A teaching assistant has limited access to your Blackboard Vista section. TA’s can:

• access the Manage Students area.
• view course content, tools, and pages.
• modify student grades.
• and post mail messages and discussions.

A shared designer has the section instructor and designer roles, and will have the same access that you do:

• the ability to add, remove or modify course content, assignments, grades, mail messages, and discussions.
• have the “build”, “teach” and “student view” tabs.
• they cannot export grades from Blackboard Vista to Banner.