Ultra Course and Organisation roles

• Module Convenor (should be set as Primary Instructor)
• Module Co-convenor
• Academics leading on the delivery of teaching on the module

Note:

• Instructors are the only staff whose names are visible to students under ‘Course staff’.

• Full control over course availability, course content and design (within limits set at system level)
• Full access to the GradeBook (but cannot send marks to RISIS, and should not Post marks for summative assessments)
• Ability to enrol users, change users’ role in the course, remove colleagues who no longer need access to the course.

• Staff involved in delivering some aspects of teaching on the module, who may also be involved in marking assessments.
• Programme Administrators – staff providing administrative support, including management of assessment.

Note:

• Assistants do not appear in the list of Course Staff on the organisation home page.
• This role has very nearly the same permissions as the Instructor role, but is used to distinguish between lead staff and those supporting the module.

Permissions:

• Control over course availability, course content and design (within limits set at system level) but should always consult with / defer to the module convenor)
• Full access to the GradeBook (Programme Administrators are also able to send marks to RISIS).
• Programme Administrators should be the only staff who Post marks for summative assessments.
• Ability to enrol users, change users’ role in the course, remove colleagues who no longer need access to the course.

• Staff who contribute content to a module, and need to upload content, but are not involved in marking on the module.
• This could include guest lecturers or colleagues from departments such as Careers.

Note:

• Course builders do not appear in the list of Course Staff on the organisation home page.

Permissions:

• Can create and manage content, including discussion boards and announcements.
• Can create assessments, but do not have access to the GradeBook.
• No permissions to manage course enrolments.

Assign this role to 

• Staff involved in marking or moderating assessments but who do not deliver teaching on the module.

Note:

• Course builders do not appear in the list of Course Staff on the organisation home page.

Permissions:

• Can view but not edit content.
• Access to the GradeBook to mark work.
• No permissions to manage course enrolments.

Assign this role to External Examiners who need access to your Blackboard course to view the content and access submitted work, marks and feedback.

Permissions:

• Can view content, including content that is not visible to students; cannot edit content.
• Access to the GradeBook to view student submissions, marks and feedback; limited permissions to mark work or make changes.
• No permissions to manage course enrolments.

Assign this role to University staff who are acting as a mentor.

Note: this role is principally designed for use with the Academic Practice Programme.

Permissions:

• Essentially read-only access to course content, including YuJa videos.
• Student view of assessments.
• No access to announcements, discussions or journals.
• Cannot access unavailable courses or unavailable course content.
• Cannot create or edit content.
• Cannot view or edit course enrolments.
• No access to the GradeBook.

Assign this role to staff affiliated with the University at a partner institution (e.g. NUIST) who need limited access to UoR course content.

Note: No personal user information or grades are accessible to this role.

Permissions:

• Essentially read-only access to course content, including YuJa videos. 
  (Note: the role has the ability to make minor edits to some types of course content) 
• Can access unavailable course content, but not unavailable courses.
• Student-level access to discussions and journals.
• Cannot view or edit course enrolments.
• No access to the GradeBook.

• Students who need access to a course.
• Colleagues who need to view a course, but are not involved in delivery or marking. 

Note:

• Student enrolments in Blackboard are generated automatically from RISIS, so there will be very few occasions when you need to manually enrol students onto a course.
• Students are not able to access a Private (unavailable) course, although these will appear in their list on the Courses tab.

Assign this role to users providing notetaking for DAS registered students.

Note: Notetakers will appear in Turnitin assignment inboxes

Permissions:

• View and download Learning Materials.
• Access YuJa media library for a course. 
• Receive Announcements from courses.

• enrol users
• change users’ role
• remove colleagues who no longer need access to the course.

• enrol users
• change users’ role
• remove colleagues who no longer need access to the course.

Can turn course banner on/off.

Cannot upload or edit course image.

No editing rights – same access as students.

• the Collaborate Room (if available)
• currently available Collaborate sessions
• Collaborate recordings

No editing rights – same access as students.

Can mark submitted work.

Cannot create new GradeBook columns.

Can read messages.

Cannot create or respond to messages.

Can view all course content.

Cannot create or edit content.

• Staff who manage the Organisation.
• Administrative staff who need to make changes to organisation settings and enrolments.

Notes:

• The ‘Owner’ and ‘Administrative Contact’ named when requesting your Organisation will be given the Leader role by default.
• Avoid assigning the Leader role to too many individuals – consider using the Assistant role for colleagues who need to upload and publish information, but who do not have overall responsibility for the organisation.

• Staff who need to upload and publish content, but who do not have overall responsibility for managing the organisation.

Note:

• Assistants have very nearly the same permissions as Leaders, but do not show up in the list of Organisation Staff on the organisation home page.

• Staff who need to upload and publish content, but who do not have overall responsibility for managing the organisation.

• Students
• Staff who need to be able to view an organisation, but not make any changes to it
• External Examiners on External Examiner organisations.

• enrol users
• change users’ role

Can enrol users as participants.

Cannot change user roles.

Can turn course banner on/off.

Cannot upload or edit course image.

• the Collaborate Room (if available)
• currently available Collaborate sessions
• Collaborate recordings