Understanding User Roles and Permissions

Each user in TIDE has a role, such as a district-level user or a test administrator-level user. Each role has an associated list of permissions to access certain features within TIDE. For example, a district test coordinator user can perform activities related to districts. This can include adding or deleting users. A test administrator user can perform different activities. This can include specifying a student's test settings, but not re-opening a test.

For a complete list of user roles and access levels, Online User Role Matrix, and User Management Guidance documents available in the Resources section of the Ohio Online Portal, www.ohiostatetests.org.

There is a hierarchy to user roles. The district test coordinator is at the top of the hierarchy and test administrator at the bottom of the hierarchy. Generally, user roles that are higher in the hierarchy have access to more sensitive or critical data and tasks within TIDE.

Figure 2: Hierarchy of User Roles