Page Comparison

Role

Description

Teacher

The Teacher role has access to all areas of the course and all areas in Settings to manage the course.  This role is automatically given to the official faculty member(s) of record within GullNet.  This role provides access to a course even when it is unavailable to Students.

Student

The Student role is a participant in the course that can view all content and activities.  Any graded activities will then be reflected in the Gradebook.  Faculty can only enroll individuals as students in non-credit bearing courses.

Teaching Assistant

The Teaching Assistant role is equivalent to the Teacher role with the following exceptions:

• Unable to add/remove other teachers, course designers, etc.

• Unable to manage alerts or outcomes

Faculty Viewer

The Faculty Viewer role allows individuals to be added to the course to view content and the course, view discussions, view students submissions and grade BUT not modify any of the above.  This role will be useful for clinical or lab instructors who need to have access to course information but not change grades.  This role will also be used for faculty, department chairs or Deans who will be observing courses.

Grader

A Grader assists exclusively to assessing student activity.  Graders have access to:

• List of students

• Grades and SpeedGrader

• Assignment submissions and Discussions (view only)

• Ability to send messages to students

Librarian

Embedding a librarian in your course provides support and resources for you and your students.  The Librarian role is similar to a Teaching Assistant and allows:

• Communication with the students and instructor in the course

• Ability to create and manage discussions, assignments, quizzes, and content using files, pages and modules

• Ability to grade assignments and view student analytics

SI Leader

The SI Leader role is a custom role at Salisbury University to be used when adding individuals serving as Supplemental Instruction (SI) leaders or university tutors. Users enrolled with this role will be able to communicate with other users in the course by sending messages using the Inbox tool, viewing and creating discussions, adding and managing calendar events. This role allows individuals to view course content as a student. 

Participant

The Participant is a custom role at Salisbury University which provides viewing access to all content within the course and the ability to participate in communication such as discussions and Inbox messages.  Specifically, this role would be used with the following course support individuals:

• Satellite location Instructor and Assistants

• Chair or faculty member observing a course

• Guest subject matter experts

This role is appropriate for anyone who needs access similar to students but without appearing in Grades.

Designer

The Designer role has access to assist in the design and development of the course and the creation of content and activities.  This role does not participate in the course and does not have access to student grades or submitted work.

Observer

The Observer is a view only access to a course and unable to participate in any communications.  Observers can also be tied to a specific student to see the grade summary pages for their student.  This feature is often used in K12 environments for parents and/or mentors.