a course, Discussions - view must be enabled.

If the Users must post before seeing replies option is set for a discussion, users must post a reply to view all posts unless Discussions - moderate is also enabled.

Discussions - view

Default Role Status

‌

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Blueprint Courses

Allows user to edit content lock settings on individual discussions.

Discussions

Allows user to view the Discussions link in Course Navigation.

Allows user to view course discussions.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Blueprint Courses	To edit lock settings from the Discussions index page, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.
Commons	To share a discussion to Commons, Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.
Discussions	To manage discussions, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled. To reply to a discussion, Discussions - post must also be enabled.

Feature Options - enable / disable

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Feature Options (Account Settings)	Allows user to manage Feature Options in Account Settings.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Feature Options	To view Feature Options for an account, Feature Options - view must also be enabled.

Feature Options - view

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Feature Options (Account Settings)	Allows user to view Feature Options in Account Settings.

Global Announcements - add / edit / delete

Default Role Status

‌‌

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Announcements (Account)	Allows user to add, edit, and delete global announcements.

Grades - edit

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	Allows user to search by course ID or assignment ID in grade change logs in Admin Tools. (Not available at the subaccount level.)
Analytics	Allows user to view student-specific data in Analytics.
Course Settings	Allows user to view the course grading scheme.
Discussions	Allows user to like discussion posts when the Only Graders Can Like checkbox is selected.
Gradebook	Allows user to edit grades in the Gradebook. Allows user to access Gradebook History. Allows user to access the Learning Mastery Gradebook (if enabled). Allows user to post/hide course assignment grades. Allows user to manage course assignment grade posting policies.
Grading Schemes	Allows user to create and modify grading schemes.
Quizzes	Allows user to moderate a quiz and view the quiz statistics page.
SpeedGrader	Allows user to edit grades and add comments in SpeedGrader.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	To search grade change logs, Grades - view change logs must also be enabled.
Analytics	To view student analytics in course analytics, Analytics - view pages must also be enabled.
Course Settings	To edit course grading schemes, Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.
Gradebook and SpeedGrader	Gradebook and SpeedGrader will be inaccessible if both Grades - edit and Grades - view all grades are disabled.
People (Course)	To view student analytics, Users - view list and View analytics must also be enabled.
Quizzes	To moderate a quiz, Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled. To view the user SIS ID column in the Quiz Item Analysis CSV file, SIS Data - read must also be enabled. To view the submission log, Quizzes - view submission log must also be enabled.

Grades - Select final grade for moderation

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Grades	Allows user to select final grade for moderated assignments.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Assignments	To add students to a moderation set, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.
Grades	To publish grades for a moderated assignment, Grades - edit must also be enabled.
SpeedGrader	To review a moderated assignment in SpeedGrader, Grades - edit must also be enabled.

Grades - view all grades

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	Allows user to search by assignment ID in grade change logs. (Not available at the subaccount level.)
Analytics	Allows user to view student-specific data in Analytics.
Assignments, SpeedGrader	Allows user to view a link to SpeedGrader from assignments.
Gradebook	Allows user to export the Gradebook to a comma separated values (CSV) file. Allows user to access the Learning Mastery Gradebook (if enabled).
Grades	Allows user to view student Grades pages.
Modules	Allows user to access the Student Progress page.
People (Course)	Allows user to view analytics link in the user settings menu.
Quizzes	Allows user to view student results, view quiz statistics, and access a quiz in SpeedGrader.
Rubrics, SpeedGrader	Allows user to view grader comments on a rubric in SpeedGrader.
Student Context Card	Adds analytics to a student’s context card.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Grade Change Logs)	To search grade change logs, Grades - view change logs must also be enabled.
Analytics	To view student analytics, Analytics - view pages must also be enabled.
Courses	To view published and unpublished course content.
Gradebook	To view the Gradebook, Course Content - view must also be enabled. If both Grades - edit and Grades - view all grades are disabled, Gradebook will be hidden from Course Navigation..
Grades	To post or hide grades, Grades - edit must also be enabled.
Modules	To view module progression, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.
Reports	To access the Student Interactions report, Reports - manage must also be enabled.
Student Context Card	Student Context Cards must be enabled for an account by an admin.

Grades - View audit trail

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Grades	Allows user to review an audit trail in assignments, both moderated and anonymous.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Grades

To moderate grades, Grades - Select final grade for moderation must also be enabled.

To post or hide grades for an assignment, Grades - edit must also be enabled.

Grades - view change logs

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	Determines visibility of the Grade Change Activity option in the Admin Tools Logging tab.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Admin Tools (Logging tab)

To search by grader or student ID, Users - view list must also be enabled.

To search by course ID or assignment ID, Grades - edit must also be enabled.

To search by assignment ID only, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.

Groups - view all student groups

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Groups

Allows user to view the group home pages of all student groups.

Allows students to access other student groups within a group set with a direct link.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Groups	By default students are able to create groups; to restrict students from creating groups, do not select the Let students organize their own groups checkbox in Course Settings.

Impact - Manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Impact - Manage	Allows an account administrator to manage the Impact service integration.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Impact	Impact is an add-on to Canvas LMS. Contact your CSM if interested.

Item Banks - manage account

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Item Banks

Allows user to view and manage all item banks in the account.

Allows user to share any item bank with the entire institution's account.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Item Banks	If this permission is not enabled, users can only view item banks created by them or shared with them. When a user with an admin role is granted this permission, item banks created by any user in the account display in the Account and Course Item Banks pages and can be managed by the admin.

Item Banks - share with subaccounts

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Item Banks	Allows a user to manage sharing of item banks with subaccounts.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Item Banks	If this permission is disabled, users cannot share item banks to subaccounts. When a user with an admin role is granted this permission, the user can share item banks to subaccounts they administer.

LTI Registrations - Manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
LTI Registrations	Allows user to view, add, modify, and delete LTI 1.3 tool registrations on the new Apps page.

Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Outcomes

Determines visibility and management of the Outcomes link in Account Navigation.

Allows user to view the Outcomes Manage tab at the account and course levels.

Allows user to create, edit, and delete outcomes and outcome groups at the account and course levels.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Feature Options

If the Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales feature option is enabled, the Manage tab displays an updated interface. Additionally, the Outcomes page will display two additional tabs that decouple mastery scales and proficiency calculations from outcomes management.

Access to these tabs requires the Outcome Proficiency Calculations - add / edit and Outcome Mastery Scales - add / edit permissions.

Outcomes

To allow the Course Outcomes page as read-only, this permission can be disabled but Course Content - view must be enabled.

To import learning outcomes, Learning Outcomes - import must also be enabled.

Learning Outcomes - import

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Outcomes (Account/Course)	Allows user to import learning outcomes.

Manage Account Calendars

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Account Calendars - add / edit / delete events

Allows user to add, edit, and delete events in account calendars.

Account Calendars - change visibility

Allows user to change visibility of account calendars.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Account Calendars	Even with the Account Calendars - add / edit / delete events permission enabled, events can only be created in account calendars that are visible.

