Objective: Learn about different account roles within Canvas

Notes:The default account role in the LMS is the account admin. If you're considering creating a new account role, contact your Customer Success Manager. They'll be able to advise you on how to create a role that will best fulfill your needs.

Related Article: Roles in a Course

How-To Guide

Account roles in the LMS allow you to tailor and provide administrative permissions for specific groups of users. Unlike course roles, these permissions exist outside of specific courses.

Some of the settings admins have access to are:

• Acting as users
• Adding and removing other admins
• Managing (adding/editing/deleting) courses
• Managing SIS data
• Managing observers for users
• View Course Change Logs
• View Grade Change Logs
• Add/remove teachers, course designers and TAs to a course
• View and edit grades
• Read SIS data