Updating User Roles & Permissions

Notice: This article explains how to manually assign and manage user roles and permissions. If you would like simpldiscipline to automatically assign roles, permissions, and school locations based on users’ job titles in your Student Information System (SIS), please see the Automatic User Role Assignment documentation by clicking here.

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Dashboard > Admin Area > User Management

To assign a user a specific role, a system administrator should follow these steps

1. Search for the individual by Name or Email.

2. Click on the user's name to select them.

3. Scroll down to the section "User Role," choose the desired elevated role.
   

4. Select the location(s) for the elevated privileges.
   

5. Scroll to the bottom and ensure to click the "Update User" button.

To assign a user a special permission, a system administrator should follow these steps:

1. Log in to Simpldiscipline and click on the red "Admin Area" button.

2. Navigate to "User Management."

3. Search for the individual by Name or Email.

4. Click on the user's name to select them.

5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find “User Special Permissions”

6. Toggle on the permissions you would like to grant the user
   

7. Scroll to the bottom and ensure to click the "Update User" button.
   

If you are interested in learning more about the role types and special permissions, please see the Understanding Roles and Permissions article.