Managing co-authors in a course
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Professional |
Co-authors |
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✅ A maximum of 3 co-authors can be added. |
✅ Unlimited co-authors can be added. |
Instructors |
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Admins |
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After course creation, admins can add co-authors to build and manage your courses together. The co-authors can have one of the following privileges:
Instructor: The privileges of an instructor are:
- View lessons
- View lesson statistics and global reports
- Participate in discussions
- Evaluate assignments and quizzes
Contributor: In addition to the privileges of an instructor, a contributor can:
- Create and manage lessons and chapters
- Manage lesson settings
- Manage lesson resources
Admins: An admin can do everything an instructor and a contributor can, plus:
- Manage users
- Manage course settings
- Manage tags and categories
- Manage discussions
- Manage statistics and reports
- Edit course overview
Adding co-authors to a course
To add co-authors:
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Navigate to the course, then click Add co-authors in the Co-authors section.
- Select the users you want to add, then click Add.
Changing the privilege of co-authors in a course
When a co-author is added to a course, they will have contributor privilege by default. The admin of the course can change the privilege of the co-author.
To change the privilege:
- Navigate to the course, then go to the Co-authors section.
- Click the More Options icon (
) on the co-author.
- Select one of the privileges.
Removing co-authors from a course
To remove co-authors:
- Navigate to the course, then go to the Co-authors section.
- Click the More Options icon (
) on the co-author.
- Click Remove.
- Hub admins cannot edit or manage course content created by others, but they can add learners to those courses.
- After creating a course, the course authors can add users with admin permissions. These users will have all the privileges of the course author.