Setting the primary teacher in your LMS

What is a primary teacher?

A primary teacher is a Kami user responsible for owning all course assignment files, including all templates and student files.

When Kami detects that a teacher has changed roles, or a course doesn't have a primary teacher set yet, you'll be prompted to set one the next time you open your LMS grader.

After you assign a primary teacher, Kami will then verify that they own these files. This gives teachers more control over where Kami places assignment files for your LMS courses.

What is this used for?

Normally, when a teacher creates an assignment, they automatically own all copies of that assignment. If a co-teacher then tries to grade that assignment, they will not have access because they aren't recognized as an owner of the file.

With the primary teacher feature, you can assign owners at the course level, giving you more control over who can grade assignments created under that course. This makes tasks like delegating to co-teachers and handling handovers when a teacher retires or leaves your school easier.

How to change the primary teacher

To change a course's primary teacher, both you and the teacher you plan to set as the Primary Teacher must be assigned as owners of that course.

Once that's done, go to the Course, then scroll down and select Kami from the left sidebar. In the Kami view that opens, a pop-up will appear where you can select Change Primary Teacher.

You'll then be prompted to select the primary teacher from the teachers currently assigned as course owners. When you're finished, select Assign.