Manage Assignments and Quizzes - add / delete / edit

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status‌

Account Admin
‌✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature	Related Information
Assignments	To access the Assignments Index Page, Course Content - view must be enabled.
Discussions	These permissions do not manage Discussions. Discussions are managed via individual Discussion permissions.
Item Banks	To access item banks for a course or account, Item Banks - manage account must also be enabled.

Assignments and Quizzes - add

Features Affected	What it Does
Assignments	Allows user to add assignments in a course. Allows user to add assignment groups in a course. Allows user to duplicate assignments in a course.
Modules	Allows user to add new assignments to a module.
Item Banks	Allows user to add new question banks to a course or account. Allows user to add new questions to new or existing question banks in a course or account.
Quizzes	Allows user to add quizzes in a course. Allows user to duplicate quizzes in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Assignments	To differentiate assignments to individual students, Users - view list must also be enabled.
Course Settings	To import assignments and quizzes using the Course Import Tool, Course Content - add must be enabled.
Rubrics	Disabling this permission will override (if enabled) the Rubrics - add / edit / delete permission, preventing user from creating rubrics for an individual assignment.

Assignments and Quizzes - delete

Features Affected

What it Does

Assignments

Allows user to delete assignments in a course.

Allows user to delete assignment groups in a course.

Quizzes

Allows user to delete quizzes in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Rubrics	Disabling this permission will override (if enabled) the Rubrics - add / edit / delete permission, preventing user from deleting rubrics for an individual assignment.

Assignments and Quizzes - edit

Features Affected	What it Does
Assignments	Allows user to edit and publish/unpublish assignments. Allows user to manage assignment settings.
Commons	Allows user to share an assignment to Commons. Allows user to share a quiz to Commons.
Quizzes	Allows user to edit lock settings on the Assignments and Quizzes index pages. Allows user to edit and publish/unpublish quizzes.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Assignments	To edit assignments, Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled. To manage moderated grading, Grades - Select final grade for moderation must also be enabled.
Blueprint Courses	To edit lock settings from the Assignments index page, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage must also be enabled. If Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage are enabled, but this permission is not enabled, blueprint lock settings for an assignment can be managed from the assignment’s details page.
Quizzes	To edit quizzes, Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled. To moderate a quiz, Grades - edit must also be enabled. To edit lock settings on an individual quiz, or on the Quizzes index page, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage must also be enabled.
Rubrics	Disabling this permission will override (if enabled) the Rubrics - add / edit / delete permission, preventing users from editing rubrics from an individual assignment.

Manage Course Content - add / edit / delete

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature	Related Information
Attendance	The Attendance tool must be enabled by your Canvas admin.
Chat	The Chat tool must be enabled by your Canvas admin.
Commons	To share a Discussion to Commons, Discussions - view must also be enabled.
Course Home Page	Teachers (instructors), designers, and TAs can select a course home page without the Course content - add / edit / delete permission.
Course Pacing	Course Pacing feature preview must be enabled for your institution.
Course Settings	The Course Status buttons (unpublished and published) only display until a student submission is received. Courses with student submissions cannot be unpublished.
Modules	Module items which have student submissions cannot be unpublished.

Course Content - add

Features Affected	What it Does
Assignments	Allows user to create blackout dates.
Calendar	Allows user to add events to Calendar List View Dashboard via the Add to Student To-Do checkbox.
Commons	Allows user to import resources from Commons into a course.
Course Pacing	Allows user to create a course pace via Course Pacing.
Course Settings	Allows user to share course items directly with other users. Allows user to copy individual course items to another course. Allows user to view course copy status. Allows user to create content migrations. Allows user to import content using the Course Import Tool.
Discussions	Allows user to add non-graded discussions to List View Dashboard via the Add to Student To-Do checkbox.
Modules	Allows user to create, add items, and duplicate modules.
Pages	Allows user to add pages to List View Dashboard via the Add to Student To-Do checkbox.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Commons	To share a Discussion to Commons, Discussions - view must also be enabled.
Course Pacing	Course Pacing feature preview must be enabled in your institution.

Course Content - edit

Features Affected	What it Does
Announcements	Allows user to lock / unlock selected announcements individually or in bulk.
Assignments	Allows user to edit a list of assignment blackout dates.
Commons	Allows user to share assignments to Commons or edit previously shared content.
Conferences	Allows user to edit Conferences.
Collaborations	Allows user to edit title and description on all collaborations.
Course Pacing	Allows user to edit and publish a course pace via Course Pacing.
Course Settings	Allows user to edit to-do date on a course Page that supports it. Allows user to edit content migrations. Allows user to edit course tabs.
Modules	Allows user to update modules (edit module settings, publish, unpublish, batch edit).
Syllabus	Allows user to edit the course syllabus.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Commons	To share a Discussion to Commons, Discussions - view must also be enabled.
Course Home Page	Teachers (instructors), designers, and TAs can select a course home page without the Course content - add / edit / delete permission.
Course Pacing	Course Pacing feature preview must be enabled in your institution.
Course Settings	The Course Status buttons (unpublished and published) are only displayed until a student submission is received. Courses cannot be unpublished with student submissions.
Modules	Module items cannot be unpublished if there are student submissions.

Course Content - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Announcements	Allows user to have full section visibility when viewing announcements. Allows user to view or retrieve a list of assignment blackout dates.
Attendance	Allows user to access the Attendance tool.
Chat	Allows user to access the Chat tool.
Collaborations	Allows user to view previously created collaborations.
Conferences	Allows user to view course Conferences.
Course Pacing	Allows user to view and list course paces via Course Pacing.
Course Settings	Allows user to view Course Status, Choose Home Page, and Course Setup Checklist buttons in the Home page. Allows user to view and list content migrations. Allows user to view a content migration content list by type. Allows user to view a content migration notice to an "import in progress". Allows user to view and initiate course link validation.
Syllabus	Allows user access to LTI sub navigation tool selection for assignment syllabus configuration.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Attendance	The Attendance tool must be enabled by your Canvas admin.
Chat	The Chat tool must be enabled by your Canvas admin.
Course Home Page	Teachers (instructors), designers, and TAs can select a course home page without the Course content - add / edit / delete permission.
Course Pacing	Course Pacing feature preview must be enabled in your institution.

Manage Course Files - add / delete / edit

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature	Related Information
Course Files	If one or all permissions are disabled, user can still view and download files into a zip file.

Course Files - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Course Files

Allows user to add course files and folders.

Allows user to import a zip file.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Course Settings	To import files using the Course Import Tool, Course Content - add / edit / delete must be enabled.

Course Files - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Files	Allows user to delete course files and folders.

Course Files - edit

Features Affected

What it Does

Blueprint Courses

Allows user to edit Blueprint Course lock settings on the Files page.

Course Files

Allows user to edit course files and folders.

