Assigning Discussion Moderation Roles

Assigning Discussion Moderation Roles#

Tags: educator how-to

You must either be the course author, or have the Admin role, to add people to discussion moderation roles.

You must obtain the email address or username for each person that you want to add.

  • To obtain the email address or username for a course team member, in the LMS select Instructor, then select Membership. In the Course Team Management section, select the current course team role (Staff or Admin) of the person whose information you are looking for. From the list of course team members with the selected role locate the required email address or username.

  • To obtain the email address or username for an enrolled learner, in the LMS select Instructor, then select Data Download. In the Reports section, select Download profile information as a CSV. In the downloaded file, locate the required email address or username.

Add Someone To a Discussion Role#

You can add any user who is already enrolled in your course to a discussion moderation role.

Note

To add someone to the Discussion Admin role, you must be the course author or a course team member who has the Admin role.

  1. View the live version of the course.

  2. Select Instructor, and then select Membership.

  3. In the Course Team Management section, select the discussion role that you want to assign: Discussion Admins, Discussion Moderators, Group Community TA, or Community TA.

  4. Under the list of users who currently have that role, enter the email address or username of the person you want to add.

  5. Select Add for the role type.

    The person who you added appears in the list.

Remove Someone from a Discussion Role#

To remove someone from a discussion moderation role, you must be the course author or have the Admin role.

  1. View the live version of the course.

  2. Select Instructor, and then select Membership.

  3. In the Course Team Management section, select the discussion role from which you want to remove the user: Discussion Admins, Discussion Moderators, Group Community TA, or Community TA.

  4. In the list of users who currently have that role, locate the user you want to remove, and then select Revoke access.

    The person who you removed no longer appears in the list.