MEETS provides different permissions and functionality depending on the user's role in the LMS course from which they access MEETS. When a user accesses MEETS, the LMS will convey the user's roles in that course, and MEETS will use that to assign the user's role accordingly.


MEETS assigns users the role of administrator, teacher, administrator & teacher or student - depending on their role in the LMS course within which they are accessing MEETS.


MEETS will display the user's role in the menu bar towards the upper-left corner.





The roles have the following permissions in MEETS:

  • Administrator: Allows performing actions on behalf of teachers and accessing relevant data in MEETS. This includes: 
    • Scheduling events on behalf of teachers
    • Substituting for teachers
    • Editing event information
    • Inviting guests to scheduled events
    • Viewing and deleting event recordings
    • Viewing, exporting and deleting attendance records
    • Removing a user from a MEETS course (see Removing users from a MEETS course)
    • Uploading, renaming and deleting files (if the Files module is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
  • Teacher: Allows managing events with their web conferencing account and accessing relevant data in MEETS. This includes:
    • Scheduling events with their web conferencing account
    • Scheduling events on behalf of teachers with the other teacher's web conferencing account (if option is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
    • Substituting for teachers (if option is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
    • Editing event information
    • Inviting guests to scheduled events
    • Viewing and deleting event recordings
    • Viewing, exporting and deleting attendance records
    • Offering appointment slots with their web conferencing accounts using the Appointment Booking module (if the Appointment Booking module is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
    • Uploading, renaming and deleting files (if the Files module is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
  • Administrator, Teacher: Depending on their role in the LMS course, users can be assigned both admin and teacher privileges in MEETS. In this case, users will be given both admin and teacher privileges in MEETS.
  • Student: Have the ability to:
    • Attend scheduled events
    • View event recordings
    • Book appointment slots using the Appointment Booking Module
    • View uploaded files (if the Files module is enabled in the MEETS admin panel)
    • Schedule web conferencing events with their own web conferencing account (if the Student Collaboration Platform option is turned on in the MEETS admin panel)


Notes:

  • MEETS assigns the role based on the user's role in the LMS course. Access to the MEETS admin panel does not necessarily give users the role of administrator when accessing MEETS in the LMS. Their role in MEETS depends on the role their user has in the LMS course page.
  • MEETS assigns the role based on the user's role in the LMS course, at the time when the user accesses MEETS. If a user's role changes in the LMS course, the role in MEETS will be changed the next time the user accesses MEETS.
  • In LTI-enabled LMSs, user roles in MEETS depend on how your institution's LMS configures LTI roles. Some LMSs will allow changing LTI roles. Please see your LMS manual to see whether changing LTI roles is possible for your institution's LMS.
  • The MEETS admin panel allows enabling or disabling the option for teachers to schedule on behalf of other teachers, and allowing teachers to substitute for other teachers (see Advanced Settings: MEETS User Permissions). Note that these settings in the admin panel do not affect users with the role of administrator in MEETS, as users with the role of administrator are always able to schedule on behalf of teachers and substitute for teachers.


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