One-Time Manual Upgrade to School Admin

For Clever partners looking to do a one-time upgrade of account permissions to grant School Admin access, see your 3 simple steps here!

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Written by Emma Berry
Updated over a week ago

The TalkingPoints levels of District Viewer, School Viewer, and Non-Rostered Staff were developed in collaboration with our school + district partners to give access for all staff to TalkingPoints with additional flexibility and privacy controls for administrators.

If you roster through Clever, you likely have some staff who previously had School Admin access, who now have a Non-Rostered Staff account with permissions similar to that of a teacher. This is intentional; we added more granular roles and permissions in order to give support staff access to TalkingPoints without compromising privacy controls needed by Admins. TalkingPoints previously imported the Clever Staff file and automatically assigned everyone in it to be a School Admin. We heard that this gave too much access to too many staff members, so beginning with the 2021 - 2022 school year, here is the new way we're importing the Staff file:

  • Any staff coming over in the Staff file will be given a “Non-Rostered Staff” role and will be automatically assigned to your school's grade level classes so they can create their own classes and groups.

    • For anyone who should also be a School Admin or School Viewer, you can do a one-time manual upgrade of their account to give them the additional level of access (see instructions below!).

  • Any titles that include “Principal,” "Administrator," “Dean,” or “Director” will automatically be upgraded to a School Admin account, no manual changes necessary.

Here is a look at the different roles + permissions and the functionalities of each:

Here's how to do the one-time manual upgrade to give Non-Rostered Staff access to a School Admin account.

Step 1: Click on Staff in the left-hand menu, then click on the name of the staff member whose permissions you'd like to upgrade.

Step 2: The next screen will show the staff member's information. Click Edit Roles.

Step 3: Revise the roles as necessary and click 'Save'.

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