Managing users and inviting teachers

User roles

FutureNerds has three roles:

• Administrator -- full access to all school settings, data, and management tools.
• Teacher -- access to their assigned classrooms, students, and communication tools.
• Parent -- access to their own children's profiles, progress, and school communication.

Inviting teachers

1. Go to the Teachers tab on your school dashboard.
2. Click Invite teacher.
3. Enter the teacher's email address and select their role.
4. The teacher receives an email with a link to create their account and join your school.

Once a teacher accepts the invitation, you can assign them to one or more classrooms. A banner appears on the dashboard when there are pending invitations.

Teacher profiles

Click a teacher's name from the Teachers tab to view their profile. The profile shows:

• Classroom assignments -- which classrooms the teacher is assigned to.
• Activity feed -- recent observations, lesson plans, and report cards they have authored.

From the profile you can also deactivate a teacher (remove their access) or reactivate a previously deactivated teacher.

Managing existing users

From the Teachers tab you can:

• Change roles -- promote a teacher to administrator or adjust permissions.
• Remove access -- deactivate a user from your school. This does not delete their account, only their connection to your school.
• Resend invitations -- if a teacher did not receive the email, you can resend it.

Parent accounts

Parents create their own accounts when they apply for enrollment or when they are invited by the school. You do not need to create parent accounts manually.

Tips

• Keep the number of administrators small. Most schools need one or two.
• Teachers can only see classrooms they are assigned to.
• Deactivating a user does not delete any data they created (observations, messages, etc.).