Add users to Libraries

Add users to Libraries#

Note

Only admins on a given library can manage user permissions for that library.

User access permissions in Libraries can be managed via the home page of your library.

Library Permission Levels#

Read-only#

Read-only users can view the library and use its content in their courses.

Team members who have Read-only permissions on the content in a library cannot create new content or edit content. Read-only includes the ability to search in libraries, and apply filters and sorts.

Author#

Can view library content, create new library content, edit library content, and use library content in courses.

They can also create collections, add and remove content from collections, as well as add and remove tags from content and from collections.

Authors can also see who else is on the team for any library that they are an author on. Library authors are very similar roles to course staff on the course side.

Admin#

Admins have all the permissions of Authors, but can also add and remove Library Team members. Only admins can delete entire libraries. Entire libraries can also be toggled to read-only, and only admins have the permission to switch that toggle.

In terms of intersections with already-existing roles, if you have global admin access on the platform, you also have library admin permissions on all libraries.

Granting Permissions to a Library#

As an admin, from the homepage of the library, click on the Library Info` button on the top right of the page to open the right sidebar:
Click Manage Access button in the right sidebar:
In the modal that appears, click the + New Team Member button:
Enter the email address of the person you wish to grant access to:
By default, the new user is granted Read-only permissions. You can use the buttons below the user’s information to promote them to Author or Admin, or use the trash button icon to remove the user’s access: