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1: \label{Roles_About}
2:
3: LON-CAPA has two basic types of Roles, {}``domain'' and {}``course''
4: roles.
5:
6: While LON-CAPA is a role based system, a {}``role'' is really a
7: collection of {}``permissions'', such as {}``permission to post''
8: or {}``permission to change student grades''. For a complete list
9: of currently existing permissions, please consult \texttt{/home/httpd/lonTabs/rolesplain.tab}
10: in a LON-CAPA install. For a complete definition of the various roles
11: described below, consult the \texttt{/home/httpd/lonTabs/roles.tab},
12: in conjunction with the \texttt{rolesplain.tab} file.
13:
14: Domain Administrators and Course Coordinators can create custom roles,
15: so the following only discusses the roles that LON-CAPA ships with,
16: and is not necessarily an exhaustive list, just the common ones. As
17: a developer, it is generally better to look at the \emph{permissions}
18: a user has when determining whether they can perform an action, rather
19: then their specific role.
20:
21: {}``Domain'' roles are roles that apply to the domain in general.
22: The standard domain roles are:
23:
24: \begin{itemize}
25: \item \textbf{Domain adminstrator}\index{Domain Adminstrator}: The domain
26: adminstrator is the {}``superuser'' of that domain. The administrator
27: can create new users or modify existing users, create new courses,
28: and assign any role to users for domain or course roles in that domain.
29: They do not actually have direct control over courses being run in
30: that domain, but they can freely assign themselves {}``Course Coordinator''
31: roles for any course in the domain, so they do theoretically have
32: access to all information in their domain.
33: \item \textbf{Librarian}\index{Librarian}: The librarian has access to
34: all the resources in the domain. As the name implies this is generally
35: for cataloging purposes.
36: \item \textbf{Domain Guest}\index{Domain Guest}: A Domain Guest has the
37: priviledges to log on to a domain and view public resources, but does
38: not belong to any course or have any other priviledges.
39: \item \textbf{Author}\index{Author}: An author has an authoring space and
40: the privilidge to create new resources. Please see the Author's Manual
41: for more information about what an Author can do (http://msu.loncapa.org/adm/help/author.manual.pdf).
42: \end{itemize}
43: {}``Course'' roles apply to specific courses. The standard roles
44: are:
45:
46: \begin{itemize}
47: \item \textbf{Course Coordinator}\index{Course Coordinator}: The Course
48: Coordinator has full control over the course, including assigning
49: roles in the course and such. Typically the person {}``most responsible''
50: for the course will be given this role, which if there is only one
51: instructor will be that instructor.
52: \item \textbf{Instructor}\index{Instructor}: Has power over the students
53: in the course, but can not assign roles or do other {}``admin''
54: type things. This role can also be attached to a specific section.
55: \item \textbf{Student}\index{Student}: Has permission to view the course,
56: do the homework, use the communication mechanisms unless specifically
57: banned by the instructors, and little else.
58: \item \textbf{Teaching Assistant}\index{Teaching Assistant}: Can view and
59: modify grades of other students, and delete messages from the course
60: discussion. Can be limited to sections.
61: \item \textbf{Exam Proctor}\index{Exam Proctor}: Can set grades for students.
62: Very limited.
63: \end{itemize}
64: For an exhaustive list and description of the roles LON-CAPA ships
65: with, see \texttt{www.loncapa.org/roles.html}.
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