How to add a new role

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. When an Administrator is added they have to be assigned a role. The role selected determines the level of access they have and what elements of the Administration system they can amend.

Adding a new role for administrators:

1. From the main menu select Administration 4 Roles 4 Add Role.
   The Add Role page will display.

2. Enter a Name and Description for the role. For example you may want a 'Basic' admin user, and a 'Full Access' admin use.

3. Work through each section of editable areas, selecting each checkbox that you want the role to have access to edit.
    

   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.

4. Click Add.
   A message will display telling you the role has been added successfully.

See also:

Managing Administrators

How to edit a role

How to add a new administrator

How to edit an administrator’s details