Creating a New Person

Currently System Administration content is relevant to Planning & Self-Study and limited Student Learning & Licensure admins.

Overview

This article explains how to access the System Administrator module to create and manage institutional user accounts. It covers navigating the platform, accessing the user list, and configuring unique Person IDs.


Accessing System Administration

Creating user accounts requires account access to the System Administrator module. To open this module, select System Administration from the switcher in the top-right corner. This module is visible only to users assigned the System Administrator role.

The System Administration dashboard interface showing navigation controls and the top-right application switcher menu.

Managing User Accounts

The System Administrator tool features a People tab, which displays a comprehensive list of all institutional user accounts.

The navigation menu focusing on the highlighted People tab option.

Creating New Users

Administrators can create new users directly from this page. To manually create a new user account, click the Add Person button in the top-right corner of the screen. Creating a new user includes the option to assign specific system roles to the account.

When adding a new record in System Administration, an administrator can manually enter a unique Person ID, or utilize an auto-generated Person ID that automatically matches the user's email address.

The Add Person creation form showing input fields for user account details and the Person ID configuration options.

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