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Users

A user is someone who belongs to an Epicenter account and can be a member of one or many groups, but doesn't have to. A new user has no group membership.

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To manage users, call the functions of the User adapter.
To learn how to manage Epicenter sessions, read Authentication adapter.

User modality​

Modality is a sub-namespace for a user. Modality refers to how the user enters the application. The user handle is unique for the account and the modality.

By leveraging modality, project owners can treat a user who signs in via SSO as a new student each time the user joins a classroom.

Permissions​

The user permissions in Epicenter are determined by user roles. For specific role descriptions, read about the ROLE enum in the Developer reference.

Permits​

A permit in Epicenter is a combination of the readLock and writeLock properties. These properties are set to values of the ROLE enum.

A permit blocks access to an asset for any user with a role below that indicated by readLock or writeLock.

  • The readLock defines who can view information.
  • The writeLock defines who can update information.
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Permits are implemented with the Permit interface.