Brightspace TA Training

TA Role Descriptions in Brightspace

At the beginning of each semester, the SAS (Software and application support Centre) offers a Brightspace overview and how-to to Teaching assistants.

There are several different TA roles on Brightspace. The course instructor can choose any assign any of these roles to their course. A description of each role can be found below:

TA(Full) - They are identical to instructor, but cannot add people to the course, and can access the Gradebook.

TA(Grader: With Quiz Access Permissions) - They can access the course and manipulate grades, but not Content. They can access the Gradebook. They can access Quizzes as well.

TA(Grader: Without Quiz Access Permissions) - They can access the course and manipulate grades, but not Content. They can access the Gradebook. They cannot access Quizzes.

TA(Read Only) - They can access the course, but only as an observer. They cannot access the Gradebook but can see student activity information.