Overview
This article explains the application setting that controls whether a Teacher who is enrolled to teach a Subject, but who is not the main (responsible) Teacher of that Subject, is allowed to edit the online content of that Subject’s Learning Room.
The setting is named “Enable Subject editing for enrolled Teachers” (setting ID: MyCourses_Enable_Subject_Editing_For_Enrolled_Teachers) and is found under App Settings > Teacher Portal Rights > Basic Settings .
What This Setting Does
This setting behaves the same way in both K-12 mode and Higher Education Mode – there is no functional difference between the two modes for this setting. In practice, it tends to come up more often in Higher Education institutes, where a Subject more commonly has several enrolled Teachers in different roles (for example assistants or lab instructors), while in K-12 a Subject is more often taught by a single Teacher. This is simply a typical pattern of use, not a restriction of the setting itself.
This is an on/off (checkbox) setting. It is disabled by default.
- When disabled (default): only the Teacher marked as the main, responsible Teacher of a Subject can edit that Subject’s Learning Room content.
When enabled: every Teacher who is enrolled to teach that Subject – not only the main Teacher – is also allowed to edit the Subject’s Learning Room content.
In simple terms, this setting decides whether Subject content management stays with a single lead Teacher, or is shared among all the Teachers enrolled on that Subject.
Main Settings / General Settings / Teachers Portal Rights / Basic Settings / Enable Subject editing for enrolled Teachers
If the setting is enabled, the teacher will be able to edit the Subjects he/she is enrolled in.
Setting -> Active
Figure 1
Setting -> Inactive
If the setting is disabled, the teacher will only be able to view the courses he/she is enrolled in
Figure 2
Where It Is Used
This setting applies inside the “My Courses” area of the Teacher’s portal, where a Teacher sees the list of Subjects they teach or are enrolled in. Opening a Subject from this list leads to that Subject’s Learning Room – a dedicated online content area (a mini-site) for the Subject.
The effect of this setting becomes visible inside the Learning Room. For a Teacher who is enrolled but not the main Teacher, being allowed to edit means being able to:
- Add new content pages to the Learning Room
Reorder existing content pages
- Use the Roster action
Use the Subject Planning action
- Edit individual pages and content blocks within the Learning Room
This setting does not affect the Subject’s own basic information, such as its title. That is controlled by a separate setting (see Notes below).
Administrators and Secretaries always have full editing rights on Learning Rooms and are not affected by this setting.
Business Logic / Behavior
- This setting only affects Teacher accounts. Administrators and Secretaries are unaffected and always retain full Learning Room editing rights.
An “enrolled Teacher” is any Teacher assigned to teach a given Subject for a given Group/Class – regardless of the specific role that Teacher was enrolled with (for example, main Teacher, assistant, or lab instructor). This is broader than just the single Teacher marked as “responsible” for the Subject.
- With the setting disabled, only the one responsible Teacher of the Subject can edit the Learning Room; every other enrolled Teacher can view the content but not change it.
With the setting enabled, all enrolled Teachers on that Subject gain the same editing rights as the responsible Teacher, allowing shared, collaborative maintenance of the Subject’s online content.
- The setting only has a practical effect when a Subject has more than one enrolled Teacher, and when Learning Rooms are enabled for the institute (see Notes below).
Example
Alpha Institute teaches a Biology Subject to one of its Groups. Maria P. is enrolled as the main, responsible Teacher for this Subject. George S. is also enrolled on the same Subject, in the role of lab instructor, to support the practical lab sessions.
With the setting disabled (default): Maria P. can open the Biology Learning Room and add, reorder, and edit content pages, and use the Roster and Subject Planning actions. George S. can open the same Learning Room and view its content, but the editing actions are not available to him. If George S. wants to add material for an upcoming lab session, he has to ask Maria P. to add it on his behalf.
With the setting enabled: George S. gets the same editing rights as Maria P. on the Biology Learning Room. He can now add a new content page for the lab session himself, reorder pages, and use the Subject Planning action directly, without needing Maria P. to do it for him.
When to Use
When to Enable
Enable this setting when a Subject is regularly taught or supported by more than one Teacher – for example team teaching, lab instructors, or teaching assistants – and the institute wants all of these Teachers to be able to maintain the Subject’s shared online content directly, without depending on the main Teacher for every change.
When to Disable
Keep this setting disabled (the default) when the institute wants a single point of responsibility for each Subject’s online content – typically when each Subject has one main Teacher, or when the institute prefers to avoid multiple people making uncoordinated changes to the same Learning Room.
Notes
- Prerequisite – “Enable Learning Rooms”/Enable_Learning_Rooms ( App Settings > Basic Customization > Discussion Boards ) must be enabled for the institute, since this setting only affects editing rights inside Learning Rooms. If Learning Rooms are not enabled, this setting has no visible effect.
Related – “Set which user type can edit the Subject title”/MyCourses_Account_Type_Can_Edit_About ( App Settings > Teacher Portal Rights > Basic Settings ) controls who may edit the Subject’s own title/basic information. This is a separate area from the Learning Room content governed by the setting described in this article.
This setting behaves the same way in both K-12 mode and Higher Education Mode – there is no functional difference between the two modes for this setting. In practice, it tends to come up more often in Higher Education institutes, where a Subject more commonly has several enrolled Teachers in different roles (for example assistants or lab instructors), while in K-12 a Subject is more often taught by a single Teacher. This is simply a typical pattern of use, not a restriction of the setting itself.
