Have you investigated Policies?

Administrators will find Policy settings prove to be as invaluable to schools that have an independent it’s Learning site as to those schools who share Profile settings with other schools within an LA site.  This flexible system enables rules to be set independently from the rest of those on the same site.  It allows rules to be set for individuals or Profiles.

Policies are used to override the default profile or user settings.  This reduces the need for the creation of new Profiles or editing existing ones.

•    Different settings can be combined in a single Policy
•    More than one Policy can be applied to a user or Profile

An example might be where Messages and Projects have been turned off for all pupils on an LA site.  A teacher in ‘School A’ would like to use Projects with a particular group of children.  However, not only are Projects unavailable to the pupils, they rely on the Messages system to enable the Project manager to invite participants to take part in a Project.  In this case the School A Administrator can be asked to write a Policy that switches on Projects and Messages for the selected group of pupils in School A only.

Or, it may be decided that certain groups of pupils or individuals should be assigned a different Start URL to that set for their Profile.  The Administrator can create a Policy that sets a new Start URL for them.
Points to remember:

•    By default Policies are managed by System Administrators under the Administration tab >> Policies.
•    The permission to manage Policies is a profile setting and can therefore be delegated.
•    It is also possible to add Policies to individual users by clicking the Administration tab >> Users and access rights >> Edit user >> Add policy under the Policies tab.
•    Administrators with access to Users and access rights under the Administration tab can view the permissions of individual users.
•    The strictest Policy always overrides other Policies.