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    1: \label{Course_Change_Privileges}
    2: To add a user to a course or to modify a user's privileges, do the following: (Note: if creation of new users is not permitted in your domain, you will only be able to add a user with an existing account in the LON-CAPA system). As an author (role selected), you can use this same mechanism to grant users co-author access to your authoring space.
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    4: \begin{enumerate}
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    6: \item Click "Manage course users" (\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{cprv} or \textbf{CUSR}) in the \textbf{Main Menu} page.
    7: \item Click the \underbar{Add/Modify a Course User} link.
    8: \item You can use the \textbf{User Search} section to search for a user by username, or last name, in a specific LON-CAPA domain, or in an institutional directory, if the domain has access to an institutional directory search service.  You can also click the \textbf{Select User} link and a window will open with a list of all the users in the course.  
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   10: \textbf{Note}: If you know the exact username, you can either use a ``username is ...'' search in the search section, or  type the username in the textbox in the \textbf{Create a new user} section.
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   12: \item Click the  \textbf{Search} or \textbf{Create User} button, as appropriate.
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   14: \textbf{Note}: If the user exists, the \textbf{Modify existing user} screen will display the user's information, existing roles and roles you can assign. Which fields appear as textboxes in the \textbf{Personal Data} table, and may be modified, will depend on policies set for the domain.
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   16: \textbf{Note}: If this will be a new user, the \textbf{Create New User} screen will display fields to type in the user's nformation, and roles you can assign.
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   18: \item Click the box next to the roles you wish to revoke, or add to the user. If 
   19: you are adding roles, a section can be assigned (not required) by choosing from existing sections or typing a new one. You can also provide starting and ending dates for the role.
   20: \item Click \textbf{Modify user}.
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   22: \end{enumerate}