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.

Table 2 indicates which users can access specific features and tasks.

Table 2: Overview of User Roles and Permissions

Task or Site*	STATE	DA	DC	SC	SA	TE	TA	TEA
Managing TIDE Users
Adding User Accounts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewing and Editing User Details	✓	✓	✓	✓
Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads	✓	✓	✓	✓
Managing Student Information
Viewing and Editing Students**	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Printing PreID Labels	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Printing Students' Test Settings	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Uploading Student Interim Grades	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Managing Student Test Settings and Tools
Viewing and Editing Test Settings and Tools**	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Uploading Test Settings and Tools	✓	✓	✓	✓
Managing Rosters
Adding New Rosters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Modifying Existing Rosters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Creating Rosters Through File Uploads	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Working with Orders for Testing Materials
Placing Paper Orders		✓
Viewing Order History		✓	✓	✓
Viewing Order Summary		✓	✓	✓
Viewing Order Quantities by Testing Material	✓
Viewing Statewide Quantity Reports	✓
Establishing District Shipping Contact Information
Establishing Contact and Shipping Information		✓
Printing Test Tickets
Printing Test Tickets from Student Lists	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Printing Test Tickets from Rosters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Managing Appeals
Creating Appeals	✓	✓	✓	✓
Viewing Appeals	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Creating Appeals Through File Uploads	✓	✓	✓	✓
Approving, Rejecting, and Retracting Appeals	✓
Monitoring Test Progress
Generating Plan and Manage Testing Report	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Generating Participation Reports by SSID	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reviewing Test Completion Rates	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reviewing Statewide Participation Counts	✓
Reviewing Test Status Code Reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reviewing Test Session Status Reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Global Features
Changing Test Administration, Role, or Institution	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Switching Between CT Comprehensive Assessment Program Systems	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Finding Students by ID or Users by Email Address	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Downloading Hand-Scoring Resources	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
* STATE—State Administrator; DA—District Administrator; DC—District Test Coordinator; SC—School Test Coordinator; SA—School Reporting Administrator; TE—Teacher; TA—Test Administrator; TEA—Teacher Alternate ** Some roles may only have view access to this feature.

There is a hierarchy to user roles. As indicated in Figure 2, the state-level role is at the top of the hierarchy, followed by the district-level roles, followed by the school-level roles. 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