Documentation:WeBWorK/Roles and Permissions Settings

This page outlines the roles available in the UBC version of WeBWorK and their associated permission settings. A table of Canvas to WeBWork Role mapping is provided at the bottom.

For courses created in Canvas, only the Professor/TA/Designer/Student roles are explicitly mapped to their Canvas roles. The "Guest" role is a fallback for unrecognized roles from Canvas. For example, if a Canvas admin launched into the course but isn't enrolled in the Canvas course (they don't have a course role), they'll end up as a Guest.

The Grade/Login Proctor roles are for in-person proctored quizzes. Login Proctors start quizzes for students and Grade Proctors allow students to submit their finished quiz.

	Professor	TA	Designer	Grade Proctor	Login Proctor	Student	Guest
General
View Course Home Page	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View User Settings	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Change Email	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Change Password	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Grades	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Report Bugs	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Email WeBWorK TA	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Receive Emails (from above)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Instructor Tools
Access Instructor Tools	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Modify Student Data (Classlist Editor)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Access Question Bank (Library Browser)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Statistics	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Student Progress	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Submit Answers for Student	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
View All Student Past Answers	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Use Scoring Tools	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Email Anyone in the Course	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Email All Students	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Manage Course Files	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Edit Course Configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Manually Sync Grades to Canvas	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Export Grades	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Problem Sets
Create/Delete Problem Sets	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Modify Problem Sets	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Unopened Sets	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Unpublished Sets	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Assign Problem Sets to Specific Students	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Check Problem Answers
Show Previous Attempt	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Check Answer/Correct Answer/Solution Before Open Date	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Check Answer After Open Date	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Show Correct Answer/Solution After Open Date	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Check Answer After Close Date	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Show Correct Answer/Solution After Close Date (Before Answer Date)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Check Answer/Correct Answer/Solution After Answer Date	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View Problem Debugging Info	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Proctored Tests
Create Proctored Test	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Proctor Test Login	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Proctor Test Grade	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
View Proctored Tests	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
View Hidden Work	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Tests
Create Tests	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View Completed Test	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
View All Student Past Answers	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Course Management
Create/Delete Courses	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Fix Course Databases	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Hardcopy Processor
Download Hardcopy Multiuser	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Download Hardcopy Multiset	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Download Hardcopy pdf Format	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Download Hardcopy tex Format	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

This table was created using information on WeBWork defaults and UBC-specific settings.

Users roles and permissions in WeBWork are automatically assigned based on their role in Canvas. The table below outlines how those roles are assigned.

Canvas Role	WeBWork Role
Student	Student
Test Student	Student
Teacher	Professor
Secondary Instructor	Professor
Course ISS	Professor
TA	TA
TA Grader	TA
TA Course Builder	TA
Course Assistant	TA
Course Facilitator	TA
Designer	Designer
Invigilator	Designer
Observer	Student
Guest	Student
ISS Admin	Guest

This table was created using information on Canvas Role Mappings.