PlayPosit Roles & Permissions

User roles provide each user with the appropriate level of access rights and privileges. PlayPosit has mapped out various roles within their platform to allow for the specific level of collaboration. Learn more at PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Class and Bulb Permissions: Co-editor, Facilitator and TA roles (opens in a new tab).

Bulb Permissions

To share access to a Bulb, whether for co-editing or for viewing/assigning purposes, PlayPosit offers three different Bulb-specific roles:

• Owner (most permissions)
• Co-Editor (some permissions)
• Facilitator (least permissions)

If a user creates a bulb, they automatically receive the Owner role. The other two roles will only have access to a specific Bulb that the owner chooses. Only institutional users have the ability to add Co-editors or Facilitators to their Bulbs, which will make the shared Bulb appear in the user's My Bulbs library. The new collaborator will be able to use the Bulb in their own courses, and if given permission, make edits to the Bulb.

Owner permissions:

• Can edit the Bulb.
• Can change settings/tags.
• Can view the Bulb.
• Can assign the Bulb.
• Can share access to the Bulb.
• Can monitor the Bulb.
• Can unlink the Bulb from a class they can access.
• Can transfer the ownership of the Bulb to other instructors.
• Can delete the Bulb.
• Can export analytics of the Bulb.

Co-editor permissions:

• Can edit a Bulb they don't own.
• Can change settings/tags for Bulbs they don't own.
• Can view Bulb they don't own.
• Can assign a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot share access to Bulbs they don't own.
• Can monitor a Bulb they don't own.
• Can unlink a Bulb from a class they can access.
• Can remove themselves from Bulbs they don't own.
• Cannot delete a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot export analytics of a Bulb they don't own.

Facilitator permissions:

• Cannot edit a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot change settings/tags for Bulbs they don't own.
• Can view a Bulb they don't own.
• Can assign a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot share access to Bulbs they don't own.
• Can monitor a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot download analytics for Bulb they don't own.
• Can unlink a Bulb from a class they can access.
• Can remove themselves from Bulbs they don't own.
• Cannot delete a Bulb they don't own.
• Cannot export analytics of a Bulb.

The Facilitator role is perfect for those working with an instructor, such as a TA, graduate assistant, or instructional designer who needs to assign a Bulb for a class.

For more information, please visit PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Bulb permissions (opens in a new tab).

Class Permissions

To share access to a Class, whether for co-editing or for viewing/assigning purposes, PlayPosit offers three different Class-specific roles:

• Owner (most permissions)
• Instructor  (some permissions)
• TA (least permissions)

The instructor and teaching assistant (TA) roles are available at the Class level. Both roles will have access to Bulbs that have already been linked in a Class. An instructor is able to edit the Bulbs assigned to a Class. They are able to unlink the Bulb only if they are an Owner or Co-editor of that specific Bulb. Instructors can moderate discussion forums and manually grade Bulbs.

A teaching assistant of a class is able to moderate discussion forums and manually grade Bulbs. If they do not already have any ownership of a Bulb assigned to the course, a teaching assistant will not be able to edit or unlink the Bulb. However, if a teaching assistant has ownership of or edit access to the Bulb, they will be able to edit or unlink the Bulb from the course.

For more information, please visit PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Class permissions (opens in a new tab).

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