Roles & Permissions

Every member of an organization has one role. The role decides what that person can see and manage inside the organization. There are three roles: owner, admin, and member.

Owner

The owner is the Business account that created the organization. There is exactly one owner, and the owner holds the subscription that funds the organization's plan.

The owner can do everything an admin can do, plus the actions reserved for ownership:

• Manage billing and the organization's plan.
• Create admin accounts — only the owner can add an admin (through the Add Admin action).
• Full control over all members, groups, content, contests, and assignments.

Admin

Admins are your co-managers — typically instructors or teaching assistants who help run the organization day to day. An admin shares the same working view as the owner and can manage the organization's resources, but cannot perform owner-only actions.

Admins can:

• View and manage all of the organization's groups, students, content, contests, and assignments — including items created by other managers.
• Create groups and invite students to them (which is how students become members).
• Author and curate content, launch contests, and hand out assignments.
• Delete users on the organization's roster.

Admins cannot:

• Create or grant the admin role — only the owner can add admins (see below).
• Access billing or change the organization's plan.
• Be the sole account responsible for the subscription (that is always the owner).

Admins don't need their own subscription

An admin's ability to manage the organization is covered by the owner's plan. Instructors can manage groups and students without buying a separate subscription of their own.

Member

Members are the learners — students who belong to the organization. Members are the people your assignments and contests are for. A member:

• Belongs to the organization and can be added to groups.
• Receives and solves assignments, and takes part in contests.
• Does not manage the organization (no access to member management, group creation, or content authoring).

Capability Matrix

Capability	Owner	Admin	Member
See all org groups, students & content	✅	✅	—
Create / edit groups	✅	✅	—
Invite students to groups	✅	✅	—
Author & curate content	✅	✅	—
Create contests & assignments	✅	✅	—
Delete users on the roster	✅	✅	—
Create an admin account	✅	❌	—
Manage billing & plan	✅	❌	—
Join groups, solve assignments, enter contests	✅	✅	✅

Creating admins is owner-only

Admins help run the organization, but only the owner can create an admin account. This keeps control of who can manage the organization with the account that owns it. There is no separate "promote a student to admin" step — new admins are created directly by the owner. See Managing Members → Add an Admin.

Managers vs. Members

Throughout the documentation, "managers" means the owner and all admins together — the people who run the organization. "Members" (lowercase, in the general sense) means everyone who belongs to the organization, while the member role specifically means a learner with no management rights.

Next: Managing Members to add people and set their roles.