Allows user to download files into a zip file, import a zip file, and lock/unlock files.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Blueprint Courses	To edit lock settings for course files, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.

Manage Course Sections - add / delete / edit

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

‌

Account Admin
‌✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature	Related Information
Course Settings (Sections tab)	To cross-list sections, Course Sections - edit and Courses - manage / update must also be enabled.

Course Sections - Add

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings (Sections tab)	Allows user to add course sections.

Course Sections - Delete

Features Affected

What it Does

Course Settings (Sections tab)

Allows user to delete course sections.

Allows user to delete a user from a course section.

Course Sections - Edit

Features Affected

What it Does

Course Settings (Sections tab)

Allows user to rename course sections.

Allows user to change start and end dates for course sections.

Allows user to cross-list sections.

Manage Course Templates - create / delete / edit

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature	Related Information
Account Settings	To access the Account Settings tab, Account-level settings - manage must also be enabled.

Course Templates - create

Features Affected

What it Does

Account Settings

Allows user to set a template for an account.

Allows user to view names of course templates in the root account.

Course Settings

Allows user to select a course as a course template in Course Settings.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Courses	To create a new course to use as a course template, Courses - add must also be enabled.

Course Templates - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Settings	Allows user to set an account to not use a template.
Course Settings	Allows user to remove a course as a course template in Course Settings.

Course Templates - edit

Features Affected

What it Does

Account Settings

Allows user to change the template being used by an account.

Allows user to view names of course templates in the root account.

Manage Courses - add / manage / conclude / delete / publish / reset

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Additional Considerations - All Permissions

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account Navigation)

To access the Courses link in Account Navigation, Courses - view list must be enabled.

To add a course, Courses - add must also be enabled.

Courses - add

Features Affected	What it Does
Courses (Account)	Allows user to add new courses to an account.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Account Settings

To allow other users to create courses in an account, select the appropriate user role in the Account Settings page: teachers (instructors), students, and/or users with no enrollments.

If this permission is enabled and Courses - view list is disabled, users can add a new course with the Add a New Course button in Account Settings.

Courses - Manage

Features Affected	What it Does
Blueprint Courses	Allows user to sync Blueprint Courses. Allows user to view Sync history.
Courses (Account Navigation)	Allows user to view and manage courses in the account.
Course Home Page	Allows user to view the Course Setup Checklist button.
Course Settings (Course Details)	Allows user to access the Navigation tab. Allows user to edit course image, name, course code, time zone, subaccount, term, and other options in Course Details tab. Allows user to access Student View (test student), Copy this Course, and Permanently Delete Course buttons.
Student Context Cards	Allows user to view student context cards in announcement and discussion replies.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Blueprint Courses	If this permission is updated, but Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete is not enabled, users can still sync Blueprint Courses and view Sync history.
Course Content	To manage course content via UI or API, the Course Content - add / edit / delete must be enabled. To view Choose Home Page and Course Setup Checklist buttons, Course Content - view must also be enabled. (Teachers, designers, and TAs can set the home page of a course, regardless of their permissions.)
Course Settings	To cross-list a section, Manage Course Sections - edit must also be enabled. To edit the course SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.
Courses	To access the Courses link in Account Navigation, Courses - view list must also be enabled.
Grades	To view grades in a course, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.
Student Context Cards	Student context cards must be enabled for an account by an admin. If this permission is not enabled, users can still view context cards through the Gradebook.

Courses - conclude

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings	Allows user to view the Conclude Course button.

Courses - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings	Allows user to view the Delete this Course button.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Restore Courses tab)	To restore a deleted course, Courses - undelete and Course Content - view must also both be enabled.

Courses - publish

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Home Page	Allows user to view the Publish Course and Unpublish Course buttons in the Course Home page.
Dashboard	Allows user to view the Publish button in a course card for an unpublished course (Card View Dashboard).

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Course Settings	Affects viewing the Permanently Delete this Course button, which only appears for manually created courses.
Modules	The Courses - publish permission allows the user to publish courses that do not contain modules. To publish/unpublish module content, Course Content - edit must be enabled.

Courses - reset

Features Affected	What it Does
Course Settings	Allows user to view the Reset Course Content button.

Additional Considerations

Features	Related Information
Course Settings	The Courses - Reset permission resets course content for both manually created and SIS-managed courses. (For SIS-managed courses, the SIS Data - manage permission does not apply.)

Manage Differentiation Tags - add / delete / manage

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Differentiation Tags	Allows a user to add, delete, and manage differentiation tags. It is enabled by default for instructor roles.

Manage Groups - add / delete / manage

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Groups - add

Features Affected	What it Does
People (Account)	Allows user to create account groups. Allows user to add group members to account groups.
Assignments (Course)	Allows user to add a group for a group assignment in a course.
People (Course)	Allows user to create course groups. Allows user to create course groups created by students. Allows user to add students to groups. Allows users to import groups in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
People (Account)	To add account level groups via CSV, SIS Data - import must also be enabled.

Groups - delete

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Account)

Allows user to delete account groups.

Allows user to remove group members from account groups.

Allows user to move group members to another group in an account.

Allows user to assign a student group leader in an account.

People (Course)

Allows user to delete course groups.

Allows user to delete course groups created by students.

Allows user to remove students from course groups.

Allows user to move group members to another group in a course.

Allows user to assign a student group leader in a course.

Groups - manage

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Account)

Allows user to edit account groups.

Allows user to view the Clone Group Set button for an account group.

Allows user to randomly assign users to an account group.

Allows user to add users to an account group.

Allows user to move group members to another group in an account.

Allows user to assign a student group leader in an account.

People (Course)

Allows user to edit course groups.

Allows user to edit course groups created by students.

Allows user to view the Clone Group Set button for a course group.

Allows user to randomly assign users to a course group.

Allows user to add users to a course group.

Allows user to remove students from course groups.

Allows user to move group members to another group in a course.

Allows user to assign a student group leader in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Account)

If this permission is disabled, at the account level, the user cannot view any existing account groups. At the course level, the user can view, but not access, any existing groups, including groups created by students.

To view account groups, Users - view list must also be enabled.

People (Course)

To view all student groups in a course, Groups - view all student groups must also be enabled.

By default, students can always create groups in a course. To restrict students from creating groups, Courses - manage / update must be enabled, and the Let students organize their own groups checkbox in Course Settings must not be selected.

To access the People page and view course groups, Users - view list must also be enabled.

Manage LTI - add / delete / edit

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission. Allows users to use the Manage App List button on the External Apps page to manually add, delete, or edit configurations for manually added external apps.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

LTI - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Account Settings

Allows user to manually add an app in Account Settings.

Allows user to add external app icons to the Rich Content Editor toolbar.

Course Settings

Allows user to manually add an app in Course Settings.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
External Apps	If this permission is disabled, users can still install approved apps through the Canvas App Center (if enabled for your institution). However, if LTI - delete is not enabled, they cannot delete manually added external apps.

