Managing Permissions in the Required Reading Feature
In some cases, you may want to allow members of another role to assist you with management of the Required Reading feature. This section explains how to grant other roles this permission.
By default, only the Administrators and Faculty roles have permission to post readings. However, in any instance of the Required Reading feature, you can give any role the ability to post and manage readings. When you do this, members of the role can do any of the following:
Post readings in that instance.
Modify readings that they or any other user have posted by:
Changing the name and description of the reading.
Changing the URL that’s referenced.
Making the reading required or optional.
Delete any reading in the instance.
To let a role manage readings:
Navigate to the page that contains the Required Reading feature instance.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Access link in the admin bar.
The system displays the Access page, which lists all the roles defined for this context as well as all the global roles. Roles that have access to the page are highlighted in green. Roles that do not have access to the page are shaded gray.
Locate the role that should be granted permissions, and take one of the following steps:
If the role is highlighted in green, the role already has permission to view the page. Click the role to display a pop-up listing the permissions available in each feature on the page.
If the role is shaded gray, the role does not have access to view the page. You must first grant the role access to the page before you grant permissions. To do so, click the role and then click the Hidden button to change it to Visible. Now that the role can view the page, the screen refreshes to list the permissions available in each feature on the page.
Under the list of permissions for the Required Reading feature, click the button next to the Can Manage (Add/Edit/Delete) Readings permission to change the setting to Yes.
By default, only the Administrators and Faculty roles have permission to manage sets. However, in any instance of the Required Reading feature, you can give other roles this ability. When you do this, members of the role can do any of the following:
Create sets in that instance.
Modify sets that they or any other user has posted by:
Changing the set’s name.
Changing the set’s description.
Modifying the default order of sets.
Delete any set in the instance.
To let a role manage sets:
Navigate to the page that contains the Required Reading feature instance.
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the page.
The admin bar displays.
Click the Access link in the admin bar.
The system displays the Access page, which lists all the roles defined for this context as well as all the global roles. Roles that have access to the page are highlighted in green. Roles that do not have access to the page are shaded gray.
Find the role that should be granted permission to post readings, and take one of these steps:
If the role is highlighted in green, the role already has permission to view the page. Click the role to display a pop-up listing the permissions available in each feature on the page.
If the role is shaded gray, the role does not have access to view the page. You must first grant the role access to the page before you grant permissions. To do so, click the role and then click the Hidden button to change it to Visible. Now that the role can view the page, the screen refreshes to list the permissions available in each feature on the page.
Under the list of permissions for the Required Reading feature, click the Can Manage (Add/Edit/Delete) Sets permission.