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Role Browser

All roles defined in this Canvas account

Role Diff

Compare permissions between any two roles

Role A

Role B

Permission Audit

Your effective permissions in this account

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Select an account above to see your effective permissions

User Lookup

Check effective permissions and enrollments for any user

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Enter a Canvas user ID above to see their permissions

Account Tree

Sub-account hierarchy with role counts

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Select an account to view its sub-account structure

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Connect to Canvas

Holon Access needs a Canvas API token to read roles and permissions.

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In Canvas, click your profile picture → Settings

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Scroll to Approved Integrations → click + New Access Token

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Give it a name, leave expiry blank, click Generate Token

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Copy the token and paste it below — Canvas shows it only once

⚠ You need Account Admin rights for the roles/permissions APIs to return data.

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Holon Access — Help

Roles & Permissions Auditor for Canvas admins

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Role Browser — Browse all roles in your account (built-in and custom). Click any role to see its full permission list with enabled/disabled/locked status.

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Role Diff — Select two roles to compare them side-by-side. Differences are highlighted in amber. Filter to show only differences or only matches.

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Permission Audit — See your own effective permissions in a given account, as Canvas actually resolves them (accounting for sub-account overrides).

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User Lookup — Enter any Canvas user ID to see their enrollments and effective course-level permissions. Useful for diagnosing "why can't this person do X."

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Account Tree — View your full sub-account hierarchy. Large institutions with complex structures can see where custom role overrides may have drifted.