Roles and Permissions for Common Assessments

Knowing who can create, manage, and view Common Assessments in Wayground is important for smooth implementation. Permissions are assigned based on user roles within Wayground to ensure that educators and administrators have the appropriate level of access.

Understanding user roles

Here are the main roles involved in the Common Assessments process:

• System Admin: Manages the entire organization, including rostering, integrations, and user roles
• School Admin: A specialized role available in the Wayground District plan with the Common Assessments add-on. A School Admin can view Common Assessments shared with their school, track participation, and monitor student performance.
• Assessment Coordinator: A specialized role, available in the Wayground District plan with Common Assessments add-on. Teachers with this role can create and manage Common Assessments
• Educator (Teacher): Administers Common Assessments to their classes, views class-level performance data, and can access all teaching features on Wayground outside of Common Assessments
   

Role Permissions 

The table below shows what each role can do in Wayground. This helps clarify who can create CAs(Common Assessments), which Common Assessments they can view, and what level of reporting data they can access.

• *School Admin: Specialized role available in district plans with the Common Assessments
• **Assessment Coordinator: Specialized role available in plans with the Common Assessments
• ***Admin controls: Include teacher and staff rostering, role management, integrations setup, content policy setup & usage analytics

Note:

• All district admins from Clever are mapped to the Admin role in Wayground
• All school principals from Clever are mapped to the School Admin role in Wayground

for Classlink:

• All admins for district orgs from Classlink are mapped to the Admin role in Wayground
• All Admins for school orgs from Classlink are mapped to the School Admin role in Wayground

How to request a role change

If you are an Educator and need the ability to create Common Assessments, you will need a role update. Please contact your Wayground System Admin to request this change. They can update your role by going to Admin Controls > Manage members/teachers.


Learn more:

• An Introduction to Common Assessments by Wayground
• Create a Common Assessment: For Admins & Coordinators
• Managing and Monitoring Common Assessments: For Admins & Coordinators
• Administering a Common Assessment in Your Class: For Teachers
• How to Join & Take a Common Assessment: For Students