{"id":1279,"date":"2018-08-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edvance360.com\/lms\/granular-permissions\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:00:00","slug":"granular-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edvance360.com\/lms\/granular-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Power: Custom User Roles &#038; Granular Permissions for User Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who need it, Edvance360 LMS provides administrators with the ability to create custom user roles and set granular permissions for each user roles, determining <em>exactly<\/em> what users have access to in Edvance360. Most learning management systems only provide default user roles for you to use with very little flexibility and often requiring Technical Support to adjust, but Edvance360 allows you to create and control your own.<br \/><!--more-->Note: Some clients find this level of power too much of a hassle and quite simply use the ones the LMS comes with, maybe tweaking a bit. That&#8217;s fine too! Read on to find out how to set these granular permissions. <\/p>\n<h3><strong><br \/>How to Access Granular Permissions<br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span>To create a new user role, click the green plus sign icon, then fill in applicable blanks. To edit an already-created role,&nbsp;<\/span>navigate to <strong>Admin<\/strong> &gt; <strong>User Management<\/strong> &gt; <strong>User Roles<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Term<\/strong> &gt; select desired <strong>Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/discover.edvance360.com\/hubfs\/Blog\/Screen%20Shot%202018-08-21%20at%207.46.58%20PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-21 at 7.46.58 PM\" style=\"width: 1000px;\" width=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p>Administrators also have the ability to edit default User Roles for facilitators, learners, mentors, alumni, staff and parents. User roles can also be edited by selecting the gear icon (manage), pencil icon (edit) to change the title, description, widgets, etc., or the circle with a check mark icon to disable the role.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3574e3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WchNU8SN2Qs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #3574e3; text-decoration: underline;\">Click here<\/a><\/span><\/span> to watch video on User Roles.<\/p>\n<p>{{cta(&#8216;e84677aa-b27d-49a9-8f96-506f23cd5bf7&#8242;,&#8217;justifycenter&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n<div>Want more information on Version 8.1? Click<span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #3574e3;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/switchto.edvance360.com\/edvance360-lms-announces-release-8dot1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #3574e3;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>for an all-access pass to all the new features and updates. Make sure to follow us on Social Media and subscribe to this blog to get updates ahead of time. Edvance360 LMS is one of the most affordable LMS vendors &#8211; but don&#8217;t take our word for it! Check out why Gartner&#8217;s Capterra lists us at #2 Most Affordable LMS Vendor <a href=\"http:\/\/edvance360.com\/edvance360-named-one-of-the-top-ten-lms-2017-frontrunners-by-software-advice-a-gartner-company\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span>. <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Not a client? 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