When manually adding users to a course, you can add a user into any available role.

Standard roles include Teaching Assistants (TAs), Observers, and Designers:

• TAs provide course support and have some or all of the same permissions granted to instructors.
• Observers can be linked to a student and view student progress in the course. Observers can include parents, guardians, and/or mentors.
• Designers can add other users to the course, access course content, create discussions, announcements, assignments, quizzes, and other content filled features. This role is appropriate for instructional designers, instructional coaches, or program managers who work with instructors to design their courses.

The following page contains instructions on how to add someone to a course space: How do I add users to a course?