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Managing Admins

Invite additional admins and configure their program scope.

⏱️ 6 min read · 📚 For Organizations · 📅 Updated April 2026

Overview

Most organizations need more than one admin — a head of academics, a registrar, an operations lead. The platform supports multiple admins, each with optional program-level scope.

Inviting an admin

  1. Open Admins

    From the admin dashboard, go to Admins → Invite admin.

  2. Enter their email

  3. Pick scope

    Two options:

    • Full organization — sees and manages everything.
    • Program-scoped — restricted to one or more programs only.
  4. Send

    They get an email invitation.

Program-scoped admins

A program-scoped admin only sees:

  • Programs and classes they're scoped to.
  • Teachers and students in those programs.
  • Reporting limited to their scope.

They cannot:

  • Invite new admins.
  • Edit organization-level settings.
  • See data outside their scope.

Changing an admin's scope

From the admins list, click an admin. You can update their scope at any time. The change is effective immediately.

Removing an admin

Click Remove admin. They lose access immediately. Any data they created (students they enrolled, etc.) stays.

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Warning. The primary admin (the original organization creator) cannot be removed unless ownership is transferred to another admin first.

Best practices

  • Use program scope. It's safer than giving everyone full access.
  • Have at least two full admins. If the primary admin loses access, another admin can recover.
  • Audit admins quarterly. People leave roles; access should follow.

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