LTI - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Settings	Allows user to manually delete an app in Account Settings.
Course Settings	Allows user to manually delete an app in Course Settings.

LTI - edit

Features Affected	What it Does
External Apps	Allows user to edit configurations for manually added external apps.
External Tools	Allows users to edit the Add to Rich Content Editor toolbar placement for external (LTI) tools.

Manage Pages - create / delete / update

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Pages - create

Features Affected	What it Does
Pages	Allows user to create pages in a course.

Pages - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
Pages	Allows user to delete pages.

Pages - update

Features Affected

What it Does

Blueprint Courses

Allows user to edit lock settings in the Pages index page and for an individual page in a Blueprint master course.

Pages

Allows user to edit course pages.

Allows user to define users allowed to edit the page.

Allows user to add page to student to-do list.

Allows user to publish and unpublish pages.

Allows user to view page history and set front page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Blueprint Courses

Blueprint courses must be enabled for an account by an admin.

To edit lock settings on the Pages index page, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage / update. However, if these additional permissions are enabled, but the Pages - Update permission is not enabled, the user can still adjust content lock settings on individual pages in a Blueprint Master Course.

Pages

Students can edit and view page history if allowed in the options for an individual page.

New Quizzes - view IP Address

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
New Quizzes	Allows user to view IP address information in the New Quizzes Activity Log.

New Quizzes - view multi session information

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
New Quizzes	Allows user to view multi-session activity information on the activity log and the moderate page.

Additional Considerations

Features

Related Information

Quiz Settings

Educators can enable the Detect Multiple Sessions setting on their quizzes to collect multi-session information on student submissions.

This permission determines who can view this data in the activity log and moderate page.

Outcomes

If the feature option is enabled, and this permission is enabled, the Outcomes page includes three tabs: Manage, Mastery, and Calculation.

To access the Mastery tab, the Outcome Mastery Scales - add / edit permission must also be enabled.

To access the Manage tab, the Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete permission must also be enabled.

Outcome Mastery Scales - add / edit

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Outcomes	Allows user to view the Outcomes Mastery tab and set outcome mastery scales at the account and course levels.

Additional Considerations

Features	Related Information
Feature Options	This permission requires the Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales feature option, which must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager. This feature affects existing data for an entire account.
Outcomes	If the feature option is enabled, and this permission is enabled, the Outcomes page includes three tabs: Manage, Mastery, and Calculation. To access the Calculation tab, the Outcome Proficiency Calculations - add / edit permission must also be enabled. To access the Manage tab, the Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete permission must also be enabled.
Rubrics	If this permission is enabled, the Learning Mastery tab displays on the Outcomes page instead of the Rubrics page.

Outcome Proficiency Calculations - add / edit

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Outcomes	Allows user to view the Outcomes Calculation tab and set outcome proficiency calculations at the account and course levels.

Additional Considerations

Features

Related Information

Feature Options

This permission requires the Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales feature option, which must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager.

This feature affects existing data for an entire account.

Outcomes

If the feature option is enabled, and this permission is enabled, the Outcomes page includes three tabs: Manage, Mastery, and Calculation.

To access the Mastery tab, the Outcome Mastery Scales - add / edit permission must also be enabled.

To access the Manage tab, the Learning Outcomes - add / edit / delete permission must also be enabled.

Permissions - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️ *

Features Affected	What it Does
Permissions	Allows user to view and manage permissions.

Question banks - view and link

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Question Banks	Allows user to view and link questions in a quiz to account-level question banks.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Quizzes and Question Banks	To access the Manage Question Banks link in a course Quizzes Index Page, Course content - view and Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled.

Quizzes - view submission log

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Quizzes	Allows user to view student quiz logs.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Grades	Grades - edit must also be enabled.
Quizzes	The Quiz Log Auditing feature option must be enabled in Course Settings.

Reports - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Reports

Allows user to view and configure reports in Account Settings.

Allows user to view Access Reports.

Allows user to view last activity and total activity information on the People page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

To view Last Activity and Total Activity information on the Course People page, Users - view list must also be enabled.

To access a Course People page, Users - view list must also be enabled.

Reports (Course)

To access the Student Interactions report, Grades - view all grades must also be enabled.

Reset Multi-Factor Authentication

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Reset Multi-Factor Authentication	Allows user to reset multi-factor (MFA) for any user in the account.

Rubrics - add / edit / delete

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Rubrics

Determines visibility and management of Rubrics link in Account Navigation.

Allows user to view the Rubrics link in Course Navigation.

Allows user to create, edit, and delete rubrics.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Rubrics	Users can access and create (but not edit) individual assignment rubrics through Assignments when Course Content - view and Assignments and Quizzes - add are enabled.

SIS Data - import

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Navigation	Determines visibility and management of SIS Import link in Account Navigation.
SIS Import	Allows user to import SIS data.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
SIS Import	To manage SIS data, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

SIS Data - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Navigation	Determines visibility of SIS Import link in Account Navigation. Allows user to view the previous SIS import dates, errors, and imported items.
Course Settings	Allows user to edit the course SIS ID.
People (Account)	Allows user to view and edit the SIS ID and Integration ID in a user’s Login Details
People (Course)	Allows user to view, add, and remove course enrollments via SIS ID.
Subaccount Settings	Allows user to view and insert data in the SIS ID field.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Course Settings	To edit course settings, Courses - manage / update must be enabled.
People (Account)	To view or edit a user’s SIS ID or Integration ID, Users - view list and Users - manage login details for users must also both be enabled.
People (Course)	If this permission is enabled, users do not need the SIS Data - read permission enabled. The account permission overrides the course permission. To disallow users from managing SIS IDs at the course level, SIS Data - manage and SIS Data - read must both be disabled. To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers).
SIS Import	To import SIS data, SIS Data - import must also be enabled.
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

SIS Data - read

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
SIS	Governs account-related SIS IDs (i.e., subaccount SIS ID).
Course Settings	Allows user to view a course’s SIS ID.
People (Account)	Allows user to view the SIS ID in a user’s login details.
People (Course)	Allows user to view user SIS IDs in a course People page.
Quizzes	Allows user to view the user SIS ID column in Quiz Item Analysis CSV file.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Account and Subaccount	Users and terms are located at the root account, so the SIS endpoint always confirms the user’s permissions according to root account. Subaccounts only have ownership of courses and sections; they do not own user data. Subaccount admins are not able to view SIS information unless they are also granted an instructor role in a course. Subaccount admins cannot view SIS information without the course association, as the instructor role has permission to read SIS data at the account level.
People (Account)	To view a user’s login details, Users - view list and Users - manage login details must also both be enabled.
People (Course)	To view the list of users in the course, Users - view list must also be enabled. To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers).
SIS Import	To manage SIS data, SIS Data - manage must be enabled. If SIS Data - manage is enabled and SIS Data - read is disabled, the account permission overrides the course permission. If SIS Data - manage is disabled and SIS Data - read is enabled, users can only view course, user, and subaccount SIS IDs. To disallow users from viewing any SIS IDs at the course level, SIS Data - manage and SIS Data - read must both be disabled.

