bCourses Admin Roles and Permissions

bCourses admin roles allow local IT and instructional support staff to manage and configure courses and provide enriched support to users within a department. Because departmental administrative access grants access to instructor material that is not otherwise shared, the admin access requires the approval of an academic dean or department chair to authorize an employee to have view and edit access to all bCourses sites and user accounts within their department.

Some bCourses admin roles include:

Instructional Support Admin permissions, which includes...

• Add courses
• Manage/update courses

Developer Admin permissions, which includes the above permissions of Instructional Support Admin and...

• View course content
• Add/edit/delete course content
• Add/edit/delete course sections
• Manage course state
• Add/edit/delete LTIs (external tools)
• View users list
• Add/remove users in courses
• Manage item banks
• View analytics

Support Admin permissions, which include the above permissions of Developer Admin and...

• Manage question banks
• Add/edit/delete rubrics
• View/edit grades

For a detailed list of permissions granted to each role, see the bCourses Roles and Permissions Matrix. Note that Account Admin permissions are not granted outside of the bCourses Service Team. 

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Related help articles:

• How do I request an administrator role in bCourses?
• Canvas Account Role Permissions