Brightspace Roles

The following roles are available for faculty to select from:

• GEN - Instructor (Non-Cascading) this role is the "teacher"
• GEN - Course Librarian (Non-Cascading)
• GEN - Student (Non-Cascading) this is a full student role
• GEN - Student Assistant (Non-Cascading) this assistant role does not have access to grading
• GEN - Student Extended Access (Non-Cascading) this role is used to extend access to a student beyond the end of the semester. Note that the student must be manually changed back to "Student" to remove access.
• GEN - Teaching Assistant (Non-Cascading) this role is a TA position with grading access

Adding Users to Your Course

1. Navigate into a course to add users.
2. On the blue navigation bar, click Roster.
   
3. Select the Add Participants drop down and select Add existing users.
   
   
4. In Add Existing Users, search for a users by first name, last name, or email address.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the results.
6. In the Search Results, select the box next to the user you'd like to add.
7. On the right under Role, select the role you want to assign to the user.
   
8. In the next selection field, be sure to select your course's section.
9. Click Enroll Selected Users.
10. Verify the enrollment is correct and click Done.e

Changing the Role (Permissions) of Someone Already in Your Course

1. Navigate into a course change user roles.
2. On the blue navigation bar, click Roster.
   
3. Check off name of the individual whose roll you would like to change and click Enrollment
   
4. Under New Role, choose from the drop down menu.
5. Click Save when finished.

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