Statistics - view

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Statistics	Allows admin user to view account statistics.
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	Allows user to generate login/logout activity report in Admin Tools. (Not available at the subaccount level.)

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	If Statistics - view or Users - manage login details is enabled, the user will be able to generate login/logout activity in Admin Tools. To hide the login/logout activity option in Admin Tools, both of these permissions need to be disabled.
People (Account)	To view user page views, Users - view list must also be enabled.

Storage Quotas - manage

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Quotas (Account Settings)

Allows user to view and manage Quotas tab in account settings.

User can set default course, user, and group storage quotes.

Student Collaborations - create

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Collaborations

Allows user to create collaborations.

Allows user to view, edit, and delete collaborations they created.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Collaborations

To allow edit/delete functionality of collaborations created by other users, Course Content - edit and Course Content - delete must also be enabled.

If Course Content - add / edit / delete is enabled and Student Collaborations - create is disabled, the user will not be able to create new collaborations but will be able to edit and delete all collaborations.

To add students to a collaboration, Users - view list must also be enabled. To add a course group to a collaboration, Groups - add must also be enabled.

Submission - Submit on behalf of student

Default Role Status

Account Admin
✖️

Features Affected	What it Does
Submissions	Allows instructors to submit a file upload assignment on behalf of a student in the Gradebook.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Submissions	Submissions includes a timestamp and who submitted the assignment. Additionally, the instructor can submit multiple files at a time for a single student and submit beyond the availability date.

Users - Designers

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Designers - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Courses (Account)

Allows user to add designers to a course from the account Courses page.

Allows user to add designers to a course.

People (Course)

Allows user to add designers to a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add designers to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if a designer does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add designers to a course from the People page via email address or login ID even if a designer does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Designers - remove

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to remove designers from a course.

Allows user to deactivate designers in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins with the SIS Data - manage permission can remove the enrollment from a course.

To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Users - Manage Access Tokens

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Access Token - create / update

Features Affected

What it Does

Allows user to create access tokens on behalf of another user.

Allows user to update access tokens on behalf of another user.

Allows user to regenerate access tokens on behalf of another user.

Allows user to still create access tokens for themself when the Limit Personal Access Token Creation setting is on.

Allows user to still update their access tokens when the Limit Personal Access Token Creation setting is on.

Allows user to still regenerate their access tokens when the Limit Personal Access Token Creation setting is on.

Access Token - delete

Features Affected	What it Does
	Allows user to delete access tokens on behalf of another user.

Access Token - view

Features Affected	What it Does
	Allow user to view access tokens on behalf of another user. This does not include viewing the token string, which is only shown at the time of creation.

Users - Observers

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Observers - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Courses (Account)

Allows user to add observers to a course from the account Courses page.

Allows user to add observers to a course.

People (Course)

Allows user to add observers to a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add observers to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if an observer does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add observers to a course from the People page via email address or login ID even if an observer does not already have a Canvas account.

To add observers via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Observers - remove

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to remove observers from a course.

Allows user to deactivate observers in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins with the SIS Data - manage permission can remove the enrollment from a course.

To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Users - Students

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Students - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Courses (Account)

Allows user to add students to a course from the account Courses page.

Allows user to add students to a course.

People (Course)

Allows user to add students to a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add students to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if a student does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add students to a course from the People page via email address or login ID even if a student does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Students - remove

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to remove students from a course.

Allows user to deactivate students in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins with the SIS Data - manage permission can remove the enrollment from a course.

To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Users - TAs

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

TAs - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Account (Course)

Allows user to add TAs to a course from the account Courses page.

Allows user to add TAs to a course.

People (Course)

Allows user to add TAs in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add TAs to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if a TA does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add TAs to a course from the People page via email address or login ID even if a TA does not already have a Canvas account.

To add TAs via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

TAs - remove

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to remove TAs from the course.

Allows user to deactivate TAs in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins with the SIS Data - manage permission can remove the enrollment from a course.

To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Users - Teachers

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Teachers - add

Features Affected

What it Does

Account (Course)

Allows user to add teachers (instructors) to the course from the account Courses page.

Allows user to add teachers (instructors) in the course.

People (Course)

Allows user to add teachers (instructors) in the course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add teachers (instructors) to a course from the Courses page via email address or login ID even if an instructor does not already have a Canvas account.

To add a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

If the Open Registration account setting is enabled, users with this permission can add teachers (instructors) to a course from the People page via email address or login ID even if an instructor does not already have a Canvas account.

To add teachers (instructors) via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Teachers - remove

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to remove teachers (instructors) from a course.

Allows user to deactivate teachers (instructors) in a course.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

If an enrollment is created via SIS, only admins with the SIS Data - manage permission can remove the enrollment from a course.

To remove a user via SIS ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled.

Users - Temporary Enrollments

This grouped permission provides the option to manage each granular permission individually or as an entire group. Default role status applies to the entire grouped permission.

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Temporary Enrollments

Allows admin to add and manage temporary enrollment pairings.

In addition, users must have at least one of the following permissions:

Users Designer - add
Users Observer - add
Users Students - add
Users TAs - add
Users Teachers - add
SIS Data - add

Users - act as

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
People (Account)	Allows user to act as other users in the account. This permission should only be assigned to users that your institution has authorized to act as other users in your entire Canvas account. Users with this permission may be able to use the Act as feature to manage account settings, view and adjust grades, access user information, etc. This permission also allows admins designated to a sub-account to access settings and information outside of their sub-account.
SpeedGrader	Allows user to delete a submission file.
Student Context Card	Allows a user to access the Act as User link on student context cards.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
API	The Roles API refers to this permission as become_user.
People (Account)	To view the list of users in an account, Users - view list must be enabled.
Student Context Card	Student Context Cards must be enabled for an account by an admin.
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

Users - Allow Administrative Actions in Courses

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to view login ID information for users.

Allows user to view user details for course users.

Allows user to edit a user’s section or role (if not added via SIS).

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
People (Account)	To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers). To edit user details, modify login details, or change user passwords, Users - manage login details must also be enabled.
People (Course)	To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers). To view SIS IDs, SIS Data - read must be enabled. To edit a user’s section, Conversations - send to individual course members must be enabled.
Observers (Course)	To add or remove an observer to a course, the Users - Observers permission must be enabled. To link an observer to a student, Users - manage login details and Conversations - send to individual course members must be enabled. To generate a pairing code on behalf of a student to share with an observer, Users - Generate observer pairing code for students must also be enabled.

Users - Generate observer pairing code for students

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
People (Course)	Allows user to generate a pairing code on behalf of a student to share with an observer.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Course)

To generate a pairing code from a student's User Settings page, the User - act as permission must also be enabled.

To generate a pairing code from a student's User Details page, the Users - allow administrative actions in courses permission must also be enabled.

