Departmental-level admins allow local IT and instructional support staff to manage and configure courses within their domain. These roles present opportunities to customize the course environments and provide enriched support to users within a department.
Admin access is intended to assist in the setup, configuration, and resolving of technical issues with the course site. bCourse sites and instructional materials are considered privileged communications, and should not otherwise be accessed without the consent of the instructor. Guidance for gaining access to a course site in other scenarios can be found in this help article: Can you add me to another instructor's bCourses site?
Because departmental administrative access grants access to instructor material that is not otherwise shared, the request form 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.
Complete and sign the following DocuSign form to authorize departmental administrative access to the bCourses learning management system.
bCourses Admin Request Form (DocuSign)
Required Training
Admins have access to secure data within bCourses, including student records and instructional materials. Confirmation of the following training is a required step in the admin request process.
- FERPA: Privacy of Student Records*
- UC Cyber Security*
- Growing with Canvas (bCourses site)
*Available in UC Learning Center
bCourses Account Hierarchy
Course and project sites are organized in a hierarchical structure within bCourses. There is a main, top-level account, and sub-accounts for each department that contains their respective course sites.