Faculty Observer Role

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"Faculty Observer" is a special role in Canvas granted to UTHealth faculty by their school's LMS Advisory Team (LMSAT) member. This role is managed in accordance with the Canvas Policy: Administration of Canvas

This role gives users the ability to view content in all courses in the Canvas subaccount to which they are added. It does NOT give a user the ability to view grades or modify anything within the course.

After the LMSAT member fulfills a faculty member's request for this role, the faculty member will see a new item on the left side of their Canvas screen, the Admin button:


Clicking it will reveal a Courses option:

This will provide a searchable list of all courses that the user has access to view.

Please direct questions to your school's LMSAT member.

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