Please see Add a User to Your Site on how to add a participant to a Brightspace site. Below is intended to be a summary of frequent use cases of adding TAs but not an exhaustive list of how TAs are set up in Brightspace.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions for Adding a TA so they have access to all lecture and seminar sections
Follow the Add a Participant steps found through the link above.
Once the TA has been added to the site go to Course Tools and select the Course Admin option.
In Course Admin, under the Learner Management heading, select “Sections”.
Once in sections, search for the ‘User’ and check the boxes under the sections throughout the horizontal list.
Click Save over the far left (scrolling maybe required).
These settings are best for smaller courses that have fewer seminars. If it is a large class, it is recommended that these individuals might best be added in an “Instructor” role. It is a long process to select all of the sections/seminars to add a TA to if there are a large number of seminars (there is no ‘select all’ button).
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions for Adding a TA so they only have access to one seminar section
Follow the Add a Participant steps found through the link above.
When adding the TA as a participant, add them only to the section they are responsible for in the “Sections” field.
The only way to have the filter/search option for sections/seminars is to add TAs to more than one section: e.g the lecture and at least one seminar.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions for Adding a TA so they only have access to multiple seminar sections
Follow the Add a Participant steps found through the link above.
Once the TA has been added to the site go to Course Tools and select the Course Admin option.
In Course Admin, under the Learner Management heading, select “Sections”.
Once in sections, from the vertical list select the appropriate seminars and/or lecture sections.
. Select the ‘Enrol Users’ search for the ‘User’ and check the boxes under the sections in the horizontal list.
Click Save over to the far left (scrolling maybe required).
The more sections in the class the more tedious the process. Note that once multiple sections are selected: the View By: ‘Users’ or ‘Sections’ becomes visible.
Step 1
Go to Classlist tool. You can access this through the course navigation bar or via Course Admin.
Step 2
On the Classlist page, select the blue Add Participants button and then select from the drop-down menu, Add existing users.
Step 3
On the Add Existing Users page, in the search bar type the Name, Email, Org Defined ID, or Username of the person you wish to add to your course.
Then hit Enter or select the magnifying glass to conduct the search.
(Note: There may be multiple Brock Brightspace users with the same name. Modify the search option filters to narrow the result list. We recommend filtering your search by email or Org Defined ID (Brock IDs) for the best results)!
Step 4
Locate and select user account on the results list. Use the drop down arrows in the Role and Section columns to assign the user’s tool permissions and roster associations within the site (if applicable).
Role Options: Instructor, SAS Accommodations, Student, Teaching Assistant. Each role has different tool permissions and access.
Section Options: Sections are the rosters that are currently associated with your site. If the site has rosters enabled site members must be associated with one.
(Note: if you are adding, Teaching Assistants, Marker Graders, Lab demonstrators, or Course coordinators to a site and they require access to more than 1 roster in the site assign them to the major course component roster, i.e. LEC, BLD, ASYC, SYNC. If they require access to one seminar, lab, or tutorial section section only assign them to that specific roster section to restrict access).
**If you are adding your TA to all of your sections you can also use the Instructor Quick Add or repeat step 4 as necessary. [edit for clarity and accuracy].
Step 5
Select the blue Enroll Selected Users button at bottom of the page
Step 6
On the Confirmation of Enrollment page review the user account, role and section.
Click blue Done button to finish or select the grey Add more Participants button to start another search.
Step 7
More detail on adding TAs, such as adding TAs to specific sections article can be found here: Add a TA to Lecture and seminar sections.