Add a Site Administrator

Site Administrators are responsible for setting up and running your Totara site. Site Administrators can control every aspect of the site, so this role should only be assigned to users who are trusted to have this level of access.

Our recommendation is to only use the Site Administrator account for site administration. For day-to-day use you should instead create a limited-access account that has the permissions required for your day-to-day activities.

First, read the considerations for assigning a Site Administrator.

Only existing Site Administrators can add new Site Administrators to the list by following these steps:

Go to Quick-access menu > Users > Permissions > Site Administrators.
Use the Users pane to find users. If you have a lot of users you will need to use the Search box underneath it to find specific users.
Select the user, then click the Add button.

The user will now appear in the Current Site Administrators pane. You can remove them by selecting the user and then clicking the Remove button.

Course badge The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to Site-level user management in Totara. Here you can learn more about user management, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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