| What Are Lecture123 Users Allowed to Do? |
This page describes the different type of users (roles) and how users are assigned their roles. Additionally, we review all the possible functions that users can perform and provide a table of which functions are allowed for each user type.
There are three type of roles that users may become for a specific community (note: since a user may be a member of multiple communities, it is possible to have diffrerent roles assigned for each community). Here's a brief overview of each user type. More details are provided in the table of functions allowed below.
When a community is created by the site administrator the number of positions made available for each role are defined. Typically these numbers are requested in the Lecture123 community request form. Here's a pertinent excerpt from that form:
The first user to enroll into this community will become an Author. We recommend that the primary Author in a new community (e.g. a teacher) enroll before other participants. If "New users become Authors" is checked when the community is created, then subsequent enrollments will become Authors until those slots are consummed (otherwise all users then become Students), and then users become Students until those slots are taken. When there are no more Author or Student slots available new enrollment attempts are disallowed.
Once the community is created, the site administrator may change the number allocated slots for Students and Authors, and may change the role assigned to a specific user (e.g. changing Students to Authors so they can publish sessions). If you wish to request these changes, please send an email to support@lecture123.com.
This list summarizes the various functions that users can perform. The table of functions allowed below shows which functions are avaialble for each user type.
The column heading letters correspond to the function list above.