Roles Explained

There are three roles in a Scribble organization: owner, admin, and member. The role determines what someone can do; it does not determine whether they're a student or an adult.

Owner

There is exactly one owner per organization.

• Created when the organization is first set up.
• Has full access to everything: students, members, settings, billing.
• Cannot be removed by an admin. Ownership can be transferred — contact support.

In a family, the owner is the parent who signed up. In a school, the owner is whoever first created the account (often the head teacher or admin).

Admin

Any number of admins can exist per organization.

• Can manage students (add, archive, view reports).
• Can invite other admins.
• Can change organization settings (default daily goal, practice days, etc.).
• Cannot change billing.

In a family, an admin is a second parent or guardian. In a school, admins are typically teachers and program leads.

Member

A member is a non-staff account.

• Members do not get web dashboard access.
• In a school, every student is a member account. Students sign into the iPad with their member account, but never see the dashboard.
• A member account is linked to a student profile through member.student_id. That linkage is how the iPad knows which student a member is.

Who can sign into what

• Owner → web dashboard + iPad (in a family, can pick any profile).
• Admin → web dashboard + iPad (in a family, can pick any profile).
• Member → iPad only. No dashboard.

Wrong-surface access fails

If a member tries to sign into the web dashboard, sign-in fails with a clear message. If an owner or admin opens the iPad app at a non-Alpha school, the iPad doesn't drop them into student mode — staff use the dashboard, students use the iPad.

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