This guide shows how a person is added and assigned a role in a Brightspace course.
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Below is a list of all the roles you may see in a Classlist in Brightspace. Not all of them can be assigned to someone you want to add to your course:
| Role | Explanation | Able to |
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| Course instructor | Assigned automatically to an instructor who will teach the course. |
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| Instructor | Can do the same as a Course instructor - assigned manually by either another instructor or by the study administration and not automatically - see more in the guide. |
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Visiting instructor | Can do the same as a Course instructor - assigned manually by either another instructor or by the study administration and not automatically - see more in the guide. |
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| Teaching Assistant | Can do the same as a Course instructor - assigned manually by either another instructor or by the study administration and not automatically - see more in the guide. |
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| Student - Manual | The role can be assigned to students who have not been assigned a course automatically. |
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| Guest - Read Only | The role is assigned to a person who should only be able to look into a course, but can not interact with the content or other people in the course, but can import content from the course to another course. In all courses migrated from Blackboard, all persons have this role. |
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