> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# People and roles on a course

> See who teaches and studies on a course, invite co-teachers and assistants, accept invitations, and give a course to another teacher.

Every course has an **Owner**: the teacher who created it. The owner can bring in other teachers and assistants to
help. Each person's role decides what they can do. Roles are set per course, so you can own one course and assist on
another.

## The People tab

Open a course and choose **People**. It appears once the course is published.

* **Teachers** lists the lecturers and assistants on the course, with their roles. The owner can remove one from the
  row's **⋮** menu.
* **Students** lists everyone enrolled, with their matric number or student ID. **Activity** says **Active** if
  they've recently opened a material or handed something in. **Last active** says when they last did. The owner and
  teachers can choose a student's name to see their grades and activity.
* Each row's **⋮** menu has **Send email** and **Copy email**. On a student's row, **Remove student** takes them off
  the course. This can't be undone.

You can't add students yourself. They join on their own, with the course's entry code. See
[publish a course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/publish-a-course.md).

## Roles

| Can… | Owner | Teacher | Assistant | Student assistant |
| - | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| See the course, its materials, outline and people | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit the course and its settings; publish, end or duplicate it | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Delete the course, give it away, invite or remove teachers | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Remove students | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Add, edit and delete study materials | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Edit the outline | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Draft assignments, see submissions and grade them | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Publish, delete and duplicate assignments | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Draft quizzes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Publish, delete and duplicate quizzes | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Everything to do with exams | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| See and export the gradebook | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Post and moderate discussions and announcements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| See the calendar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Schedule classes | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| See engagement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Use Lena Agent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |

A **student assistant** is a student who helps run the course. They see only **Courses** in the sidebar, and only the
**Details**, **Outline**, **Study Materials** and **People** tabs.

## Invite a co-teacher or assistant

Only the owner can invite, and only once the course is published.

**1. Open Pending invites**

Open the course, choose **Settings**, and go to **Pending invites**.

**2. Invite them**

Choose **Invite**. Enter their **Email address** and choose a **Role**: **Teacher**, **Assistant** or **Student
Assistant**. Choose **Send invite**.

They get an email. Until they accept, the invite stays under **Pending invites**, where its **⋮** menu has **Resend
invite**, **Edit role** and **Cancel invite**.

## Accept an invitation

When you're invited, **Courses** in the sidebar shows a red number.

1. Go to **Courses** and choose the **Invites** tab.
2. Open the invitation.
3. Choose **Accept**, or **Decline**.

Invitations also show on your list of schools, under "Courses you've been invited to". There, choose **Accept**, then
**Accept invitation**. If you decline, the owner has to invite you again.

## Give a course to another teacher

The owner can hand a course over to another teacher, for example when they leave the school or swap courses.

**1. Open the course’s menu**

Open the course, choose **⋮** (More actions), then **Transfer ownership**.

**2. Pick the teacher**

Search for a teacher at your school by name or email, and choose them.

**3. Give it**

Choose **Give course**. They become the owner, and you stay on the course as a teacher.

To give several courses to the same teacher, tick them on the **Courses** page under **Published**, then choose
**Transfer ownership**.

## Troubleshooting

> [accordion] I can’t find Pending invites
>
> It shows only to the course's owner, and only on a published course. Publish the course first.

> [accordion] “There is no other teacher at this school yet.”
>
> You can only give a course to a teacher who has joined your school in Lena. Ask them to [join the
> school](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/get-started.md#join-your-school) first.

> [accordion] “… isn’t available. Your role on this course doesn’t include it.”
>
> Your role doesn't cover that part of the course. If that looks wrong, ask the course's owner to change your role.

## Next

> [card] [End a course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/end-a-course.md)
>
> Close it at the end of term and duplicate it for next time.

> [card] [Gradebook and engagement](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/gradebook-and-insights.md)
>
> See every student's grades in one table.


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