Add TA (or GA, Support Staff, Co-facilitator, Etc.) to Brightspace Course Site

Students and the official Instructor (Instructor of Record) are automatically added to academic course sites in Brightspace. Other roles, such as TA and support staff, need to be added manually and the appropriate role assigned (e.g., Lead TA, Departmental Support, etc.) Note: Users/people must have a UWin ID in order to be added. 

  1. In the Navbar, select Course Tools and select Classlist. If you do not see Classlist in your Navbar, click Course Admin and find Classlist on the Course Administration page.
    arrow 1 pointing to classlist
  2. Click Add Participants and select Add Existing Users.
    arrow 2 pointing to add existing users
  3. Search for the user by typing in their UWinID, first or last name (or both), or student number, and clicking on the magnifying glass Search icon.arrow 3 pointing to the search button
  4. Scroll down to see the search results table. Select the user you want to add by clicking in the check box to the left of the name.
  5. Click in the Select a Role field to select the role field and select the appropriate role from the list. Find the definitions of each role in the Brightspace Roles and the Permissions Associated with Each Role article.
  6. Select Enrol selected users.
    arrow 4 the checkbox
arrow 5 pointing to the role selection dropdown menu
arrow 6 pointing to the enrol selected users button

Note: Once complete, you will receive confirmation that the user was enrolled.