[Using Sakai] Sakai Instructor Roles/Permissions

[Laura McCord]

I only have the following set for site permissions under !user.template 
-> .auth:
site.add.usersite

However, if I include site.add here then that means that students would 
be able to add courses too, right? If this is true then I'll have to 
figure out how to differentiate between a student, staff, or faculty member.

Thanks,
 Laura


John Leasia wrote:
> If the account type is empty, then the account should be checking the 
> !user.template realm for determining whether they can create sites or 
> not (via the site.add or site.add.course permission for the .auth role 
> in that realm).  If you put in some account type for the user, then it 
> will pick up the permission from the !user.template.<accounttype> 
> realm if there is one, otherwise it should check just !user.template.
>
> What site.*  permissions do you have set for the .auth role in the 
> !user.template realm?
>
> John
>
> Laura McCord wrote:
>> No, that didn't work. I'm wondering if it is an LDAP issue like you 
>> suggest. When I look under 'Account' while I'm logged in as a faculty 
>> member I get an empty User Type. Should this be populated with 'faculty' 
>> or 'Instructor'? How is this information populated?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>  Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> Kara Stiles wrote:
>>   
>>> site.add.course doesn't exist until 2.6.
>>>
>>> In 2.5 and other prior versions, all you need in order to create a course site is the site.add perm in your !user.template.xxxxx realm.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work and you try the memory trick (step 5 below), it might be LDAP related.
>>>
>>> This config change may prove upsetting to some if your faculty members have the same user account type as the students.  :)
>>>
>>> Kara Stiles
>>> Senior Functional Consultant
>>> rSmart
>>> http://www.rsmart.com
>>> ICQ: 396517169
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Laura McCord" <mccordl at southwestern.edu>
>>> To: "Kara Stiles" <kara.stiles at rsmart.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 9:55:46 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona)
>>> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Sakai Instructor Roles/Permissions
>>>
>>> Hi Kara,
>>>
>>> Yes, I remember you. You came down here with Kim, right? So glad to hear 
>>> from you.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help. I did notice that I do not have a site.add.course 
>>> permission setting.  I only have the following permissions for site: Do 
>>> I need to create a permission? If so, how do I do that?
>>>
>>> site.add
>>>
>>> site.add.usersite
>>>
>>> site.del
>>>
>>> site.upd
>>>
>>> site.upd.grp.mbrshp
>>>
>>> site.upd.site.mbrshp
>>>
>>> site.viewRoster
>>>
>>> site.visit
>>>
>>> site.visit.unp
>>>
>>>
>>> -Laura
>>>
>>> Kara Stiles wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Hi Laura,
>>>>
>>>> I remember meeting you long ago when I was a new staff member at Unicon.
>>>>
>>>> I'm at rSmart now.
>>>>
>>>> The user's ability to create new sites depends on the site.add and the site.add.course permission.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Go to the Realms tool in the admin workspace
>>>> 2. Locate and select the !user.template.maintain realm (Alternatively, if your faculty members have the "registered" account type, you should select !user.template.registered instead)
>>>> 3. Locate and select the .auth role
>>>> 4. Click the site.add box and the site.add.course box and save your changes
>>>> 5. You may need to go to the memory tool in the admin space and clear all caches for this to take immediate effect.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kara
>>>>
>>>> Kara Stiles
>>>> Senior Functional Consultant
>>>> rSmart
>>>> http://www.rsmart.com
>>>> ICQ: 396517169
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Laura McCord" <mccordl at southwestern.edu>
>>>> To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 9:17:37 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona)
>>>> Subject: [Using Sakai] Sakai Instructor Roles/Permissions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I need assistance with how Instructor roles are defined. When a faculty 
>>>> member logs in they are not given permission to add a new site. How do I 
>>>> grant them access to this ability?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Laura
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