This guide pertains to Ultra Course View.
If your course is in Original Course View, see the Original Course View tutorial collection.
Roles
Below is an explanation of the various roles within a course Course roles can be changed from the Roster within a course. See Bb Ultra Roster.
Instructor: Creates course content and facilitates course interactions. Instructors can access private courses and open a course when it's ready for students.
Primary Instructor: If a course has multiple instructors, any of them can be designated the primary instructor from the roster. Open an instructor's Member Information panel and select the Primary instructor option. The primary instructor is listed first in the roster. If multiple primary instructors exist, they're listed alphabetically before other instructors in the roster.
Teaching Assistant: Creates course content, facilitates course interactions, and has access to private courses, same as instructors. Role limitations are set by your institution. Teaching assistants can't delete an instructor from a course.
Grader: Assists instructors in the creation, management, and grading of coursework. Graders cannot access a private course.
Facilitator: Assists instructors to keep the curriculum moving forward. The facilitator has default privileges related to course materials, Gradebook, calendar, announcements, discussions, and groups to assist instructors in the progress of a course.
Course Builder: Creates content, manages a course, and can access private courses. Course builders can't access student grades or remove an instructor from a course.
Student: Submits coursework and participates in discussions. Students can't create or grade course items. Students see private courses in their course lists, but they can't access them. Students cannot see content items marked as "hidden from students"
Guest: Though you can assign the guest role, guests can't access courses at this time.