Access Control

Requirements

User

• A user have different role(s) in the system.
• A user may have more than one role. (e.g. a person can be a TA and student)

Role

A role can be considered as a group of permission a user can have. There are some typical roles in iPeer:

Super Admin

• Have access to all the functions without restriction

Faculty/School Admin

• Have the view of whole faculty and school
• Can manage the instructors, students, courses, evaluations within the faculty/school

Instructor

• Have the view of his/her own courses, students, evaluations

Tutor

• Have the view of the courses he/she enrolled in

Student

• Have the view of the courses he/she enrolled in

Permission

The permission can give a user access to the resources. There are two types of permissions.

Controller/Action Permission

Functional Permission