Pairing codes are only supported when self registration is enabled for the account.

QR codes are not the same as pairing codes and are only used to help users log into their own accounts via the Canvas mobile apps. To disable QR code logins for all users in your account, please contact your Customer Success Manager.

Users - manage login details

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Account)

Allows user to create accounts for new users.

Allows user to remove and merge users in an account.

Allows user to modify user account details.

Allows user to view and modify login information for a user.

Admin Tools (Logging tab)

Allows user to generate login/logout activity report in Admin Tools (not available at the subaccount level.)

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	If Statistics - view or Users - manage login details is enabled, the user will be able to generate login/logout activity in Admin Tools. To hide the login/logout activity option in Admin Tools, both of these permissions need to be disabled.
People (Account)	To view users and user account details, Users - view list must be enabled. To change user passwords, Users - view list must also be enabled. To view a user’s SIS ID, SIS Data - manage or SIS Data - read must also be enabled. To view a user’s Integration ID, SIS Data - manage must also be enabled. To merge users, the Self Service User Merge feature option must also be enabled.
People (Course)	To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers).
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

Users - manage observers

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
People (Account)	Allows user to manage observers associated with students in the account.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Subaccounts	Not available at the subaccount level.

Users - manage students in courses

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Course)

Allows user to view login ID information for students.

Allows user to view prior enrollments.

Allows user to access a user’s settings menu and user details.

Allows user to edit a student’s section or role.

Allows user to resend course invitations from the Course People page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Courses (Account)

To access the account Courses page, Courses - view list must be enabled.

People (Course)

To add or remove a student to or from a course, the Users - Student permission must be enabled.

To view the list of users in the course, Users - view list must be enabled.

To view SIS IDs, SIS Data - read must be enabled.

To edit a student’s section, Conversations - send to individual course members must also be enabled.

Users - moderate content

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

ePortfolios

Allows user to view ePortfolio Moderation link in Account Settings.

Allows user to moderate ePortfolios for the account.

Users - view list

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
Account Navigation	Allows user to access the People link in Account Navigation.
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	Allows user to view login/logout activity of users in Admin Tools. Allows user to search grade change logs by grader or student in Admin Tools. (Not available at the subaccount level.)
Assignments	Allows user to differentiate assignments to individual students.
Collaborations	Allows user to view and add users in a collaboration.
Conversations	Allows user to send a message in Conversations without selecting a course.
Course Navigation	Allows user to view the People link in Course Navigation.
Course Settings	Allows user to view enrollments on the Sections tab.
Groups (Course)	Allows user to view groups in a course.
People (Account)	Allows user to view list of users in the account.
People (Course)	Allows user to view list of users in the course People page. Allows user to view the Prior Enrollments button in the course People page.

Additional Considerations

Feature	Related Information
Account Groups	To view account-level groups, Groups - manage must also be enabled.
Admin Tools (Logging tab)	To generate login/logout activity in Admin Tools, Users - manage login details or Statistics - view must also be enabled. To generate grade change logs in Admin Tools, Grades - view change logs must also be enabled.
Courses	To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers).
Groups	To add a group, Manage Groups - add must also be enabled. To delete a group, Manage Groups - delete must also be enabled. To edit a group, Manage Groups - manage must also be enabled.
People (Account)	To edit user details, modify login details, or change user passwords, Users - manage login details must also be enabled. To view user page views, Statistics - view must also be enabled. To act as other users, Users - act as must also be enabled.
People (Course)	To edit a user’s section, the appropriate Users permission (e.g. Users - Teachers), Users - allow administrative actions in courses, and Conversations - send to individual course members must also be enabled.

Users - view login IDs

Default Role Status

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected	What it Does
People (Account/Course)	Allows user to search for other users by Login ID in the account People page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Account, Course)

To access the People page, Users - view list must be enabled.

If this permission is enabled, and if Users - view primary email address is disabled, users will see email addresses used as login IDs.

To view login IDs, Users - allow administrative actions in courses must also be enabled.

Users - view primary email address

Default Role Status

‌

Account Admin
‌✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

People (Account)

Allows user to search for account users via primary email address in the account People page.

Allows user to search for other users via primary email address in a course People page.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

People (Account)

To view the account People page, Users - view list must be enabled.

If this permission is disabled, and Users - view login IDs is enabled, users will still see email addresses used as login IDs.

Web Conferences - create

Default Role Status

Account Admin

✔️

Features Affected

What it Does

Conferences

Allows user to create new conferences in courses and groups.

Allows user to start conferences they created.

Additional Considerations

Feature

Related Information

Conferences

To allow full management of conferences created by the user or others, Course Content - add / edit / delete must also be enabled.

To end a long-running conference, Course Content - edit must also be enabled. If Course Content - add / edit / delete is enabled and Web Conferences - create is disabled, the user can still manage conferences.

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00:07: How do I view new analytics in a course as an instructor?

00:11: In global navigation, click the courses link.

00:15: Then click the name of the course.

00:18: To open new analytics. Click the new analytics Link in course, navigation.

00:24: Or click the new analytics button in the course homepage.

00:28: If the course has been concluded, the analytics page includes a concluded

00:32: label.

00:33: Click the course grade table.

00:36: You can view the overall average course grade.

00:39: Grades on assignments, discussions and quizzes.

00:43: Are compared the average course grades to sections, students or assignments.

00:49: To view the students weekly online Activity.

00:51: Click the weekly online activity table.

00:56: Data is displayed as a chart with two rows average page views.

01:01: And average participation the following actions will generate participations.

01:06: Announcements posts. A new comment to an announcement assignments.

01:11: Submits an assignment collaborations loads,

01:15: a collaboration to view or edit a document conferences.

01:19: Joins a Web Conference discussions posts.

01:23: A new comment to a discussion Pages, creates a page quizzes,

01:28: submits a quiz quizzes, starts taking a quiz.

01:33: Data for the week. That is currently in progress as indicated by a dotted line.

01:39: To download a CSV of the weekly online activity data, click the

01:43: download button.

01:45: To view weekly online activity in a table, click the options icon.

01:51: And select the data table option.

01:54: The data table shows. The weak start date.

01:57: Number of page views.

01:59: And number of participations.

02:02: To view analytics for all students, in your course, click the students tab.

02:07: To view analytics for one student, in your course, click the name of the student.

02:13: To locate a student, you can sort the table by student name.

02:18: Or any other column header? The analytics table is paginated, so

02:22: you can view more students if you continue to scroll to the bottom of the page.

02:27: To view and run reports in your course, click the reports tab.

02:32: To view reports settings, click the settings button,

02:36: Missing assignments. This report will produce a list of assignments that have

02:40: not been submitted yet.

02:42: Late assignments. This report will produce a list of assignments that have

02:46: been submitted late.

02:49: Excused assignments. This report will produce a list of assignments that

02:53: are excused.

