Event Attendance - How to Add an Administrator to an Event

This tutorial describes how to add an administrator to an event.

This document will walk you through adding an administrator to an event.

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1.) Navigate to the Take Attendance tab and select the blue 'Choose Existing Event' button.

The "Take Attendance" page. The "Take Attendance" option in the nav menu is highlighted, as is the "Choose Existing Event" button.

2.) This will bring you to a page with all the existing events. Click on the desired event.

The "Existing Events" page of Event Attendance. An arrow is pointing to the "Your Events" section, and one of the listed events has been highlighted.

3.) Under the title of your event, there will be a link called 'Advanced Options' with a gear icon next to it. Click this link.

The page of an individual event in Event Attendance. The "Advanced Options" link below the event title has been highlighted.

4.) This will bring you to a page titled Event Settings. Click on the blue button called 'Event Administrators.'

The "Event Settings" page of an event in Event Attendance. The button labeled "Event Administrators" has been highlighted.

5.) You will be brought to a page titled Event Administrators. Here, click on the green 'Add New' button.

The "Event Administrators" page of an event in Event Attendance. The "Add New" button has been highlighted.

6.) There will be a box titled Add New Administrator netID. Type in the netID of the administrator and their name will appear to the left in green.

An event's "Event Administrators" page. A NetID/UIN field and checkboxes that affect the new admin's permissions are displayed.

7.) Then select the permissions you want the administrator to have. The descriptions of the types of permissions are listed at the top of the page and here:

Viewer - can view attendance but not take attendance
Attendance Taker - may take attendance but only view the attendance that they have taken
Owner - can edit event settings, view all attendance, and take attendance

Note that adding someone as an Owner will automatically add them as an Attendance Taker and Viewer as well.

Once you have selected the permissions, click the green 'Add New' button.

An event's Event Administrators page. The description of the event administrator permissions, and the permission settings are highlighted.

8.) The administrator you just added should appear in a box with their name on the left side and their permissions on the right. Here you can continue to add more administrators if you wish by clicking the green 'Add New' button, or you can click the blue 'Return To Event Settings' button.