User roles in Showpad

What's in it for you

It's important to have a separation between managing your content and courses versus sharing assets and taking tests. That's why we created different user roles on Showpad's Online Platform.
Owners and Administrators manage users, content, and courses. Managers review pitches and keep track of their team's progress in Courses and Paths, and this role is only relevant for organizations that use Showpad Coach. Showing and sharing the provided content is usually done by sales representatives, defined as users on the Online Platform. Users share content and take courses. All these different user roles have different permissions that are explained here.

See how it works

 

Step by step explained

In general, there are four types of users on the Showpad platform:

1. An owner. This is the first user that was used for creating your Showpad organization during your trial. You cannot change the owner yourself. We advise you to contact your Customer Success Manager if you need to transfer ownership to a new user. You can see the owner as a master administrator.

 

2. An administrator has access to all functionality on the Online Platform. They can't delete or change the owner.

 

Here's what Administrators see after logging in:

3. A manager has access to their My Team hub. This area allows managers to oversee their team's course progress as a way to track learning initiatives.

4. A user has access to the Experiences and content that the administrator creates. Sales reps or other users without administrator rights have the role of user. When logging in, they have immediate access to their Experiences.

 

Below is a screenshot of what they see when logging into Showpad's Web app.

Check the table below to understand the permissions for each user role:

			Owner	Administrator	Manager	User
	Administrative
		Change the account name	✓
		Delete or create other administrators or revoke access	✓	✓
		Delete or create users or revoke access	✓	✓
		Manage content, Experiences, and courses	✓	✓
		Define which default licenses are applied during user creation	✓
		See all user, content, and activities reports	✓	✓
	Management
		View course breakdowns for their team	✓	✓	✓
		View and grade their team's tests	✓	✓	✓
		View and grade PitchIQ recordings	✓	✓	✓
		Access their team's course completion insights	✓	✓	✓
	Content
		Share content via the configured Experiences in the Showpad apps and Web app	✓	✓	✓	✓
		Share content via our email plugins	✓	✓	✓	✓
		Consult sharing statistics	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Coaching
		Take courses assigned to them	✓	✓	✓	✓
		Record and submit pitches for feedback	✓	✓	✓	✓
		Review peer’s pitches	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Note: Accounts with divisions enabled can also have another type of user, called Division Managers or Promoted Members. Click here to find out more about Divisions and that user role.