# Staff permissions — Academium SMS

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> Decide what each role can view, add, edit and delete in Academium SMS, with built-in limits that keep money and teaching records with the right people.

Staff permissions

## Everyone sees what their job needs.

Give each role view, add, edit and delete rights, module by module. Staff get the rights of the role they hold.

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An example Teacher role: view, add, edit and delete set separately for each part of the Academics module.

The permission grid

## Four rights, set separately.

View, add, edit and delete are separate switches for every part of SMS.

-   **Grouped by module.** Permissions are grouped into module cards you can expand, collapse and search.
    
-   **A whole column at once.** Turn one right on or off for every item in a module with a single switch.
    

Modules collapse to keep the grid short. One switch turns a right on for every item in a module. An example role.

Roles

## Roles for the jobs at your school.

Create and rename roles, then give each staff member the one that fits.

-   **Managed by school leaders.** The school owner and school admins manage roles.
    
-   **Nobody edits their own role.** A school admin can change staff roles, but not their own, the owner’s or the super admin’s.
    

An example role list, seen by a school admin: a new role is added, and the admin’s own and the owner’s roles cannot be changed.

Built-in limits

## Some doors stay shut, whatever is ticked.

Certain roles can never be given certain areas, even by mistake.

-   **Money stays with finance.** Teachers and receptionists cannot be given access to the school’s money, such as accounting entries.
    
-   **Teaching stays with teachers.** Accountants cannot be given teaching areas such as marks.
    
-   **Read-only where it makes sense.** Some areas allow a role to view but never change. Areas a role can never hold are left out of its grid, and the page says how many.
    

Built-in limits for three roles. A right ticked in a barred area is still refused. Example module count.

FAQs

## Staff permissions questions

Roles, rights and limits.

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### Can one staff member have different rights from others in their role?

Rights belong to roles. To give someone different rights, create a role for that job and assign it to them.

### Could a teacher be given accounting rights by accident?

No. Teachers are barred from money areas. Even if a box is ticked, SMS refuses the right.

### Who can change permissions?

The school owner and school admins. Admins cannot change their own role or the owner’s.

## Set up roles and permissions in Academium SMS.

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