Teacher accounts have access to many features on the platform, but certain management actions are reserved for School Admins.
Below is an overview of what teacher accounts cannot do compared to School Admin accounts, so you can determine which account type to assign to a user.
Account Management: School Admin users have the rights to add manage student data and user accounts in the system. This role is not for the teacher. As an example, a new parent is added and invited by School Admin.
Feed Settings: Posting rights and content monitoring settings are for School Admin only.
Restricting posting or chatting rights: Managing any user restrictions is for School Admin only.
Classrooms: Teacher can add a Classroom for themselves but does not have a user rights to add Classrooms for other teachers.
School Calendar: Teachers cannot add entries to the School Calendar beyond their own Classroom.
Documents: Teacher can add documents to their Classroom, and include attachments to their post. However, adding school-wide documents is the role for School Admin.
Online Forms: Teachers do not have full management access to Online Forms. Teachers can access online forms management for Classrooms and Groups they are admin of, or have started. Teachers can be added as admins of school-wide forms to receive notifications and review form submissions. Teachers cannot publish school-wide online forms; this role is for School Admin. Learn more.
Deleting Content: As a bulk rule, teachers are not able to delete content that has been added by the School Admin.