What is the difference between team member roles?

Understand owner, instructor, grader, and student permissions and who can do what in a course.

Last updated July 2026

The four roles

  • Owner — full control of the course, including team and deletion.
  • Instructor — manages assessments, assigns grading, and releases results.
  • Grader — marks only the responses assigned to them.
  • Student — submits work and views released results.
Team members list with role labels
Team members list with role labels

Changing a member’s role

  1. Open your course and go to Team members.
  2. Find the person you want to update.
  3. Select their current role and choose a new one.

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