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New Canvas Permission Required
New Canvas Permission Required

New Canvas Permission required for Canvas Archiving and DataX

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Written by Rachel Gough
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Starting on Janurary 13th, institutions will need to update their Canvas Utility Accounts to have the permission Users - act as. This permission will be required in order to archive/import data for Canvas Converstations.

Permission

Root Account

Sub-account

Users - act as

Required

Not available

To enable this permission on your Canvas Utility Account,

  1. Navigate to the Root Account in your Canvas instance

  2. Select Permissions>Account Role

  3. Search for the permission called Users - act as

  4. Enable the permission for the role that is associated with your Canvas Utility Account

*A Canvas Utility Account is a Canvas User Account that is created specifically for the use of Canvas Archiving or DataX. This is the Canvas Account that is used the integration in your Canvas Archiving or DataX instance.

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