Account Types in SAM

Each SAM account has a role—Supervisor, Administrator, Instructor, or Student—that restricts access only to the actions needed for the role. Section creators and owners can perform additional actions for their sections.

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Non-Student Roles

Action	Supervisor	Administrator	Instructor
Create account or change role for administrator
Create account or change role for instructor
Create account or change role for student
Manage admin settings
Change section owner
Add students to a section
Run reports
Access and edit gradebook for assigned sections
Access and edit gradebook for any section
Add or edit assignments for assigned sections
Add or edit assignments for any section
Deactivate an assignment scheduled in more than one section if not the assignment creator
Deactivate section

Section Creators and Owners

Additional actions are available to the creator or owner of a section that are not allowed for other instructors.

Action	Section Creator	Section Owner
Add, edit, and deactivate assignments for section, even if not the assignment creator
Deactivate section

Student Role

Students can:

Access the student version of SAM
Complete their own assignments
View their own scores and grades per instructor settings
Update their own user account

Students can not:

Access instructor, administrator, or supervisor features or views
Create or manage other user accounts