Table of Default Capabilities

This table lists the capabilities for Renaissance Place and for multiple products. In the table below, means the group has the capability by default. A mean the capability can be added for the group, but the group does not have the capability by default. The dash () means the group does not have the capability, and it cannot be added for the group.

Capability	Determines Who Can...	District Admin	District Staff	School Admin	School Staff	Teacher
Content (most tasks done by Renaissance Learning)
Manage Content	Manage content, such as quizzes or libraries.
View Content	View content, such as quizzes or libraries.
Share Created Content (District)	Share created Star Custom assessments or assessment items with anyone in the district, the selected school, or yourself only.
Share Created Content (School)	Share created Star Custom assessments or assessment items with anyone in the selected school or yourself only.
District and School Information
Manage District	Change district information, such as the name, address, or phone number.
Manage Schools	Edit schools.
View Schools	View information on schools in the district.
School Years, Marking Periods, and Days Off
Manage School Year	Add, edit, or delete school years.
Manage Marking Periods and Days Off	Add, edit, copy, or delete marking periods (such as quarters or semesters) and days off. Marking periods are used for reports and goal setting. Days off are used for some report calculations. District personnel can manage marking periods and days off for any school. School personnel can only manage marking periods and days off for their school.
Courses and Classes
Manage Courses and Classes	Add, edit, copy, and delete courses and classes, or add and remove students and team teachers in classes. District personnel can do this for any school; school personnel can only do this for their schools.
View Courses and Classes	View course and class information. District personnel can view the information for any school. School personnel can view the information for their school.
Personnel Information
Manage Personnel	Add, edit, or delete personnel information. District personnel can do this for the district or any school. School personnel can do this for their school.
View Personnel	View personnel information.
Student Information
District-Level View of Student and Personnel Information	View student and personnel information in all schools (not just schools to which they may be assigned). Only users who should see information for all schools should be granted this capability.
Manage School Enrollment	Enroll or unenroll students in schools. District personnel can enroll students in any school. School personnel can only enroll students in their schools.
Manage Students and Class Enrollments	Add students, enroll students in classes, edit student information and characteristics, manage custom characteristics in the database, and delete students from the database. District personnel can do these tasks for any school. School personnel can do them for their school. This does not include the ability to import, export, or merge student information.
Manage Student Data	Permanently remove and recover student records. Note: District administrators and district staff have this capability by default. However, users with this capability need the Manage Student and Class Enrollments capability as well so that they have access to the Edit Multiple Students page, where they can permanently remove student records.
View Students and Class Enrollments	View student information, including class enrollment.
Merge Students	Merge duplicate student records into one. District personnel can merge student records for any school. School personnel can merge student records for their school.
District-Level Student Export and District-Level Student Import	Export student information at all levels for any student at any school or import students into any school.
School-Level Student Export and School-Level Student Import	Export students within a specific school or import students into a school.
Teacher-Level Student Export and Teacher-Level Student Import	Export students of a specific teacher or import students into classes for a specific teacher.
Parent Information
Manage Parents	Add, edit, or delete parent information.
View Parents	View parent information for parents in the database.
Classroom Work
Manage Classroom Activities	Manage student assignments, goals, scores, and classroom reports, including Record and Assignment Books.
School-Level Access	Access all classes in all Renaissance Place products.
View Classroom	View classroom work, such as student assignments, goals, and scores, including Record and Assignment Books.
Reports
District Reports	View reports for all levels: district, schools, teachers, classes, or students.
School Reports	View reports for individual schools and their teachers, classes, and students.
Teacher Reports	View reports for an individual teacher's classes.
Parent Reports	View parent reports.
Filter Reports by Characteristics	Limit reports to students who have been assigned specific characteristics in Renaissance Place.
Filter Reports by Ethnicity	Limit reports to students with specific ethnicities, which are set when you add students or edit their information.
Manage Reporting Periods	Set the reporting periods for Renaissance Place Consolidated reports. Reporting periods are time periods that you can select for the report.
Manage Data Consolidation	Schedule data consolidation to gather data from all products to include in Renaissance Place reports. You set the date, times, and recurrence. (The default schedule is 2:00 A.M. daily.)
Software Preferences
Change Data Editing Preference	Change the Data Editing Restrictions preference, which prevents users from changing data that is automatically updated from another source, such as your district’s student information files. The preference is under Product Administration.
Manage District Preferences	Change district-level preferences. Most products do not have district-level preferences.
Manage School Preferences	Change school-level preferences for any product, such as the Accelerated Reader Student Quizzing preferences. District personnel can change these for any school. School personnel can change them for their school.
View District Preferences	View district preferences, such as the Data Editing Restrictions preference.
View School Preferences	View school-level preferences for any Renaissance Place product.
Manage Default Capabilities	Choose the capabilities for any person or group using Renaissance Place software. District personnel can manage capabilities for any group at any school or at the district. School personnel can only manage capabilities for personnel at their school.
View Default Capabilities	View the capabilities given to new users in each group. Capabilities for existing users may be different. District personnel can view capabilities for district personnel and personnel in any school. School personnel can view capabilities for their school.