From 3a185b2656b41445e22a8871aa126b14efedb687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hoeber Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 11:36:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Note about course staff and discussion admin roles doc-309 --- docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst | 3 +++ .../course_authors/source/running_course/discussions.rst | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst index f1367f1d54..f154995274 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ May, 2014 * - Date - Change + * - 05/09/14 + - Updated :ref:`Assigning_discussion_roles` with a note about course staff requiring + explicit granting of discussion administration roles. * - 05/08/14 - Added warnings to :ref:`Add a File` about file size. * - 05/07/14 diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/running_course/discussions.rst b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/running_course/discussions.rst index d8eb00b7ce..4dd8af6193 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/running_course/discussions.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/running_course/discussions.rst @@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ You can designate a team of people to help you run course discussions. Different * Discussion admins have the same options for working with discussions as moderators. Admins can also assign these discussion management roles to more people while your course is running, or remove a role from a user whenever necessary. Responses and comments made by admins are marked as "Staff". -.. note:: Discussion responses and comments made by course staff and instructors are also marked as "Staff". +.. note:: + Course staff and instructors that you set up in Studio are not automatically + granted discussion administration roles. You must explicitly grant discussion + administration roles to course staff and instructors if they intend to + administer course discussions. Before you can assign roles to your discussion administrators, you need their email addresses or usernames.