Lessonly has four default roles: admin, manager, creator, and learner. Each role has a different set of permissions that allow users to perform different tasks in Lessonly. These roles are the same across the platform, whether you're working in the core training application or the Skills app.

Roles are assigned when creating a new user.

To edit a role thereafter, navigate to the People tab, then select the pencil icon next to a user's name.

You can also edit users' roles from their overview pages.

Admins have unrestricted access to all company data within Lessonly. Admins:

Admin permissions cannot be altered. Admins are born as gods and cannot escape their godhood.

Managers are the most customizable and flexible of Lessonly's roles. Every aspect of a manager's function can be tailored to his or her role in your organization. Managers:

To make an initial assignment, managers must own content the content they wish to assign, and they can only assign it to users they manage. Once an assignment is made, managers can reassign or unassign it. They can also set due dates and send reminders to users they manage, whether they own the content or not.

Creators, like managers, can be extensively customized. But by default, creators are limited to those permissions that govern––you guessed it––content creation. Creators:

Creators are not able to assign content or monitor learners' progress, but they can be designated as specified graders on lessons they've created or with whom ownership has been shared.

Learners are restricted to just a few actions in the training and Skills applications. Learners:

Learners cannot access the gradebook, make assignments, or create content; and like admins, their default permissions and read-only and cannot be changed.

Roles can be customized for an additional fee. If your company has purchased Custom Roles, learn more about creating them in this article.

You can also edit People and Content permissions for users in manager and creator roles. Check out these articles for more information on permission settings.

A. Yes. In April 2023, legacy Skills-only roles such as admin and evaluator were retired. All other Skills roles were converted to align with user roles in the core readiness application. Managing two sets of roles unnecessarily burdened trainers. Merging the two into a single user management system helps them employ all of Lessonly's training and coaching features.

A. Admins in the core Lessonly training app inherit Skills administration permissions; they enjoy unlimited account-wide access. Other users can be made Skills evaluators by toggling 'Full Skills administration rights' in role permission settings.