What privileges/restrictions do Blackboard course roles have?

Instructor

Instructors have full access to course creation and assessment tools. Instructors of record are enrolled via PeopleSoft. Additional instructors may be added via Blackboard.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Student

Student is the default course user role. This role is appropriate only for students enrolled in the course via PeopleSoft.

No

No

No

No

Coordinator

The Coordinator role gives course or program coordinators access a course with instructor privileges without specifically being identified as an instructor, which ensures they do not receive certain notifications and emails from the system.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

Course Builder

The Course Builder role has access to most areas of the course or organization. This role is appropriate for an assistant who should not have access to student grades.

Yes

Yes

Note: Course Builders will have access to the Gradebook tab and will see students' names and the assessments in the Gradebook, but will not see submissions or assessment scores.

Yes

Yes*

Facilitator

The Facilitator functions as an Instructor, but cannot create, edit, or manage course content. By comparison, the Course Builder can create, edit, and manage content, but interact with any grading task or view the gradebook.

Yes

Yes

No

No

Grader

Graders can assist an instructor in the creation, management, delivery, and grading of assessments and surveys. A grader may also assist an instructor with adding manual entries. Note: Instructors must create the assessment in the course content area and Graders can then edit the assessment content and settings.

Yes

Yes

No

No

Teaching Assistant

Users with the Teaching Assistant role have access to most of the workflows in the Control Panel in the Original Course View. If the course is unavailable to students, teaching assistants may still access the course. Gradebook assessment exceptions and accommodations are view-only to teaching assistants.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Undergraduate Assistant

Undergraduate Assistants can view content, create announcements & messages, and manage groups, but cannot access assessments or the gradebook.

Yes

No

No

No

Accessibility Support

The Accessibility Support course role has the same privileges as a Student, which allows staff from Student Disabilities Services to review course content for accessibility.

No

No

No

No

Interpreter

An Interpreter also has the same privileges as a Student. This special role is designed to support students with hearing impairments as identified by Student Disabilities Services.

No

No

No

No

Librarian

The Librarian role gives Library Course Reserves Specialist access to support configuration of course reserves link.

Yes

No

Yes

Yes*

Akindi TA

For instructors deploying the Akindi LTI tool, the Akindi TA role is available for your TA to access the Akindi dashboard.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SI-PASS Roles

SI Pass coordinator, assistant, and CHEM roles are for SI Pass program use.

Guest

Note: The Guest role is not supported in Ultra courses.

The Guest role allows prospective students to explore a course without enrolling or participating. Instructors must make content areas within a course accessible to Guests or enroll a user and assign the Guest role.

No

No

No

No