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Managing roles

A District Administrator creates and manages all the roles needed for the district or school. A role consists of a scope (specific school or district-wide [>>])and a set of permissions [>>], which enable a district administrator to control a user's access to information and system features.

Typically, a school has from three to ten roles. Other roles are needed for use across the district. Typical roles include: District Administrator, District Health Professional, School Health Professional, School Administrator, School Secretary, and Teacher. Using permissions, it is possible for a District Administrator to create roles for more specific purposes, such as Homeroom Teacher and Non-Homeroom Teacher.

Each role is linked to a base role [>>]. When a District Administrator creates a new role, that administrator chooses a base role for it. The role takes on that base role's permissions, which the District Administrator can then adjust to create a unique role. However, when a District Administrator makes changes to a base role's permissions [>>], that administrator has the option of applying those changes to all roles based on that base role. Since this is optional, it is possible for some of a role's permission to not match those of the base role .

Table 42: Permissions pertaining to users

To	You need this permission	Set to	Details
View role settings such as permissions	User > User Roles	View	[>>]
Change role settings such as permissions	User > User Roles	Edit	[>>]
Add, change, and delete roles	User > User Roles	Delete	[>>]

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