Cohort setup: Admins

This article explains the different admin roles in a cohort and the permissions granted to each admin.

What is a cohort admin?

In each cohort, there are several people that need permissions above those of the learners, including but not limited to the Moderator and the Sponsor. Each type of admin may need a slightly different set of permissions based on their role in the learning experience, so the platform offers several admin role options that can be selected when assigning an admin to a cohort.

How to add an admin

    1. To begin, navigate to the Admin page. 
      cohort admin panel members
    2. Type in the email address or name of the admin you’d like to add and select them when they appear. admin email address
    3. Next, from the dropdown, select the admin role for the admin. Note: As you hover over each admin role, a popup will appear showing the permissions granted for that admin role.

admin roles

The admin roles and their respective permissions include the following:

Role Permissions
Auditor
  • No rights / View only
Cohort Champion
  • Can send emails and other notifications
  • Can view all of Community’s Diagnostic results
  • Can view the reports related to a cohort
Course Manager
  • Can add/edit community items
  • Can delete community items
  • Can manage breakout groups in this community
  • Can manage events in this community
  • Can add and remove members from a community
  • Can add and remove news stories for this community
  • Can add and remove resources for this community
  • Can manage update activities in this community
  • Can edit and remove discussion topics
  • Can send emails and other notifications
  • Can view all of Community’s Diagnostic results
  • Can view the reports related to a cohort
  • Can hide/show Assets in Course Instance
  • Can Manage Dropboxes in Community
Instructor
  • Can add/edit community items
  • Can delete community items
  • Can manage breakout groups in this community
  • Can send emails and other notifications
  • Can view all of Community’s Diagnostic results
  • Can view the reports related to a cohort
  • Can Manage Dropboxes in Community
Moderator
  • Can add/edit community items
  • Can delete community items
  • Can manage breakout groups in this community
  • Can manage events in this community
  • Can manage featured users in this community
  • Can manage update activities in this community
  • Can edit and remove discussion topics
  • Can send emails and other notifications
  • Can view all of Community’s Diagnostic results
  • Can view analytics dashboards for this community
  • Can view the reports related to a cohort
  • Can hide/show Assets in Course Instance
  • Can Manage Dropboxes in Community
Sponsor
  • Can view all of Community’s Diagnostic results
  • Can view the reports related to a cohort

Click Add to add the admin. To remove an admin, click Remove.

add and remove admin buttons

If you would like any of your admins to appear on the course page and be visible to the learners in the cohort, you can add them as Featured Users.

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