The Canvas Learning Management System organizes its academic course sites by “Sub-Accounts” (for instance: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Education, Psychology…)

Upon request (contact: [email protected]) Department Administrators can be granted a limited administrative delegated access to all of the Canvas sites used by instructors within their sub-account.

Department Administrator access to Canvas sub-account sites allows the administrator:

• Access to all sub-account Canvas sites
• Access to all sub-account Question Banks
• Permission to post “sub-account” Announcements (announcement posted to all users in the sub-account)
• Permission to Publish course sites
• Permission to add and remove site user accounts (Student / Teacher / TA / Designer / Observer)
• Permission to create and manage folders and upload content to the site’s Files tool
• Permission to create and manage Canvas course site Pages and Modules
• Permission to create course site Announcements, Assignments, Rubrics, Discussions, Syllabus and Quizzes
• Permission to add/delete course Calendar events
• Permission to create and populate course site Group Sets and Groups

Department Administrator access to sub-account sites does not allow the administrator:

• Access to any student submitted Assignment or Quiz
• Access to any Canvas SpeedGrader function
• Access to any student grades
• Set the course site Home page
• View the course site as a student
• Copy content from one sub-account course site to another sub-account course site
• Hide / Reorder site tools