A new Canvas TA course role has been added – the Grader. The Grader role is based on the TA role, but has many permissions disabled except those permissions needed to support a teacher with grading. A Grader can view submitted student work and enter grades and comments. A Grader can also view course content in many of the tools, but unlike users in the TA role, Graders cannot edit content. The Grader will also not see the People, Announcements, or Discussions tools in course navigation. Because the Grader role is based on the TA role, the Grader can view and edit some course settings.

Since there is no official roster role for the Grader, a course instructor must manually add users in this role to a course.

Please note that if a TA is listed on your official course roster, the user will be enrolled as a TA in your Canvas course during roster synchronization and the user’s role cannot be changed.