Roles and User Permissions

Adding Users to Parachute

Parachute makes it easy to add new users and to grant Parachute access to users you've already created on the Food Program. To start, navigate to the Settings section, then select User Management. 

Within this section you will see all users who have already been added to Food Program. To add a new user, click in the upper right hand corner of the screen, then click . From here you will enter all of the required information. 

Any users that you add to Parachute will automatically appear in your users list on the Food Program, but they will be provided a Parachute Only permission, meaning that they cannot access the Food Program until you update their roles. 

Updating User Roles

After you have clicked in the upper right hand corner of the screen, you can update the roles of any users who have already been added, either from Parachute or the Food Program. 

To update a role click the dropdown and select the appropriate role for your user. 

Definitions of Roles

Parachute allows you to assign your users five different Roles, depending on what permissions you would like to give them. 

• Super Admin
  • This role type is automatically assigned to the Admin User on Food Program. If the Admin is changed on Food Program, the user will automatically be updated on Parachute to reflect the change
  • This user has all admin permissions
• Admin
  • This role type gives users the ability access all of Parachute including:
    • Creating, maintaining and managing invoices
    • Enrolling and updating Child and Parent information
    • Creating and managing all classrooms
      • Including assigning both Children and Staff to classrooms
    • Access to the Attendance Kiosk feature
    • The ability to take attendance for all children
    • The ability to view all messages sent to and from parents
      • Also able to send messages to all parents
    • The ability to view all activities
      • Also able to create new activities for all children  
  • You may assign as many admin users as you need
    • Adding a user as an Admin does not grant them Food Program access automatically
• Teacher (With Comms)
  • When a user is assigned this role then they are given their own classroom workspace when they login
  • These users will only have limited access to child data and parent data, based on the classrooms they are assigned to
  • These users only have access to the following:
    • Attendance based on their assigned classroom
      • This user may only do manual attendance for the children assigned to their classroom
    • Ability to send and receive messages from parents associated with the children in their classroom
    • Ability to create new activities for children assigned to their classroom
      • This user will also receive notifications when a parent likes a logged activity post
      • This user can reply to any comments left by parents 
• Teacher (No Comms) 
  • This role allows users to gain access to the classroom workspace, but limits permissions so that they cannot communicate directly with parents

• • These users will only have limited access to child data and parent data, based on the classrooms they are assigned to
  • These users only have access to the following:
    • Attendance based on their assigned classroom
      • This user may only do manual attendance for the children assigned to their classroom

• • • Ability to view activity log posts and comments
• Food Program Only
  • This role is automatically assigned to all users who are created on the Food Program side. These users do not have access to Parachute 
  • Once a user is assigned a role other than Food Program Only you cannot reassign them to this role

Status

This allows you to update a user's access to permission by marking them Active or Inactive. 

• Active: This user is active within Parachute and may access the features assigned to them based on their assigned role
• Inactive: This user is not active within Parachute and cannot access the features assigned to them, regardless of the role assigned  
• Remove: This is a permanent action that will remove access to Parachute for this user. Once a user has been removed from Parachute they cannot be added back.