A platform administrator manages and maintains the overall PebblePad installation, including user accounts, default settings, region structure and integrations.
Who is an administrator?
An administrator is a staff member who is responsible for overseeing and maintaining your PebblePad installation. The role includes:
- Account management
Creating, managing and deleting user accounts to remain within licensed quotas. - Academic administration
Establish and maintain your organisation's digital structure of regions and settings. - Statistics and reports
Running and pulling user and usage data from across the platform. - Integration support
Set up, test and resolve issues related to third-party integrations.
Global administration
The global administration panel is available to people who are assigned an administrator role. Accessed via Pebble+, it is where to control:
- people - full account holders, administrators and groups
- settings - install-wide default options
- integrations - with external LMS and VLE platforms (LTI, API, SSO)
- statistics - data on platform usage
- assets - register of published assets and complaints
ATLAS administration
ATLAS administration is available to people who are assigned an ATLAS manager role. Accessed via the ATLAS dashboard, it is where to control:
- settings - defaults to cascade across the organisation.
- regions - the virtual structure of your institution.
- managers - organisation and region managers
- resources - making available for wider use.
- externals - account creation and management.
ATLAS provides a structured hierarchy, with access and permissions granted to correspond to someone's needs.
- Organisation manager - access across ATLAS.
- Region manager - access within assigned region(s) only.
A global administrator inherits the permissions of an organisation manager.