32.2 SharePointLMS Course Level Administration

The first Teacher/Course Site Collection Administrator is setup on the Course creation step. To add/delete Course Teachers, open your course and then Site Actions->Course Settings->Course Teachers

Fig. Course Teachers

Fill in the form field by specifying which SharePoint users are Teachers within your SharePoint Course.

§ If adding several users, separate their names by semicolon.

When finished, click OK to save changes; click Cancel to discard changes.

Teacher Assistants, Learners and the Faculty staff have limited access compared to Teachers.

For more information about groups permissions, see the table below.


Tool	Faculty Users Group	Teacher Assistants Users Group	Learners Users Group
Courses web part (on the organization level) if the Read access rights are granted by default	See courses (both published and unpublished) where they have the Faculty role	See courses (both published and unpublished)they are assist Teachers with	Can see courses they are enrolled to (published only)
Courses list (on organization level) if the Read access rights are granted by default	Can see their courses (published and unpublished)	Can see their courses (published and unpublished)	Can see courses where they are enrolled to (published only)
Tools menu	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	Tools are available and active for learners
Announcements	Full	Full	Read
Calendar	Full	Full	Read
Documents	Full	Full	Read
Learning Path	Full	Full	Read
SCORM	Full	Full	Read
LRM	Full	Full	Read
Links	Full	Full	Read
Quizzes	Full	Full	Read
Drop Box	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	Learner
Discussion Board	Full	Full	Read
Discussion Board. The User Information option	If users are administrators, they can see information about all users. Otherwise they can see the information only about themselves	If users are administrators, they can see information about all users. Otherwise they can see the information only about themselves	Can see the information only about themselves
Chat	Full	Full	Learner
Conference	Cannot see items assigned to other users	Cannot see items assigned to other users	Read
Mailbox	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	can add new items; cannot edit, delete items; cannot see items assigned to other users	Learner
Assignments	Cannot view learners tasks	Cannot view learners tasks	Have access to assignments tasks only. Permissions depend on task status.
Attendance	Full	Same as Learner	Read
Grade Book	Can update learners’ results, configure corresponding settings; Can add columns (quizzes, learning paths, assignments)	Can update learners’ results, configure corresponding settings; Can add columns (quizzes, learning paths, assignments)	Read Learner sees only his/her own grades
Tracking	Full	Full	No
Seating Chart	Read	Read	Read
Wiki Page Library	Full	Full	Read
Course Home Page	Full	Full	Read
Certificate templates	Full	Full	No
Scale settings	Full	Full	No
Course options	Full	Full	No
Course publishing	Full	Can publish/unpublish course	No
Course certificate configuration	No	No	No
Course categories management	Full	Can edit	No
List Publishing Scheduler	Full	Full	No
Learning Path templates	Full	Full	No
Look and Feel settings	Full	Full	No
Galleries settings	Full except for Workflows	Full except for Workflows	No
Site Administration Settings
Permissions management	Full	No	No
Subsites (e.g. team sites, Meeting Workspace sites and Document Workspace sites) creation	Full	No	No
Group creation	Full	No	No
Alerts management	Full	No	No
Websites management (incl. content)	Full	No	No
View report on web site usage	Full	No	No
Adding users to course (Learners & Groups Tool)	Only in groups where they are owners (same as Assistant)	Assistants can add users only to groups where they are group owners. There are two ways to manage learners: · Teacher can set Assistants group as Group Owner for default Learners group. · Teacher can create a new group with the Learner permission level and set Assistants group as group owner. Teachers can add/delete users in groups where Assistants are owners.	No
Delete users from a site collection	No	No	No
Staff -> Modify Display Settings Action	Full	Full	No
Staff -> Reorder action	Full	Full	No
Roster -> Modify Display Settings Action	Full	Full	No
Roster -> Reorder action	Full	Full	No

Learners and Teacher Assistants are managed via Learners and Groups Course tool. Please refer to the appropriate documentation section.

Course Visitors is a default course group containing users, who can view information about a Course located on the Course front page. To change Visitors group members, enter the Learners and Groups tool and click the Visitors link. Add / remove group members using group menu.