Account types

Account types

There re a number of different account types that users can be granted access with, these enable you to set permissions based on their role within the school.

Staff accounts

Staff member accounts and access rights include;

  • Admin – This role is the one with the most access, we recommend giving this to senior members of staff, also we recommend at least one member of staff within the PE department has this role to ensure the system is working as you need it to be.
  • Manager – This role is the next down from Admin, they can do everything an admin can accept a few background settings.
  • Teacher – the teacher accounts can work in three different ways, please let your Squad in Touch support manager know which of the three you would prefer;
    • Add, manage and view all events on the calendar;
    • Add, manage and view all events surrounding a certain sports
    • Manage and view only events they have been tagged in
  • Coach – coach roles can work in one of two ways, please let your Squad in Touch support manager know which of the three you would prefer;
    • Manage and view all events surrounding a certain sports;
    • Manage and view only events they have been tagged in.

In the below table you can see the aspects that each staff role can perform;

ActionFurther detailsAdminManagerTeachercoach
Manage the details of your schools accountSchool Description; school email addresses; school phone numbers; School address; Restricted view type of students names; Public website and Big screen settings – including Domain nameYes–––
Manage the background settings of the accountAccept and reject new requests from users; Moderate what parental and student users can / can’t do – Add photos and comments, send availability reports; Add and remove venues; Integrate with calendars and Twitter; add template questions for consent requests and club booking forms; Manage favourite sportsYesYes – but not for Admin users––
Accept invites from opposing schools–YesYes––
Manage student detailsadd / remove students from your account; Change students details – Name, DOB, Emergency contact details, Year group.YesYes––
Create and manage eventsAdd event information; Add team sheets; edit times, date, venue; send consent requests; view responses; view availability reports; view emergency contact information; Print team sheets; Add details ; assign jobs; score eventsYesYesYesOnly for sports they are linked to – if any.

Parental access

Parents can only view events their child(ren) has been added to from their account, they can accept / decline consent requests and book onto clubs.
If your schools settings allow, parents can also add photos and comments to events their child(ren) is involved in and send availability reports.

Student access

Students can view events they’re involved in, from their account. If your schools settings allow, parents can also add photos and comments to events their child(ren) is involved in and send availability reports.

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