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Canvas - New Admin Role - Reports Only

Posted: 2020-01-09 07:45:49   Expiration: 2020-01-16 07:45:49

Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2020-01-09 07:45:49. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.

The Fixed/Flex, Roles & Permissions, and Process Workstream group approved the creation of a new account role in Canvas.

The new role "Reports Only" is available to all campuses on all Canvas instances.

The Permission has the following permissions:

  1. Analytics  - view pages
    1. (Account) It allows a user to view account analytics.
    2. (Course) It allows a user to view course analytics through the course dashboard.
    3. (Student) It allows a user to view student analytics. 
  2. Announcements  - view
    1. It allows a user to view the Announcements link in Course Navigation.
    2. It allows a user to view course announcements. 
  3. Courses - view usage reports
    1. It allows a user to view and configure reports in Account Settings.
    2. It allows a user to view Access Reports and Student Interaction reports. 
    3. It allows a user to view the last activity and total activity information on the People page.
  4. Statistics - view
    1. It allows an admin user to view account statistics.
    2. It allows a user to generate a login/logout activity report in Admin Tools.

-- UWSA DLE: Dale Johnson