how do you make someone an admin in sub account?

[KentKersey1]

how do you make someone an admin in sub account?

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@KentKersey1 

Please follow the instructions here: 📔 How do I add an admin to an account?

[KentKersey1]

It looks like this makes the person an account admin. I want her to just be an admin for a sub account . . . 

Help . . . 

[jerry_nguyen]

Hi Kent,

Instead of adding the user to the root account (Usually shows as yourschool.instructure.com/account/1), first open the sub-account (if the sub-account is not visible from your "Admin" menu, you can go to your root account, then open the "Sub-Accounts" page) then follow the same steps to add the user.

[KentKersey1]

I'm trying to set up our different schools, like school of art and sciences and want to assign the dean to that sub account . . . 

[KentKersey1]

Thanks for the help . . . still not seeing it.

Does something need to be set up in the permissions first?

When I open sub accounts, I just see something about courses . . . Am I looking in the wrong place?

[Chris_Hofer]

@KentKersey1 ...

Could you share a screenshot of what your current sub-account structure looks like?  I think that would help us in helping you get the sub-account admin set up properly.  Thanks!

[Chris_Hofer]

@KentKersey1 ...

Thanks for those screenshots.  When you are in that sub-account, click on the "Settings" menu item at the bottom left of the screen, and then click on the "Admins" tab.  Is the person you want to be a sub-account admin listed on that screen?  If not, you'll have to add that person's e-mail address.  Set that person as an "Account Admin", and you should be set.

[jerry_nguyen]

You are on the right page, do you see the "Settings" menu (normally the last menu item)? 

If not then you might not have the necessary permissions, in this case, you might need to ask your root account admin or IT to enable the following permissions for your Admin role

[KentKersey1]

thnx Jerry

Yeah, I see that. Do I create a new role? I tried this and could give people that role.

After that, can I give a certain dean permissions for certain sections of classes?

thnx

[NicoletteStaley]

@KentKersey1 Creating a custom admin role for the Dean is an option, and you would need to decide if you want to tailor the permissions for the sub-account admin.  If making a custom role, I recommend that you crfeate the role at the root account-level so that it could be assigned to admins in all sub-accounts without the need to re-create the custom role in each sub-account.

If a user has an admin role at the sub-account level, that user is able to access all of the courses within that sub-account.  If you want to provide particular permissions for the user within certain sections, you may want to enroll the user in those sections.  For example if you want your dean to be able to view all the courses in the sub-account, but only grade students in certain assigned sections, you could create a custom admin role that allows the admin/dean to view courses but not edit grades.  You could then enroll the dean in the sections that are assigned to grade with a teacher (or custom teacher/TA-based role) in those sections.