Instructor Roles and Permissions

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

Instructor Roles

Note

If you manage your K-12 course through NGLSync, see Co-Teachers (NGLSync).

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. Note 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. Note 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.