Qwickly Course Tools: Course Management Role Selector

The Course Management role selector now appears in Qwickly Course Tools Settings.  Ideally, it should be viewed when logged in to an LMS with an administrator role.  The role selector allows admins the ability to restrict showing the Course Management tool by using roles.  This shows system role and course role selectors in Blackboard or the course role only in D2L and Canvas.  Testing information is also presented at the bottom of this article.

In Blackboard: There is a system role and a course role selector. Both can be set but a user only has to satisfy one of these role requirements to see Course Management.  For example, if a user is enrolled in a course with a course builder role but does not have a required system role, they can still see Course Management.

In Canvas: Only the course role list selector is presented.  All admins and users with an account role can view Course Management regardless of course enrollment.

In D2L: Only a course role list selector is presented.  A user must be enrolled in a course with a selected role to see Course Management.

If not logged in as an admin, a warning should appear for the system role selector.  Functionality of the selectors depends on the user's LMS entitlements:

The user must either have a selected system role or be enrolled in at least one course with a selected course role in order to see Course Management. 

Here the user can not see Course Management:

Example of system role only satisfied but no course enrollments:

Blackboard Original Testing Steps

1. Log in to Blackboard as an admin and assign a course builder system role to a test user:
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2. Configure the course builder system role in Qwickly Course Tools settings. (While still logged in to Blackboard as an admin)
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   • Click "Save"
3. Log in to blackboard as the test user, verify that Course Management is presented in Qwickly Course Tools:
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4. Log in to Blackboard as an admin, remove user’s system role (See previous screenshots for editing user info in the Blackboard Admin Panel).
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5. Enroll the test user in a course with a course designer role:
   • Open a course:
   • Find the “users” menu under “Users and Groups”
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6. Configure course builder course role in Qwickly Course Tools settings (see previous screenshots for accessing Qwickly Course Tools settings):
   
   • Deselect the system configured earlier and select the course builder course role
7. Log in to blackboard as the test user and verify that Course Management is presented in Qwickly Course Tools (same as before)

Canvas Testing Steps

1. Log in to Canvas as an admin and assign an account role to a test user:
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2. Log in to Canvas as the test user, launch Qwickly Course Tools and verify that Course Management is presented:
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3. Log in to Canvas as an admin again and remove the admin account role:
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4. Enroll the test user user in a course with a course builder role:
   
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5. In Qwickly Course Tools settings, configure the course builder role.
6. Log in to Canvas as the test user, launch Qwickly Course Tools, and verify that the Course Management tool is presented.

D2L Testing Steps

1. Log in to D2L as an admin and enroll a test user in a course with a course designer role:
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2. In course Tools Settings, configure a course designer role.
3. Log in to D2L as the test user and verify that Course Management is presented in Course Tools:
   
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4. Log in to D2L as an admin.
5. In Course Tools settings deselect all course roles.
6. Log in to D2L as a course Designer
7. Verify that Manage Courses is not presented in Course Tools:
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