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First of all one should read these two step-by-step guides:

• https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/adminsites1.pdf
• https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/hierarchy7.pdf

Here is a summary of the basic points:

• an Administration Site is said to manage one or more (regular) sites;
• members of Administration Sites are the only WebLearn users able to create new sites;
• Administration Sites have 2 roles: admin and member;
• participants with the member role:
  • can create sub-sites of any site where they have the maintain role;
  • cannot visit the Administration Site;
• participants with the admin role:
  • can create sub-sites of any site where they have the maintain role;
  • can visit and ‘maintain’ the Administration Site and therefore can:
    • add tools;
    • make changes to the participant list;
    • assign roles to participants;
  • have automatic maintain rights in a site that is managed by the Administration Site without actually being a member of the site in question.