Who can do what on course (level-4 object) variations? – Coursetune Support

Also answers:

What can a viewer do on a variation?
What can commenters do on a variation?
What can editors do on a variation?
What can managers do on a variation?

This article covers the Course (level-4 object) Variation-specific role permissions.

For more information on what roles can do on all Coursetune levels, check out this article: How are the roles defined on a Course (level 4), Program (Level 3), Division (Level 2), or Institution (Level 1) Team?

Roles on the full variation stack

There are four team roles in Coursetune that can be given to the entire stack of variations:

Viewers (V) - can see the curriculum plan, mappings, and reports
Commenters (C) - can do what viewers do and participate in discussions around the courses
Editors (E) - can do what commenters do and edit the curriculum plan outside the nucleus
Managers (M) - can do what editors do and edit the nucleus, change who is on a team (with what roles), change the status of suggestions, and move courses and programs

Managers and Admins are able to turn variations on and off and are able to edit everything in the stack of variations. To edit the elements in the nucleus, managers and admins need to navigate to the base variation and then the c-layer.

Editors who have inherited rights from above (program or division level), or who are assigned to the base variation will have editing access to all variations (but not the nucleus). They can edit the bundle layer, including the following:

adding or editing bundles
moving LOs to different bundles
adding individual activities.

If you are an editor on a course (level-4 object) before the Variations feature is turned on, you will inherit rights to all variations when the variation feature is enabled.

Roles on an individual variation

There are three team roles in Coursetune that can be given to an individual variation:

Viewer-v - can see the curriculum plan, mappings, and reports for the specific variation
Commenter-v - can do what viewer-v can do and participate in discussions around the specific variation
Editor-v - can do what commenter-v can do and edit the curriculum plan outside the nucleus on the specific variation

Let's look at the specific differences between roles.

Differences between Manager, Editor, and Editor-V

	Manager	Editor (full stack of variations)	Editor-v (assigned to non-base variation)
Can turn on variations	Yes	No	No
Can add a variation	Yes	No	No
Can delete a variation	Yes	No	No
Can edit the course nucleus	Yes (on the base variation, c-layer)	No	No
Can edit the bundle type and bundles	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, only for the variation(s) where they have access
Can add, edit, or delete an LO	Yes (on the base variation, c-layer)	No	No
Can move LOs into different bundles	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, only for the variation(s) where they have access
Can move LOs into different C-Layers	Yes (on the base variation, c-layer)	No	No
Can add an activity set to a variation	Yes	No	No
Can add a single activity to a variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, only for the variation(s) where they have access
Can do mapping on the LOs	Yes (on the base variation, c-layer)	No	No
Can add or edit a course-level outcome set	Yes	No	No
Can view the c-layer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can view all the course variations	Yes	Yes	No
Can comment on a course variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, for all variations in the stack including the base variation	Yes, only on the variation(s) where they have access
Can share a course variation	Yes, only on the base variation	Yes, only on the base variation	No (only the base variation can be shared)

Sharing a course can be done by users with proper role permissions. Read Who can share a course (level-4 object)? for more information.

Mapping to proxy courses functions the same whether there are variations on the source course or not. If a course (level-4 object) has the Variations feature turned on, and is proxied, the proxy circle graph will display the variations UI (solid white circle). That tells you that the source course contains course variations. You will not see the course variations in the proxy course(s). You can, however, map proxies to program and course outcome sets within the program they live. Read When can I map to outcome sets on shared level 4 objects (Shared Courses)? for more information.

Difference between Commenter and Commenter-v Roles

	Commenter (full stack of variations)	Commenter-v (assigned to non-base variation)
Can comment on all variations	Yes	No
Can comment on base variation	Yes	No
Can comment on non-base variation	Yes	Yes, only on the variation(s) where they have access)

*Commenters cannot edit

Difference between Viewer and Viewer-v Roles

	Viewer (full stack of variations)	Viewer-v (assigned to non-base variation)
Can view all variations	Yes	No
Can view base variation	Yes	No
Can view non-base variation	Yes	Yes, only on the variation(s) where they have access)

*Viewers cannot edit