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.
