{"id":37,"date":"2019-11-04T21:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T02:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/adding-users\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:35:46","slug":"adding-users","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/adding-users\/","title":{"raw":"Adding Users","rendered":"Adding Users"},"content":{"raw":"

User Roles in Pressbooks<\/h2>\r\nThere are several different user types in Pressbooks, each with a different level of access to accommodate the user\u2019s role within the team. \u00a0Below are each of the user roles, and what they have access to once they have been added to a book, listed from most to least access.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Role<\/th>\r\nManage Users & Settings<\/th>\r\nAdd or Edit Pages<\/th>\r\nPublish Pages<\/th>\r\nDelete Pages<\/th>\r\nRead Pages*<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Administrator<\/strong><\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Editor<\/strong><\/td>\r\nNo<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Author<\/strong><\/td>\r\nNo<\/td>\r\nOnly their own<\/td>\r\nOnly their own<\/td>\r\nOnly their own<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Contributor<\/strong><\/td>\r\nNo<\/td>\r\nOnly their own<\/td>\r\nNo<\/td>\r\nNo<\/td>\r\nYes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n*Authors and Contributors can only read private pages which have been marked to \u201cShow in Web\u201d (available under Organize).\u00a0<\/em>\r\n

Add New User<\/h2>\r\nAdministrators of a book in Pressbooks can add a new user by going to Users<\/strong> >> Add New<\/strong> from the administrator dashboard left-hand menu and filling out the form provided.\r\n\r\nAlternately, email the following information to digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a>:\r\n