# Users - view list

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## Users - view list

### What it Does

#### Account Navigation

Allows user to access the People link in Account Navigation.

#### Admin Tools (Logging tab)

Allows user to view login/logout activity of users in Admin Tools.

Allows user to search grade change logs by grader or student in Admin Tools.

#### Assignments

Allows user to differentiate assignments to individual students.

#### Collaborations

Allows user to view and add users in a collaboration.

#### Conversations

Allows user to send a message in Conversations without selecting a course.

#### Course Navigation

Allows user to view the People link in Course Navigation.

#### Groups (Course)

Allows user to view groups in a course.

#### People (Account)

Allows user to view list of users in the account.

#### People (Course)

Allows user to view list of users in the course People page.

Allows user to view the Prior Enrollments button in the course People page.

### Additional Considerations

#### Account Groups

To view account-level groups, Groups - manage must also be enabled.

#### Admin Tools (Logging tab)

To generate login/logout activity in Admin Tools, Users - manage login details or Statistics - view must also be enabled.

To generate grade change logs in Admin Tools, Grades - view change logs must also be enabled.

#### Courses

To add or remove users to a course, the appropriate Users permission must be enabled (e.g. Users - Teachers).

#### Groups

To add groups, Groups - add must also be enabled.

To delete groups, Groups - delete must also be enabled.

To edit groups, Groups - manage must also be enabled.

#### People (Account)

To edit user details, modify login details, or change user passwords, Users - manage login details must also be enabled.

To view user page views, Statistics - view must also be enabled.

To act as other users, Users - act as must also be enabled.

#### People (Course)

To edit a user’s section, the appropriate Users permission (e.g. Users - Teachers), Users - allow administrative actions in courses, and Conversations - send to individual course members must also be enabled.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).