Define District Access Levels (Destiny Administrator)

If you are a Destiny Administrator, you can manage Access Levels for your district by:

  • Setting up initial Access Levels, which apply to new sites as you create them.
    • Existing sites retain their existing configurations.
    • Site Administrators can assign Access Levels to patrons, assign or remove any permissions that they themselves have to other Access Levels, and add and delete Access Levels.
    • You can edit the Administrator Access Level, and push these settings to existing sites at any time.
  • Defining and managing the default Access Levels for all sites, existing and future.
    • Site Administrators can assign Access Levels to patrons, and view the permissions for each Access Level, but cannot assign or remove any permissions, or add or delete an Access Level.
    • Destiny deletes any site-created Access Levels and reassigns patrons of those Access Levels to the default Access Level.
  • Allowing each Site Administrator to set up and maintain access levels for their school.
Note: These settings do not apply to Media Manager sites or to District Warehouse Access Levels.

Set Up Initial Access Levels

  1. Log in as a Destiny Administrator.
  2. Select Setup > District Options sub-tab.
  3. In the Access Levels section, click Edit.
  4. Select the first option, Setup initial access levels for users here. The access levels will be applied to new sites. Existing sites will continue to use the Access Levels setup on Admin tab. However, you can update the site settings by selecting the access levels and clicking Push to update the entire district, a select group of sites, or a single site.
  1. Next to each Access Level, click the edit icon, Edit icon.

    You can also add a new or delete an existing Access Level by selecting or deselecting the checkbox next to it.

    To define resource groups to a given access level, go to: Resource Groups (Resource Manager).

  2. Select or deselect the permissions on each sub-tab.
  3. Click Save.

Push Access Levels

  1. Log in as a Destiny Administrator.
  2. Select Setup > District Options sub-tab.
  3. In the Access Levels section, click Edit.
  4. Update access levels accordingly.
  5. Click Save.
  6. On the Access Levels page, select the checkbox to the right of the access levels you want to push.
  7. Click Push.
  8. In the message that appears, select the district, a site type, or an individual site for the push, and click Yes.

The Push Access Levels job summary lists the sites updated and the permissions changed.

Note: A change in the inactivity timeout is not included in a push.

Define All Access Levels

  1. Log in as a Destiny Administrator.
  2. Select Setup > District Options sub-tab.
  3. In the Access Levels section, click Edit.
  4. Select the second option, District defined access levels will be applied to all sites. Site Administrators will be able to assign rights but will be unable to edit them.
  5. Next to each Access Level, click the edit icon, Edit icon.

    You can also add a new Access Level or delete an existing Access Level.

    To define resource groups to a given access level, go to Resource Groups (Resource Manager).

  6. Select or deselect the permissions on each tab.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Back on the Access Levels page, verify that the Default Access Level is correct.

    You can designate Patron, Staff, Teacher or an Access Level you create as the default.

  9. When you are finished, click Save and Yes on the confirmation message.

The Update Access Levels job summary lists the sites updated and site Access Level to district Access Level assignments.