Role types

Global roles

Roles assigned to a user globally A user may have several roles

Module roles

Roles assigned to a user in a specific module A user may have several roles

Users may enroll themselves as a student or a teacher may add them with a role of their choosing.

Guest (ID: 5)

Global

For users who cannot / do not want to register with the THM user ID.

Manually registered users will be assigned the role Guest.

Can only see public modules and public exercises in public modules.

Student (ID: 4)

Global

For students of the THM.

Login via LDAP with username and password as given by the THM.

Student role is assigned to students when they first log in.

Can enroll in all modules to see private assignments.

Module

Regardless of global role, anyone assigned to a module will be assigned the Student role

Can submit solutions fpr exercises

Tutor (ID: 3)

Module

This role is only available in modules and can be (un)assigned to a student by the module's teacher.

Teacher (ID: 2)

Global

For teachers of the THM.

Currently, the role has to be assigned by an admin. In the future, this should be automatically done when a teacher first logs in via LDAP.

Can create modules

Module

The role can be (un)assigned by the teacher of a module to local students or tutors Can edit module settings Can create tasks in modules

Admin (ID: 1)

Global

The role can be added to users via the database or by another admin.

Can add Global roles to other users.

Has all permissions.