02:55: Class roster. This report will produce a list of students enrolled

02:59: in the course with student contact information such as email, sis

03:03: ID, Etc. Report data is up to 40 hours

03:07: delayed.

03:09: Course activity, this report provides a list of daily user interactions.

03:13: In course, resources, where each report entry captures a summary of user

03:18: views and participations. Report data are up to 40 hours, delayed

03:22: account time. Zone is applied to facilitate daily views, and participation

03:26: aggregates. Calendar filter only accommodates for 14 days

03:30: in the past.

03:33: To run a report, click the Run report button.

03:36: If enabled by your institution, you can also view an online attendance report

03:40: that indicates if students have met online, attendance criteria for designated

03:44: Class Days. Online attendance criteria is managed by your

03:48: Institution.

03:50: This guide covered how to view new analytics in a course as an instructor.

ctitmus · ‎07-20-2020

...New Course button in the Dashboard. You can allow teachers (instructors) [1], students [2], and/or users with no enrollments [3] to create courses in your account. You can also manage where new courses...

As an admin, the Account Settings tab contains multiple settings you can control and change in your Canvas account.

Not all settings and options are available to sub-account admins. The following restrictions apply to sub-account admins:

Sub-account admins cannot manage the following account options and restriction settings: Default Time Zone, Allow Self-Enrollment, Login Label, Trusted HTTP referrers, Don't let teachers rename their courses, Students can opt-in to receiving scores in email notifications, and Restrict students from viewing quiz questions after course end date.
Sub-account admins can only enable Equella, Turnitin, Analytics, and User Avatars.
Sub-account admins cannot customize links for the help dialog box by default.
Sub-account admins cannot enable web services by default.
Sub-account admins cannot choose who can create new courses by default.
Sub-account admins cannot enable personal pronouns within a sub-account.
Sub-account admins cannot suppress notifications from being created and sent out.

Notes:

Not all settings options are available for sub-accounts.
This lesson indicates the settings that you can manage for your entire account. Other integrations may be available with the assistance of your Customer Success Manager.
You can also control account settings by managing account feature options.

Open Account

Click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open Settings

In Account Navigation, click the Settings link.

View Settings

Account Settings defaults to the Settings tab. Here you can view all the details available to you in your account.

View Account Settings

The Account Settings section allows you to specify settings for the entire account, including account name [1], default language [2], default due time [3], default time zone [4], and self-enrollment [5].

You can also specify trusted URLs at the root account [6]. This option allows accounts to have custom login pages hosted on different domains but still keep the authenticity token.

You can set a default view for the Dashboard using the Default View for Dashboard drop-down menu [7]. Default options include Recent Activity, List View, and Card View. The setting defaults to the Card View. Specifying a default view applies to all new account users. Once a user has selected a different view, the default no longer applies.

If you want to apply the selected default view to all users in the account, select the Overwrite all users’ existing default dashboard preferences checkbox [8]. However, users can change their dashboard view at any time in the dashboard options menu.

View Maintenance Window

The Default Time Zone settings also display the maintenance windows for your account. You can expect that all maintenance for your account will occur during your maintenance window unless emergency maintenance is required. Even though the windows are two hours each, your expected downtime shouldn't last for more than a few minutes. It is also possible that maintenance will not be necessary during your scheduled maintenance windows.

You can view the regular cadence when your maintenance windows take place [1] as well as the specific date and time of your next maintenance window [2].

Manage Restriction Settings

You can also manage restriction settings for the entire account.

If you do not want instructors to be able to rename their courses, click the Don't let teachers rename their courses checkbox [1].

If you do not want instructors to modify course availability dates, click the Don't let teachers modify course availability dates checkbox [2]. This checkbox does not display in the Account Setting page for sub-accounts.

To allow students to opt-in to receive scores as part of grading notifications, click the Students can opt-in to receiving scores in email notifications checkbox [3]. When this option is enabled, the user's Notification Settings page displays an opt-in checkbox in the Course Activities Grading section. If you enable this option but disable it at a later time, the checkbox will be removed from the notifications page, and anyone who has opted in will no longer receive scores in grading notifications.

If you do not want students to be able to view quiz questions after their course has concluded, click the Restrict students from viewing quiz questions after course end date checkbox [4].

You can choose to restrict student access to view courses before the course start date [5].

You can also choose to restrict student access to view courses after the course end date [6].

You can allow the restriction of quantitative data in a course [7], or you can restrict the view of quantitative data by students and observers in new courses [8].

You can also disable comments on announcements in all courses [9].

You can enable Mastery Paths for instructor's courses [10]. Mastery Paths allows instructors to customize learning experiences for students based on performance.

To allow students to download course content and view content offline for all courses, select the Allow students to download course content and view offline checkbox [11]. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to allow students to download course content and view content offline for specific courses, you can enable the ePub Exporting feature option for the course.

You can require that copyright and license information be provided for files before they are published [12].

You can also disable Canvas media uploads in the Rich Content Editor [13].

You can allow observers to sign-up for appointments when enabled by the teacher [14].

You can allow the option to split student names into two separate columns and show first and last names separately in the gradebook [15].

You can allow users to submit an additional email at registration [16].

To display or hide section details in the Courses menu in Global Navigation, click the Show Sections in Course Tray checkbox [17]. This account setting is enabled by default.

The Limit personal access token creation to Admins checkbox can be enabled to allow admin with the Users-Manage Access Token permission to generate access tokens [18].

You can also restrict students and observers from creating personal access tokens [19]. If a user holds multiple roles, their access follows the highest level of permissions assigned.

View Slack API Key

You can add a Slack API key in Account Settings to allow users to receive notifications in Slack. The Slack API Key is generated from an app created using the Slack API. To add a new Slack API key, type the Bot User OAuth Access Token copied from Slack in the New Slack Api Key field.

You can add a Slack API key in Account Settings to allow users to receive notifications in Slack.

Note: Creating a Slack App and generating an Access Token requires that you are also an admin user in Slack.

View Personal Profile Settings

The Personal Profile Settings section allows users to enable the pronunciation of their names by selecting the Enable name pronunciation checkbox [1]. Once enabled, users can limit name pronunciation editing by base role [2].

It also allows users to enable and customize personal pronoun options in their account [3]. When enabled, users can select a pronoun to display after their username in several areas in Canvas [4].

To allow users to edit their name as part of their user account settings, select the Users can edit their name checkbox [5].

By default, the Users can edit their profiles checkbox [6] is enabled.

View Quiz IP Address Filters

The Quiz IP Address filter allows an admin to create a predefined list of IP addresses or address ranges, making it easier for instructors to select a valid setting when creating a quiz. Since this is often used by an organization to limit tests to an on-campus testing center, it is recommended that you use a descriptive name that associates your filter with that location.

Filters can be a comma-separated list of addresses, or an address followed by a mask (i.e., 192.168.217.1/24 or 192.168.217.1/255.255.255.0). For more information on these masks, view the IP Filtering in Canvas resource document.

View Features

The Features section lets you enable or disable specific built-in Canvas functionality.

