How to Change Role to Admin

If you’re an admin of a group, you can promote members to admin or remove admin privileges from other admins. This works for both public (school) groups and private groups. This helps distribute group management responsibilities.

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Promoting a Member to Admin

1. Open the Student App and log in
2. Navigate to the Groups section
3. Tap on the group where you want to change a member’s role
4. Navigate to the group members section
5. Find the member you want to promote to admin
6. Tap the three dots menu icon on the member’s card
7. Tap “Make Group Admin” from the menu
8. The member will become an admin
9. An informational message will be posted in the group chat notifying members that the person was made an admin

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Removing Admin Role

1. Open the Student App and log in
2. Navigate to the Groups section
3. Tap on the group where you want to change an admin’s role
4. Navigate to the group members section
5. Find the admin you want to remove admin privileges from
6. Tap the three dots menu icon on the admin’s card
7. Tap “Remove Admin” from the menu
8. The admin will become a regular member
9. An informational message will be posted in the group chat notifying members that the person’s admin privileges were removed

Caution

Be careful when removing admin privileges. Make sure there’s at least one admin remaining in the group, or the group may become difficult to manage.

Tip

Admins have additional privileges including the ability to add/remove members, edit group details, and delete messages from any member. Use admin roles responsibly.

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Last Updated: 2025-01-31