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ADMIN user_access tweaks
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ADMINS can configure an unlimited number of custom roles, which can then be assigned to teachers by ADMIN, and by TEACHERs with relevant enrollment permissions on a given module.
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## PERSONAL TUTOR
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# Personal tutor
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Tutor access is not a teacher role. It is a separate access mechanism derived from student–tutor relationships.
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Personal tutor is listed in the ADMIN panel with other teacher roles, but it is an independent access mechanism derived from student–tutor relationships (tutor access is not a teacher role).
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ADMIN cannot delete the tutor role but can modify its description and permissions, except for the `View student data` permission.
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Permissions for personal tutor always includes `View student data`. Other permissions are controlled by ADMIN users and can be enabled or disabled. Whatever permissions are applied, apply to all personal tutors - there is only one configuration of personal tutors.
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Tutors are implicitly assigned by linking a teacher to a Global (student) Tag. For example a Global Tag named '2028' could be applied to a cohort of students, and be linked to a teacher who is then a 'tutor'.
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### Assigning a personal tutor
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Personal tutors are implicitly assigned by linking a teacher to a Global (student) Tag. For example a Global Tag named '2028' could be applied to a cohort of students, and be linked to a teacher who is then a 'tutor'.
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Tutor access to a module for a TEACHER (or ADMIN) requires at least one STUDENT in that module to share a Global Tag with the TEACHER (or ADMIN). Access to the module is then restricted by the permissions assigned to the PERSONAL TUTOR role.
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