On Sunbird, each user type is associated with a user role. The permissions and responsibilities vary for each user role.
Before users are assigned with appropriate roles, it is important to understand:
1. Responsibilities of each user role
2. Features accessible to each user role
This section elaborates the various user types and their assocated responsibilites on Sunbird
| User Role | Content Creation | Review, Reject , & Publish | Upload Content | Other Role Specific Responsibilites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Course Mentor guides and instructs learners on how to undertake a course. They create batches of users to enrol for a course and ensure completion of a course within a stipulated time | No | No | No | ✔️ read more |
| A Content Reviewer assesses created content within prescribed guidelines | No | ✔️ | ✔️ | No |
| A Teacher Badge Issuer is responsible for assigning badges to teachers based on the discretion of the concerned organization | No | No | No | ✔️ read more |
| A Book Creator curates and compiles books. Registered users become book creators when book creation rights are assigned to them | ✔️ (Only Books) | No | No | No |
| A Book Reviewer assesses books within defined and prescribed guidelines | No | ✔️ (Only Books) | No | No |
| A Public user is any user with registered credentials | No | No | No | ✔️ read more |
| An Announcement Sender creates and sends announcements. The Announcement feature allows to send system wide messages to a target audience | No | No | No | ✔️ read more |
| A Content Creator is a registered user with permission to create content | ✔️ (Collection, Course, Study Material, Lesson Plan) | No | No | No |
| A Flag Reviewer assesses flagged content within prescribed guidelines | No | ✔️ (Only flagged content) | No | No |
The User Interface (UI) differs for each Sunbird user role. The UI elements vary based on the rights assigned to users.
| User Role | Profile | Workspace | To Do (Home Page) | Courses | Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content Creator, Content Reviewer, Flag Reviewer & Course Mentor | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Book Creator & Book Reviewer | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher Badge Issuer | ✔️ | No | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Announcement Sender | ✔️ | No | No | No | No |
| Public | ✔️ | No | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
1. Course Mentor: The chief responsibilites of a course mentor are:
a) Create, edit, and delete batches
b) Add mentors and participants
2. Teacher Badge Issuer: Organization administrators create badges and assign users to issue this badge to teachers. A user with teacher badge issuer rights issues these created badges to eligible teachers
3. Public: A public user can only view and consume content on Sunbird. A public user cannot create, curate, review , upload or publish content
4. Announcement Sender: An announcement sender, on Sundird, creates and sends announcements based on organizational requirements