How do I add a Teaching Assistant to my course?
You will learn how to add a Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant to your course in TITANium.
Due to federal regulations (FERPA) and contract agreements, the only people who should be grading or entering grades should be those who are hired by the University, as they receive FERPA training. If the student is employed by the university, they will have an account/access to TITANium, and a faculty member can add those TAs into the course as a Non-editing teacher.
1. Enter your course in TITANium.
2. Click on Participants in the Nav drawer.
Tip: If the Nav drawer is not displayed, click on the Hamburger icon.
3. Click on Enroll users.
4. Type the user's first and last name in the search field.
5. Select the desired user's name.
6. Using the drop down menu, select the desired role.
You have the Teacher role in your course. This allows you to add any user to your course and give them one of five roles.
Student = User can access only course content that the Teacher allows. This is the default role.
Teacher = User has the same role as you have, meaning control over all content including access to all student grades within the course
Non-editing teacher = User can access and grade Activities, but cannot change the value of Grade items in the Gradebook, although the non-editing teacher can view the gradebook, he cannot change student grades direclty in the gradebook.
Non-grading Teacher = User can add content/Resources/Activities to the course, but cannot access the student Grades.
7. Click on Enroll selected users and cohorts.
8. The user is now enrolled in your course as a Non-grading teacher.
Article Summary
You have now learned how to add a Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant to your course in TITANium.