Local Administrators

Brightspace offers a Local Administrator role that provides increased access and permissions to individuals who require oversight of many Brightspace sites within a few Departments or Centres. Current use cases of this role include: collections librarians, coordinators of department-wide project sites, educational technology support staff, and individuals responsible for the standardization of course sites across a department.

How to request Brightspace Local Administrator access

First, reach out to us at cpi@brocku.ca to talk through your needs in Brightspace, if your current role can’t achieve your desired functionality we might recommend requesting Local Administrator access.

To request access complete the Learning Management System > Local Administrator section of the Security Access Request Form (SARF).

What can I do as a Local Administrator?

The three most significant distinctions of a Local Administrator vs. faculty-staff role are:

1. Access to all of the course sites within a department/faculty without being included in the https://cpibrock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BLEDOCU/pages/964263968(instead of just sites you are the instructor of record for, or another user has added you to).

2. Ability to batch enrol users into a course site from a file (instead of individually).

3. Access to the Org Unit Editor tool that displays all course sites within a department in one list, not just those you have been added to the https://cpibrock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BLEDOCU/pages/964263968 in.

Local Administrator Orientation

Once approved as a Local Administrator, CPI will offer a brief orientation session to get you acquainted with the role. Reach out to cpi@brocku.ca with any further questions.