Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistants

Overview

A teaching assistant is responsible for helping instructors run a course and grade assignments. 

Permissions

Teaching assistants can grade assessments and use collaboration tools in courses. If teaching assistants are added as path administrators, they can configure paths. They can enroll in courses, paths, and groups. They can create collaboration groups.

Limitations

Teaching assistants cannot configure courses, add content, delete courses, add learners, add teams, run reports, or access the full Users catalog.

Possible roles of Teaching assistants

  • teaching assistant
  • group owner
  • group administrator
  • group member
  • learner
  • organization member

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