Security and access control for roles which have access to our students’ assessments and grades are of the utmost importance to the Learning and Teaching Systems team (LATS). Accordingly, LATS has an annual audit process which includes reviewing and renewing approval for all roles with elevated permissions across Canvas, UTS Open, and REVIEW.

From Monday March 18, the process for the renewal of access will move to an individually-submitted online form to make it easier for staff to submit, and for managers to approve the access requests. The change will also streamline storage and reporting for audit purposes, and will be separated into two phases.

Phase one: New or individual requests

From Monday March 18, any request for elevated access will automatically generate an email to your account. The subject of the email will be “New request for elevated role in Canvas”. Attached to this email will be a list of all the staff who submitted forms, for your approval.
Further instructions will be included in that email.
You are required to update the attached spreadsheet to approve each individual request by entering YES under the “Approve” column, and return the form to us by clicking on the reply button as it will direct you to our shared email account.
Please note, learing and teaching systems team will not action on any indidual request unless they recieve an approval from you.

Requests can be disapproved by stating NO in the “Approve” column cell.

Phase two: Bulk annual approval

In mid December 2024 we will contact you, providing you with a list of staff in your area who currently have the elevated role in Canvas, due annually for expiry after January 31 2025. In the email, you will receive a link to the online form so you can share it with those who require the extension of their access for another year, until January 2026. New staff members will be able to use the same form to request elevated access for the first time.
You are required to update the attached spreadsheet to approve each individual request by entering YES under the “Approve” column, and return the form to us by clicking on the reply button as it will direct you to our shared email account, in less than two weeks.
Please note, staff whose renewal approval is not received will have their access revoked after January 31, 2026, automatically.
Requests can be disapproved by stating NO in the “Approve” column cell.

Important: Staff who are studying as a student in Canvas

Please note that due to the sensitive data accessible to elevated roles, staff who are studying as a student in Canvas will not be granted elevated access to any Faculty or School in which they are studying, within 6 months before or after their planned or completed study.

The form includes information about the responsibilities and obligations of staff in the use of these roles, the auditability of their actions, and questions to enable them to submit information about their study plans.

For those staff we will highlight the column related to the below question if the answer is Yes.
“Current/Recent student at UTS, or UTS College?”