At MSU, we sometime create one author, e.g. physics123, and make everyone who will be creating resources for physics123 be co-authors. This method works well for collaborators to work with each other.

To create a co-author, you must log into LON-CAPA as the author, pick the role of author, click CUSR on the remote control, type in the username for the person you want to be a co-author, fill in the data (if the person is not in the system yet), and select the role co_author for the user, and finally submit the data. The other person will have the role of co-author when they log in and can do everything that the author can do in the construction space.