Understanding Insendi roles
There are subtle differences between staff roles in Insendi and it can be difficult to decide which role is appropriate for a user. It helps to understand exactly what tasks each user will be doing on the platform.
Ask yourself questions such as:
- Will they be developing content?
- Do they need to provide written feedback on student activities?
- Will they need to add users?
As a general rule, the auditor role is useful for staff who need to view content but don’t have an active role on the platform (e.g. don’t need to build/edit sessions or provide feedback on activities). The module tutor and module leader roles are suitable for staff with substantial involvement in the teaching and running of the course. The builder roles are suitable for content developers that sit outside of the teaching team (e.g. learning technologists).
Please see below for more guidance on the subtle differences between roles.
NB. If needed, you can assign multiple roles to the same user.
Roles at module level
Can do the following…
- Edit course content within screens
- View student submissions on all activities (except formative quizzes)
- Provide feedback on all activities
- Create new forum topics
- Mark Turnitin assignments and enrol Turnitin graders
- Enrol students
- Enrol all course-level staff (except builders)
- Toggle between student and instructor view
Cannot do the following…
- Enrol course builders
- Add new topics or screens to learning content
- Delete topics or screens from learning content
NB. Names of course leads appear on the course thumbnail whereas names of module tutors do not. See screenshot below. Mark Sullivan = Module Leader.
Same permissions as module leader but can’t…
- Enrol any users
- Name will not appear on course thumbnail
Can do the following…
- view student submissions on most activities (see list of inaccessible activities in the ‘cannot’ list below)
- view feedback given by other staff
- read and respond to forum threads
- start a forum thread if ‘users can create new thread’ option is enabled
Cannot do the following…
- edit
- enrol users
- give feedback on activities
- view student submissions on certain activities: Summative quiz, Reflective Question, Vote, Checkbox
- view video submissions until Lead or Tutor has OK’d the submissions.
- toggle between student and instructor view
Same permissions as auditor, but can also mark Turnitin assignments.
Can do the following…
- edit all course content (including adding and deleting new topics and screens)
- add new forum topics
Cannot do the following…
- enrol users
- view student submissions
- toggle between student and instructor views
Roles at programme level
Can do the following…
- add students to all courses within the programme
- add all staff roles to programmes and courses except builders
- edit content within courses (but can’t add new topics)
- give feedback on student activities
- see all student submissions
Cannot do the following…
- add programme or course builders
- add/delete topics within a course
- edit pre-existing activities (although can delete these)
Can do everything a Programme Leader can do, including giving students feedback on activities.
Cannot add programme or course builders
Can do the following…
- add course builders
- see all courses in a programme
- edit course content
- see student submissions and feedback
Cannot do the following…
- Add users (except course builders)
