Roles and Permissions Open edX
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Roles LMS
Course Staff and Course Admin can assign permissions to new users to limit their permissions. Each user can log on to the LMS App; their Role will dictate which parts of the App are accessible. Each user can edit their password.
Roles and Permissions | |
Role | Description |
|---|---|
Course Admin | Platform administrator and support agents. |
Course Staff | Instructors and content creators. |
Course Data Researcher | Instructor assistant, grade manager, course monitor |
Discussion Moderator | Assistant instructor, course instructor |
Beta Tester | Beta users, course instructor |
Student | For Students |
Permissions by Role (LMS)
The following table displays which actions in the app each user has access to.
Permissions | ||||||||||||
Roles | Creation of organizations | Access to Studio | Create and edit content | Grant or revoke permits | Have full access to the instructor dashboard in the LMS | Access to the course before the start date | Send emails to students | Reset number of attempts | Edit, delete and manage comments in student forums | View the course after the start date | Participate in discussion forums | Access to the “Data Download” tab of the Instructor dashboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Course Admin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Course Staff | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Course Data Researcher | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Discussion Moderator | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Beta tester | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Student | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Roles DJANGO SYSADMIN
Roles with which you can access the django admin where you can view your site logs and more.
Roles and Permissions | |
Role | Description |
|---|---|
Sysadmin | User with the most permissions granted. |
Sys staff | User with which you can login to DJANGO admin |
Permissions by Role (DJANGO ADMIN)#
Permissions | ||||
Roles | Access to Django Sysadmin | Access to all tables to modify records manually | Restricting access to tables to staff users | Access to authorized tables |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sysadmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Sys staff | Yes | No | No | Yes |
