Roles and permissions in Ans

Within an institution, users can have different roles and permissions. Ans distinguishes between employees and students. There are four different roles for employees. Employee privileges are also based on the permissions defined in the employee privileges settings. It is also possible to create customized roles within your institution and permissions through custom roles. There is only one role for students. Student privileges can be defined in the student privileges settings.

• Administrator
  Administrators can create, view, modify and delete content on a school level. In addition, this role has access to all settings of the school, reports and administrative data such as invoicing. They can view and edit all question banks and their content connected to users within their institution. Administrators can view employees and students and easily change the roles of employees. Administrators are also able to make changes to the employee privileges options. 
  
  
• Department admin
  Department administrators can create, view, modify and delete content on a department level. They have access to the content of the users and the settings of the department. They also have access to all question banks connected to the users within their department. This means that if a user in their department shares a question bank with a user from another department, they will be able to see this question bank as well.
  
  
• Repro
  Repros can print & upload scans for paper exams. This role only has access to the print & scan functionality of the platform.
  
  
• Staff
  The staff role is assigned to employees by default. They have the ability to create, view, modify and delete content in a course. This is also based on the role of the user in the course. For more information about course roles, see roles in a course.
  
  
• Student
  The student role is assigned to all students by default. They have the ability to view their assigned courses and publications and to take and submit their assignments. A student can receive extra permissions in a course if necessary, for example as a teaching assistant. For more information about course roles, see roles in a course.

Within a course, staff members can receive one of three roles: Instructor, Invigilator or Reviewer. It is also possible for students to receive a staff-level role in a course. For more information about course roles, see roles in a course.

The roles of users in a question bank can differ from roles in an institution. Administrators and department admins have the same roles and permissions as in an institution. For staff, two separate roles can be defined: Publisher and Author. For more information about question bank roles, see roles in a question bank.