How to add a new administrator

Anyone who needs to be able to make changes to the set up of the Acumen system, for example add courses or users, first needs to be added as an Administrator. This gives them access to the Administration menu.

If the person you are adding as an administrator also needs to access the system as a user, you will need to add them twice - once as an administrator and again from the Users 4 Add User main menu option. As each login in the system needs to be unique, you will need to create the two accounts with different user names and passwords.

Adding a new administrator:

From the main menu select Administration 4 Administrators 4 Add Adminstrator.
The Add Administrator page will display.
Fill in the details for the administrator in the fields.

Passwords are case sensitive, so make sure you enter any upper and lower case characters correctly, and don't accidentally have your [CapsLock] key on.

If you have defined roles in the system, select the one relevant to the new administrator from the Role listbox.

If no roles are created in the system, all administrators will be assigned the 'Default Role'. This gives them full access. If you don't want all people with an admin login to be able to add or alter all things in the system, you really should set up roles with various levels of access.

Click Add.
A message will display telling you they have been added successfully.
Email the new administrator their username and password. There is not an option for the system to automatically send these details as happens when you add a new user, so you will need to ensure the login information is sent on to all administrators who are added.