On atingi, there are seven roles to choose from in total. A ‘role’ simply means a standardised set of permissions given to a group of users.
As the Category is the highest level that you can work on on the atingi platform as an atingi partner, it is usually the Project Manager of the projects or organisations e-learning project who is assigned the role of ‘Category Manager’ or ‘Category User Manager’. Meanwhile, service providers, facilitators, and others get assigned roles that are at course level.
The Category User Manager and Category Manager are both able to assign roles to other users. For many partners with bigger teams or external service providers, the first step will be to assign appropriate roles to their colleagues.
In the table below you can see the most important roles and permissions.
Category level roles
Category Manager
The Category Manager can assign roles to other users as well as create, configure and delete courses within the category. However, the Category Manager cannot access user information (personal data). This role is assigned to a maximum of two people from your team by your atingi account manager.
Category User Manager
The Category User Manager role can only be assigned by the atingi team. Users assigned to this role are responsible for managing all courses within a specific category and have extensive rights to access courses, to enrol/unenrol learners and view and modify course details. Since this involves the right to access private data, the holder of the Category User Manager role must agree to atingi’s data privacy requirements and complete a data protection course before assignment.
Course Creator
Within a category, the Course Creator can set up new courses and view hidden courses from the category. Once a course is ready to be published the Course Creator will automatically be enrolled as a Course Designer on a course level and can then edit the course's settings.
Example for role assignment on category level
You have been given the role of Category Manager but want someone (e.g., your consultant) to create new courses within the category.
To do so, access your category through the atingi homepage.
Then, click on the settings icon on the right side next to the name of your category. Choose the option “Assign roles” from the menu.
Now you can see the roles that you have permissions to assign on category level. Click on the name of the role to give it to a user.
In the search bar of the following page, you need to enter the exact email address of the user that you want to give permissions to. Please note that this user needs to be registered on atingi.
Click on the name under “Potential users matching…” and then select “Add”.
You have successfully given the user “Course Creator” permissions.
Course level roles
Course Manager
Within the course they are assigned to Course Managers can create, change, and configure the course and its activities, watch the learners’ progress, and grade their assignments. They can also assign Course Instructor and Course Designer and enrol users via invitation link and user bulk enrol.
Course Designer
A user assigned to this role can add or edit content within a specific course.
Course Instructor
The Course Instructor serves as an assistant to the Course Manager and has moderation and grading rights within his or her course but cannot edit or add its content.
Learner
This is the default role given to all users enrolled in a course. Learners cannot edit a course’s content.
INFO: One user account can be assigned multiple roles. These roles are ‘additive’, which means that the more roles you layer on top of one account, the more permissions they will have.
Example for role assignment on course level
You have been given the role of Category Manager and want your colleagues to be able to start working on the courses that you have previously created.
To do so, go to the course and in the pink menu, choose “Participants”.
After enrolling the users to the course via bulk enrolment or invitation method, they appear in the participants list.
To edit their course level permissions, click on the little pencil under “Roles”, where it currently says “Learner”.
In the dropdown you see the roles that you are able to assign. Since you want your colleagues to edit the course, you choose the role of “Course Manager”. To save it, click on the floppy disk icon.
The course level role has been assigned. This user can now assign course level roles as well, enrol other users and edit the course content.