PowerSchool Security Groups

PowerSchool Security Groups
Version 1.7 · Updated April 16, 2014
Schools are responsible for maintaining who has access to PowerSchool. Power Users can provide access to the school or remove access from the school by using
the Security Settings page in PowerSchool. All Power Users should attend a System Administration for Power Users training session to learn how to manage
access to PowerSchool.
The charts on the following pages provide additional details for each Security Group/Role available in PowerSchool. Please note that this information will be
subject to change as additional features within PowerSchool are enabled. The following Security Groups/Roles are currently available for schools in PowerSchool:
Security Group
Academic History
Attendance and Enrollment
Behavior and Scheduling
Course Requests
Enroll In A Class At Another
School
Illuminate/DataDirector
Access
Power User
School Administration
Description and additional information
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The Academic History security group/role provides access to maintain historical grades in PowerSchool.
The Attendance and Enrollment security group/role provides access to Attendance and Enrollment information in PowerSchool.
The Behavior and Scheduling security group/role provides access to Behavior and Scheduling information in PowerSchool.
The Course Requests security group/role provides access to add Course Requests in PowerScheduler.
School staff who attended Course Request training for PowerSchool were provided with Course Requests access.
This role should be used to provide limited access to someone from another school who needs to assist with scheduling students at your
school.
This role should be used for staff members who do not have students rostered to them, such as administrators, resource teachers,
counselors. Please note that this role will not provide any access to PowerSchool. Please refer to the job aid available here.
The Power User security group/role provides access to most features in PowerSchool. This group/role should be used for secondary site
technicians and others who share similar responsibilities.
Each school should have at least one Power User designated. It is recommended that your site identify a back-up Power User as well.
School staff who attended Build and Load training for PowerSchool were provided with Power User access.
The School Administration security group/role provides access to most features in PowerSchool. This group/role should be used for
principals, vice principals, and other school administrators.
This role should be used to provide access to maintain Special Programs in PowerSchool.
Please note that Special Programs can only be modified in certain cases. Early Childhood, Continuation, and Independent Study programs
can be modified by schools at this time. Additional programs will be available for editing in the future.
The View Only security group/role provides read-only access to PowerSchool.
District staff who request district-wide, read-only access are provided with View Only access.
 Access is provided, user can make changes to information
 Read-only access is provided, user cannot make changes to information
PowerSchool
PowerSchool Security Groups
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Master Schedule
Dashboard
Special Functions
Teacher Schedules
Reports
System Reports
People
Student Search
Staff Search
Parent Search
Enroll New Student
New Parent Entry
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Special Programs
School
Administration
Enrollment Summary
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Power User
Daily Bulletin
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Enroll In A Class
At Another School
Attendance
Course Requests
Functions
Behavior and
Scheduling
PowerSchool Page
Attendance and
Enrollment
Menu Category
Academic History
PowerSchool Security Group Details – Main Menu
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PowerSchool
PowerSchool Security Groups
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Personalize
System
Applications
PowerScheduler
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View Only
Special Programs
School
Administration
Power User
Enroll In A Class
At Another School
Course Requests
School
Behavior and
Scheduling
Setup
Attendance and
Enrollment
PowerSchool Page (continued)
Academic History
Menu Category (continued)
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PowerSchool
PowerSchool Security Groups
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Access Accounts
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Demographics
Modify Info
Photo
Academics
Attendance
Enter Attendance
Historical Grades
Teacher Comments
Term Grades
Administration
Net Access
Incidents
Enrollment
All Enrollments
District Exit
Functions
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Special Programs
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Transfer Info
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View Only
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Special Programs
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School
Administration
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Power User
Behavior and
Scheduling
Quick Lookup
Enroll In A Class
At Another School
Attendance and
Enrollment
Information
Student Page
Academic History
Menu Category
Course Requests
PowerSchool Security Group Details – Student Pages
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PowerSchool Security Groups
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Matrix View
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Modify Schedule
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Special Programs
Behavior and
Scheduling
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School
Administration
Attendance and
Enrollment
Bell Schedule View
Power User
Academic History
Scheduling
Enroll In A Class
At Another School
Student Page (continued)
Course Requests
Menu Category (continued)
PowerSchool
PowerSchool Security Groups
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