To enable Canvas for Elementary, select the Canvas for Elementary checkbox [1].

To allow sub-accounts to use the Theme Editor, select the Let sub-accounts use the Theme Editor to customize their own branding checkbox [2].

To allow users to be added to a course via email address without already having a Canvas user account, select the Open Registration checkbox [3].

To enable inbox signature, select the Enable Inbox Signature Block checkbox [4]. When enabled, select the Disable Inbox Signature Block for Students checkbox to disable inbox signature block for students.

To enable automatic responses, select the Enable Inbox Auto Response checkbox [5]. When enabled, select the Disable Inbox Auto Response for Students checkbox to disable inbox auto response to students.

In a Root Account, admins can disable users from editing communication channels. Additionally, when profiles are enabled by an institution, admins can disable users from editing their profiles. By default, the Users can edit their communication channels settings checkbox [6] is enabled.

To allow users to delete the institution-added email address in their user accounts and use a personal email address, select the Users can delete their institution-assigned email address checkbox [7]. If this feature is selected, also consider enabling the non-institutional email notification.

To display the sender's email address for user interaction notifications, click the Show the email address of sender for user interaction Notifications checkbox [8].

To show a searchable list of courses in the root account when the public course index setting is enabled, select the Show a searchable list of courses in this root account with the "Include this course in the public course index" flag enabled checkbox [9].

To enable push notifications for a mobile device, select the Enable push notifications to mobile devices checkbox [10].

To remove the hidden game within Canvas, select the Remove hidden game from 404 page checkbox [11].

To suppress notifications from being created and sent out from your Root Account, click the Suppress notifications from being created and sent out checkbox [12].

To allow users to integrate content with Equella, select the Equella checkbox [13].

To enable analytics for the account, select the Analytics checkbox [14].

To allow users to upload a profile picture in their user accounts, select the User Avatars checkbox [15]. When this feature is enabled, you can manage profile pictures for all users. This feature is independent of the Profiles feature, which must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager.

When the User Avatars checkbox is selected, the Enable Gravatar checkbox is also selected by default [16]. A Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar associated for a user in any website that supports Gravatars. When Gravatars are enabled in an account, users can import their Gravatar when selecting a profile picture in their user settings page. Gravatars are associated with the user’s Gravatar email address. When Gravatars are disabled, the From Gravatar tab is not included as an option in the Select Profile Picture window.

View SIS Grade Export Settings

If you have integrated your account with a student information system (SIS), depending on your institution's configuration, you can either configure SIS submissions for your entire account [1] or manage SIS integration settings [2].

View Help Menu Options

As an account admin, you can customize the Help menu that appears in Canvas for all users. You can also add custom help links for your institution and have them display to all or specific user roles.

View Similarity Detection Platform

The Similarity Detection Platform section displays for all accounts and is used for plagiarism LTI tool integrations.

If your account has installed at least one plagiarism LTI tool, any content you include in the Similarity Pledge text field will display to students [1]. Similarity pledges require students to check a box acknowledging they agree with the pledge information, which usually asks them to verify their work is their own and that any sources have been properly cited.

You can also set the originality score default for the entire account in the Students can see originality score drop-down menu [2]. You can set the report to generate immediately upon assignment submission, after an assignment is graded, after an assignment due date, or never. The account default is not required and can be changed at any other level. Subaccounts can set a separate default from the account, and individual assignments within a course can set their own originality preferences as well.

View New Quizzes Settings

In the New Quizzes Settings section, you can set the thousand and decimal separators for number formatting in New Quizzes.

To set the decimal separator, click the Decimal separator drop-down menu [1].

To set the thousand separator, click the Thousand separator drop-down menu [2].

Note: Both fields must either be set or left empty. If set, the two fields cannot have the same value.

Set Decimal Separator

Select a decimal separator from the following options:

Not set (defaults to Language setting)
Period (.) - Example 123.45
Comma (,) - Example 123,45

Set Thousand Separator

Select a thousand separator from the following options:

Not set (defaults to Language setting)
Period (.) - Example: 1.234.567
Comma (,) - Example: 1,234,567
Space ( ) - Example: 1 234 567

View Web Services

The Enabled Web Services section is where you enable third-party integrations. These integrations can be used to extend the functionality of a user's Canvas profile. For example, when a user connects their Twitter account to their Canvas user profile, Canvas can send that user private Twitter messages about new assignments, quizzes, messages, etc. This is all configurable in the user's Notification Settings.

Note: If you enable the Google Apps LTI for your entire institution, you do not need to enable the Google Drive web service for your students.

View Course Template

If a course has been designated as a course template, you can select the template to be used for all new courses in your account or sub-account.

View Who Can Create New Courses

You can choose who can create new courses within your account in addition to account administrators. This setting allows the selected user(s) to create new course shells by clicking the Create a New Course button in the Dashboard.

You can allow teachers (instructors) [1], students [2], and/or users with no enrollments [3] to create courses in your account.

You can also manage where new courses created by instructors and students can be placed. To allow courses to be created in any account where an instructor or student has an active enrollment, click the Allow creation anywhere the user has active enrollments checkbox [4]. To allow courses to only be created in the Manually-Created Courses sub-account, click the Allow creation only in the Manually-Created Courses sub-account checkbox [5].

Copied courses are added to the same subaccount as the course that was copied.

Note: Account administrators can always create courses.

Update Settings

Click the Update Settings button.

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Search the Community

Open Account

Open Settings

Open Reports

View Reports

Configure Reports

Select Term

Select Report Order

Select CSV Files

Select Dates and Enrollment State

Select Start Date

Select Enrollment Type

Select Course Scores

Filter ePortfolio Data

Run Report

Download Report

Course Grade Passback

Course Storage

Developer Keys Report

ePortfolio Report

Grade Export

LTI Report

Last Enrollment Activity

Last User Access

Multiple Grading Periods Grade Export

Outcome Export

Outcome Results

Provisioning

Public Courses

Recently Deleted Courses

SIS Export

SIS Submission Reports

Student Competency

Students with No Submissions

Unpublished Courses

Unused Courses

User Access Tokens

User Course Access Log

Zero Activity

Open Account

Open Attendance

Specify Report Data

Run Report

View Notification

View Email

Lesson 3 Outline

Terms

Add New Term

Add Term Details

Grading Periods

Add Grading Period Set

Add Grading Period Set Details

Add Grading Period

Add Grading Period Details

Additional Resources

Up Next in Lesson 4: Grading and Learning Standards

Open Account

Open People

View People in Sub-Accounts

View People

Search and Filter Users

Manage Users

View Users

Manage User

View User Profile

Open Course

Open Course Analytics

View Data Status

Open Course Grade Analytics

View Weekly Online Activity Graph

View Weekly Online Activity Data Table

View Student Analytics

View Reports

View Online Attendance Report

Sub-Account Permissions and Settings

Account-level settings - manage

Default Role Status

Additional Considerations