How do I manage the Permissions page?
As an admin, you can review and manage permissions for course-level and account-level user roles. Depending on the user role, you may want to edit default permissions and set custom permissions for a user role in your account. Permissions grant or deny access to specific features within an account and course.
Note: Some permissions may not be available for sub-accounts. For full details about sub-account permissions and limitations, view the Canvas Account Permissions PDF.
Open Account
In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].
Open Permissions
In Account Navigation, click the Permissions link.
View Permissions
By default, the permissions page displays course-level user role permissions [1].
To view account-level user role permissions, click the Account Roles tab [2].
Search and Filter Permissions
To search for a specific permission, type a permission name in the Search field [1]. The search field uses predictive filtering.
You can also filter permissions by role. By default, the Permissions page displays all user roles. To filter permissions for a specific user role, type or select the name of the user role from the Permission Role Filter menu [2].
You can use the search and filter options to search permissions for specific user roles.
View Individual Permission
To view information about a specific permission, click the permission name.
View Additional Permission Details
The permission sidebar displays the permission name [1].
View and collapse specific details about the permission by clicking the What it Does and Additional Considerations arrow icons [2]. Please note some permissions may not include these details.
The sidebar also displays the Assigned Roles section [3], which shows all enabled roles for the permission, and the Unassigned Roles section [4], which shows all disabled roles for the permission.
Manage Individual Permission
To manage user roles for the permission, click the icon next to the name of a user role [1]. In the permission menu [2], the existing permission is indicated by a check mark.
Choose the new permission status by clicking one of the permission options: Enable, Enable and Lock, Disable, Disable and Lock, and Use Default. Locked options keep the setting from being changed by subaccount admins in a lower account. The new permission status is saved automatically.
Note: If a permission icon does not display as opaque, you cannot change the permission [3].
View and Manage Individual User Role Permissions
To view all permissions assigned to a specific role, click the role name [1]. You can manage permissions for account-level roles and manage permissions for course-level roles.
To add an account-level role or add a course-level role, view the tab for the appropriate role and click the Add Role button [2].
