Once you have completed all setup for Distributed Administration, a Sub-Org Administrator can access the Sub-Org Unit homepage and complete delegated tasks. The purpose of this page is to show you what a Sub-Org Admin homepage looks like.
Tools and role permissions available to Sub-Org Administrators
Distributed Administration allows you to distribute the following tools to Sub-Org Administrators. You must assign your Sub-Org Administrator these role permissions to give them access to these tools from their Sub-Org Unit homepage:
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Required role permissions
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What can the Sub-Org Administrator do?
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| Courses |
Manage Courses > Has Access to the Manage Courses tool
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Access the Courses tool to create courses and course templates at the Sub-Org Unit level.
Note: Refer to About Courses for more details about using the Courses tool.
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| Grades |
Grades > Manage Grades Schemes |
Access the Schemes tab of the Grades tool to create Grade Schemes at the Sub-Org Unit Level. Those grade schemes cascade and are available to all course offerings that exist as children under the parent Sub-Org Unit.
Note: Refer to Create Grading Schemes using the Grades tool for more details.
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| Homepages and Widgets |
Refer to Homepages permissions for details. |
Access the Homepages tool from the Course Admin page to create and manage Homepages and Widgets.
Note: Refer to Set up your course homepage for more details.
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| Navigation & Themes |
Refer to Navbars permissions for details. |
Access Navigation & Themes from the Course Admin page to create Navbars, Themes, and Custom links for their Sub-Org Unit homepage.
Note: Refer to Set up course navbars and themes for more details.
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| Org Unit Editor |
Org Unit Editor > Create Courses Offerings and Templates
Org Unit Editor > Change Start and End Dates
Org Unit Editor > Change Status
Org Unit Editor > Delete Course Offerings and Templates
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Access the Org Unit Editor from the Course Admin page to create and manage course offerings and templates at the Sub-Org Unit level.
Note: Refer to About Org Unit Editor for more details.
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| Import/Export/Copy Course Components |
Import/Export/Copy Components > View Copy Course Components Log |
Access the View Copy Course History page from the Course Admin page.
Note: Refer to Access the View Copy Course History page for more details.
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| Source Course |
Manage Courses > See Source Courses tab
Manage Courses > Create Source Courses
Manage Courses > Deploy Source Courses
Manage Courses > Delete Source Courses
Manage Courses > Can Re-offer Courses
Manage Courses > Edit Source Course Information at Source Course level
Course Management Console > See Course Info at Source Course level
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Access to Source Courses from the Course Admin page.
Note: To set permissions for a Sub-Org Administrator at the Source Course-level, system Administrators must go to the Roles and Permissions page and, under Choose Org Unit Types, click the Source Course checkbox. Refer to About Source Courses for more details.
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Organization homepage and Sub-Org Unit homepage
When a Sub-Org Unit Administrator logs in to Brightspace, they see the Organization homepage. This homepage should only present a limited experience to Sub-Org Administrators, with no permission to access Admin Tools, organization level courses, or homepage editing settings.
This organization homepage is set up to show Sub-Org Administrator roles a limited view with access to a custom widget that links to their Sub-Org Unit homepage.
This Sub-Org Unit homepage is configured to only show Sub-Org Administrators Course Admin accessible from the Navbar.
When the Sub-Org Administrator navigates to Course Admin, they can access Homepages, Navigation & Themes, Widgets, Courses, Org Unit Editor, and View Copy Course History.
