The User Accounts applet in Control Panel is available for you to create, organise and manage iSAMS user accounts. For example, you may wish to create user groups to sort user accounts by their role in your school.
Managing user accounts allows you to:
- Create additional user accounts and link them to a staff or pupil account. For example, you can create a new user account for when a new member of staff joins the school and then link their system account to their staff record, created in the Human Resources Manager module.
- Create user groups to organise your user accounts. For example, create a user group and add teachers' accounts to it. This is useful for when you are searching for user accounts.
- Disable a user account and reset a user's security options, such as their password. Also choose to delete a user account. You may use this if you believe the security of your iSAMS system has been compromised.
- Change a user account's properties and user preferences, such as their contact details and iSAMS display theme.
The User Groups containing users you have assigned the group to are shown in the left-hand panel in the User Accounts applet.
You are responsible for managing user accounts. This involves:
- Adding user accounts and user groups for the first time. You need to add additional accounts to let other members of your organisation access iSAMS.
- Managing user groups. For example, change the group's description and order in the User Tree View. Delete user groups or add more user accounts to a group.
- Manage existing user accounts as needed, for example when a user's contact details have changed. Use the security options available to secure a user account.
- Use the User List View to perform actions to multiple user accounts at once, such as disabling multiple user accounts. This saves time when a single action is required for a number of user accounts.