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Purpose

Use Groups to assign users a consistent set of permissions (policies) across the platform, and combine them with Teams to scope what data those users can see.


Groups vs. Teams (Key Concepts)

Groups

  • Collections of users that are assigned policies.
  • Policies define what actions users can take (e.g., view analytics, enroll learners, create teams).
  • Best for role-based access (e.g., account executives, enrollment managers).

Teams

  • Collections of learners (e.g., Company A students).
  • Used to scope data visibility so managers only see their own learners’ data.
  • Best for data segmentation (Company A vs. Company B).

Creating and Managing Groups

  1. Go to Tenant Settings → Management → Groups.
  2. Create a group by providing:
    • Group name
    • Description
    • Group members (add or remove at any time as a tenant admin)
  3. Save the group.

Anyone added to the group automatically inherits the policies attached to it.


Assigning Policies to Groups

  1. Open Policies in Management.
  2. Each policy can have groups assigned to it.
  3. Add a group by searching for it and selecting it.

Example

A group like SBA Corporate Account Executive may be assigned policies that include:

  • Enrollment Manager
  • Analytics Viewer / Reader
  • List Users
  • List Teams
  • Create Teams
  • Access to all user reports

This allows group members to:

  • View users and teams.
  • Create teams.
  • View and download analytics.
  • Enroll learners by sending invitations.

Using Groups Together with Teams (Scoped Access)

If you want someone to:

  • Have a role like Analytics Viewer, but
  • Only see data for a subset of learners (e.g., Company A only),

Then you should:

  1. Create a Team.
  2. Add the learners who belong to that company or cohort.
  3. Create or use a Group
    • Example: Company A Analytics Viewer.
  4. Assign the Team to a Policy.

The policy links:

  • The analytics role
  • The specific team
  1. Add users (or a group) to that policy.

Result

Company A managers:

  • Can see only Company A’s analytics.
  • Cannot see Company B’s data.
  • Cannot invite users or manage content unless explicitly allowed.

What Groups Enable

Depending on assigned policies, group members can:

  • View lists of users and teams.
  • Access analytics dashboards and reports.
  • Create and manage teams.
  • Enroll users into content via invitations.

What they cannot do is determined entirely by the policies attached to their group.


Result

Groups provide clean, role-based permission management, while Teams ensure data stays properly segmented. Together, they give you fine-grained control over who can do what and which learners’ data they can see.