Types of Roles and Accounts in Canvas

LEARNERS

NUS Student

Student

Accessing Canvas course as a student

Use official NUS accounts

NUS Alumni

Student

Accessing Canvas course as a student or CET course as a student

• Use official NUS Alumni account, personal or corporate account

• Auto-creation via OAP integration for CET learners

• Manual creation via Excel upload for Non-Academic

Non-NUS Student

Student

Accessing Canvas CET course as a student

• Auto-creation via OAP integration for CET learners

• Manual creation via Excel upload for Non-Academic

INSTRUCTORS

NUS staff

Teacher

Course coordinator – teach course; manage marks and grades

Use official NUS account

NUS staff

Tutor

Helping instructor to manage the course; BUT not involved in grade; marks

Use official NUS account

Alumni

Tutor

Helping instructor to manage the course; BUT not involved in grade; marks

Use official NUS Alumni account

Non-NUS Staff

Teacher or Teaching Assistant

Longer term roles and helping NUS staff to manage the course over a semester and involved with grades and marks for course

Apply for NUSNET visitor accounts

Non-NUS Staff

Teaching Assistant

Shorter-term roles and helping NUS staff manage the course over a few days or weeks and involve grades and marks for course

• Apply for non-NUS local Canvas accounts with email/authenticator 2FA

• 2FA is not set at the point of application, it is set up by the users themselves.

• The course owners should inform their guest instructors to set up 2FA for security.

Non-NUS Staff

Tutor

Roles that help NUS staff manage the course but do not involve grades and marks

Apply for non-NUS local Canvas accounts without 2FA