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Canvas Administrator

Administrators in Canvas have access to all the school's course and examination rooms, which can facilitate local administration. A person who is to become an administrator in Canvas must be approved by their manager and have a relevant role, which gives reading permission in all courses at one or more schools. People who are to have editing permission also need to complete a short course in self-study format.

The role of administrator in Canvas

As a Canvas administrator, you get the right to administer all the school's Canvas rooms without having to be added to each course. It facilitates administration, review of courses, and more direct support locally at the school. The administrator role comes in two levels: reading permission and editing permission.

Reading permission

Functions that may be relevant for this level include GA, PA and other functions with overall responsibility for courses at one or more schools.

You must have:

  • a relevant role
  • a reasonable justification for requiring reading permission.

Editing permission

Functions that may be relevant for this level include education administrators, Director of Studies, and others with an administrative position. You should not have the role of teacher.

You must have:

  • a relevant role and a reasonable justification
  • been approved by your manager
  • completed the Canvas Administrator course.

Ordering administrator permission

The person who is to have administrator permission must be appointed by their manager.

  1. The manager orders admin permission by emailing it-support@kth.se . Include the level of permission needed and an explanation of why it is needed.
  2. If the order is approved, the person will be granted reading permission.
  3. If the person is to have editing permission, the order will be passed on to E-learning, which will invite the person to a short course in self-study format. The course will end with a debriefing meeting with E-learning.
  4. After the debriefing meeting, the person will be granted editing permission.

Rules for those with admin roles in Canvas

As a Canvas administrator, you agree to

  • take responsibility for not disclosing user information to anyone else
  • not leave your computer unattended when you are logged into Canvas (lock your computer if you leave it)
  • handle information in Canvas that concerns individuals with discretion
  • not give an AI agent* access to Canvas. For example, it is forbidden to use an AI agent while logged in to Canvas, or give log-in details or access tokens to an AI agent.

Remember! People are added to Canvas rooms with automatic syncs, avoid adding people manually as you lose some of the automation that follows.

AI agents

AI agents are generative AI tools that can perform actions autonomously, without the user having any control. Use of these tools in Canvas is prohibited as it is not possible to control what the AI agents does or how the information contained in Canvas is handled.

Examples of AI agents are:

  • agentic browsers, such as Atlas and Comet
  • agentic add-ons to traditional browsers
  • agentic desktop apps
  • agentic code tools.