Super Admin

For most schools, the account is the top level of management available. However, depending on your Modern Campus CMS set-up, you might have access to an even higher administrative level, the skin or Super Admin. A skin can contain more than one account, and is marked by the /#skinname/ in your Modern Campus CMS URL.

Super Admin users are separate from Modern Campus CMS users; a level 10 user in Modern Campus CMS won't necessarily have access to the Super Admin interface.

When you log in to Super Admin, you see all accounts in your skin. You can edit the settings, sites, users, and groups for each account. You can also manage skin administrators, run user and group reports, and log into a site as any user.

AccountsLink to this section

Hold the pointer over an account name to see options for Sites, Users, Groups, New, Edit, and Delete. Click an account name to see the account settings, as well as the sites, users, and groups.

• Account Settings: Exactly the same as when accessed via the setup menu.
• Sites: Hold the pointer over a site to log into that site, edit the site settings, or delete the site.
  • Deleting a site is permanent and cannot be undone. It removes all staging files, site and folder settings, reusable content, and other items. Production files will remain live.
• Users: Lists all users in the account. Hold the pointer over a user to log in to a site as that user, edit their user settings, or delete the user.
• Groups: Lists all groups in the account. Hold the pointer over a group to edit, copy, or delete it.

To create a new account:

1. Navigate to Accounts.
2. Click the green +New button.
3. Fill out the account settings.
4. Click Save.

Hold the pointer over an account name to see the New menu with options to create a new site, user, or group in that account.

Deleting an account removes all files and settings on the staging server. This is permanent and cannot be undone. Production files will remain live.

AdministratorsLink to this section

Administrator users in Super Admin are separate from regular Modern Campus CMS users (though often someone who is a Super Admin user is also a level 10 user in the account). To create a new user in Super Admin:

1. Navigate to Administrators.
2. Click the green +New button.
3. Fill out the user settings:
   • Username: Required
   • Password: Leave blank if using LDAP
   • Locale: Formats the timestamps and dictionary for the user.
   • Admin Level: Required. Super (level 10) users have additional abilities beyond the standard Super Admin interface.
   • LDAP Configuration: Fill out if using LDAP authentication.
4. Click Save.

ReportsLink to this section

The reports in Super Admin are different from the standard site reports.

The Users report lists all users in the skin, with their user level, the last time they logged in or saved a file, how many saves they've made total, and which account they belong to.

The Groups report lists all groups in the skin, and which account they belong to.

Site LoginLink to this section

Once logged into the Super Admin interface, you can log in to any site in the skin, as any user in the skin. This can be helpful for testing access settings, among other things.

There are several ways to log in to a site:

• Select Site Login from the top menu.
  • Choose which account and site you want to log in to, and as which user. Previous logins are listed below; select one to log in with those parameters.
• Navigate to Accounts > Sites, hover over a site, and select Log In.
  • Select the user you want to log in as, in that site.
• Navigate to Accounts > Users, hover over a user, and select Log In.
  • Select the site you want to log in to, as that user.