RaiderCanvas Support

RaiderCanvas User Access Roles and Requirements

RaiderCanvas User Access Control Process

In response to an audit of the processes we follow to allow access to courses in RaiderCanvas, we have made changes that provide flexibility to departments but also ensure that the necessary controls are in place to safeguard student information.

Please complete the RaiderCanvas Access form to request a user be added to a course in RaiderCanvas. 

NOTE: As noted in the next section, Instructors and Teaching Assistants need to be added using Schedule Builder in Banner by your department scheduler. 

Privileged Roles (Grade Center Access)

To request that the following user roles (Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant with a secondary TA appointment or Graduate Assistant with a secondary TA appointment) be added to the course, contact your Department Scheduler to add them to the course in Banner. 

Instructor Role

• All instructors must be assigned to the course in Banner by the department scheduler. If they were not hired to work in the section they are requesting to be added to, they can be added as the IOR in Banner with a 0% compensation.
• FERPA required.

Teaching Assistant (TA) Role

• TAs who are hired with the Teaching Assistant title (an ePaf with a faculty/instructional role) must be assigned to the course in Banner by the department scheduler for all current and future courses.
• TAs will initially go to RaiderCanvas in the role of Instructor but will change to the role of Teaching Assistant overnight.
• FERPA required.

Research Assistant (RA)

• Research Assistants (RAs) cannot be added to a RaiderCanvas course in any role unless they have a secondary appointment with instructional permissions.
• If you would like your RA added to a course in RaiderCanvas, you will have to create a secondary ePaf that designates them as a TA for some percentage of their appointment.
• RAs with instructional permissions must be assigned to the course in Banner by the department scheduler for all current and future courses.
• FERPA required.

Graduate Assistants, Graders and Undergraduate Student Assistant

To request that the following user roles (Graduate Assistant, Grader and Student Assistants) be added to a course, complete the RaiderCanvas Access form.

Graduate Assistant (GA) Added as a TA

• Graduate Assistant (GA) grading must be overseen by the instructor of record.
• The GA cannot provide independent instruction; IOR credentialling is required to provide independent instruction.
• The GA does not need to be credentialed to work from assigned materials by the IOR (e.g., working problems/homework in a recitation or course review, holding office hours to help with homework, etc.).
• FERPA required.

Grader Role

• Grading must be overseen by the instructor of record.
• Graders have access to the Grade Center. They do not have access to edit course content.
• FERPA required.

Graduate Student Added to Graduate Course as a Grader

• Only graduate students who have completed doctoral coursework and/or have been admitted to candidacy can be added to graduate courses as a Grader.
• FERPA required.

Undergraduate Student Assistant Added to a Course as Grader

• If the undergraduate student has 90 credit hours or better, they can be added to 2000 level or below courses as a Grader.
• Undergraduate Student Assistants cannot be added to any graduate course.
• FERPA required.

Non-Privileged Roles (No Grade Center Access)

To request that the following user roles (Course Builder, Supplemental Instructor, Learning Assistant) be added to a course, complete the RaiderCanvas Access form.

Designer Role

• The Designer role has access to view and edit course content.
• Graduate students cannot be added to graduate courses as a Designer unless they have completed course work and/or been admitted to candidacy.
• Undergraduate students cannot be added to courses as a Designer.
• FERPA required.

Supplemental Instructor (SI) and Learning Assistants (SI/LA Role)

• The SI/LA role has access to view course content as a student does.
• The SI/LA role is used for Supplemental Instructors, Learning Assistants and Sign Language Interpreters (to review material to be familiar with material to assist the student).
• FERPA required.

Import Only Role

• The purpose of this role is to give access to users who only need to import content from another course into their own course; they do not have access to edit any content in the course they import from.
• This role has access to change the grading scheme.
• This role does have access to Navigation (enable and disable course menu).
• This role does not have access to People or Grades.