Instructor Roles and Permissions

Instructors can teach MindTap courses individually, or can share the responsibility with additional instructors and teaching assistants (TAs).

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Instructor Roles

MindTap courses have the following instructor roles.

Role	Description
Primary instructor	Course creator, or another instructor in the same course assigned as primary instructor role.
Co-instructor	Cengage instructor account added as an instructor to an existing course.
Teaching assistant (TA)	Cengage student account added as an instructor to an existing course. K–12 courses do not have a TA role.

Each course has only one primary instructor, but can have multiple co-instructors and TAs.

Instructor roles can have the following permissions.

Permission	Example Actions
Manage Activities (Edit/Add)	Add, edit, move, hide/show, or delete activities. You can only delete the activities you add. Add, edit, move, hide/show, or delete folders and units in the course content. Edit the course outline title.
View and Manage gradebook	Extend a due date for a student. Add comments for a student. Edit grades for a student. Drop a student.
Manage course settings	Edit permissions for instructors or TAs. Change dashboard settings. Edit activity settings.
Primary instructor only	Edit course start and end dates. Rename or delete a course. Add or remove instructors or TAs. Change the primary instructor.