Curriculum Security
It is strongly advised that those implementing the online curriculum work with the Security Administrator to ensure that only appropriate users can modify the curriculum. A basic understanding of security and how it impacts the curriculum is useful for this purpose.
PowerSchool Special Programs provides several access privileges that protect the curriculum from unauthorized changes and protect its integrity and reliability.
Access Privilege | Staff Assigned |
View Curriculum Outline | All staff |
View Resource Library | All staff |
Maintain Private Resources | Teachers |
Edit Public Resources | Curriculum Administration group only |
Moderate Public Resource Discussion | Curriculum Administration group only |
View Question Items | Curriculum Administration group, Assessment Coordinators Group |
Edit Question Items | Curriculum Administration group, Assessment Coordinators Group |
View Assessment Definitions | Teachers |
Maintain Private Assessment Definitions | Teachers |
Edit Public Assessment Definitions | Curriculum Administration group, Assessment Coordinators Group |
Edit Curriculum Outline | Curriculum Administration group only |
View Curriculum Setup | Curriculum Administration group only |
Edit Curriculum Setup | Curriculum Administration group only |
Create/Delete Curriculums | Curriculum Administration group only |
Translate Curriculums | Language Translators, Curriculum Administration group |
Users are assigned membership in one or more security groups that correspond to the function or role they have in the system. When a user is granted membership in a security group, that user receives all the access privileges associated with the group. However, two default security groups are concerned with editing curriculum information. The names and access privileges for these groups are shown in the table below.
Even though security groups and their membership are managed by the Security Administrator, it is recommended that those with curriculum responsibility participate in deciding who is a member of these security groups. If necessary, the security groups and the associated access privileges can be customized by the school district.
Security Group Name | Access Privileges |
Curriculum Administration | Edit public resources |
Curriculum Data Entry | Edit curriculum outline |