Managing Users

If you have access to the User Management module, you can adjust the privileges assigned to individual eText login accounts.

Before you create a login account, collect the user's name, email address, login and password, and the access for each module available in the Authoring tool. Currently, the Authoring tool has the following modules:

Authoring -- lets the user author an eText.

User Management -- lets the user create and modify Authoring tool login accounts.

Report -- lets the user generate reports.

For each of these modules, you can assign the following access:

Full Access -- provides unrestricted access to the module.

Read Only -- lets user access the module but not modify any data.

Not Available -- restricts module access completely.

To add a login account:

1. From the eText landing page, click the User Management button to go to the Manage Authors screen.
2. Click Add to display the User Details dialog box.
3. Complete all the fields on the screen.
4. Select the access the user should have to the Authoring, User Management, and Report modules. Possible values are:
5. Click Save to create login account.

To edit a login account:

1. Click the User Management button to go to User Management screen.
2. Click Edit to display the User Details dialog box.
3. Edit the fields as needed.
4. Change the selections for modules as.needed.
5. Click Save to save the changes you have made.

To delete a login account:

1. Click the User Management button to go to User Management screen.
2. Click Edit to display the User Details dialog box.
3. Click the Delete button to remove the login account.