User roles
If you have an individual Padlet account, there's just one user: you! But if you are part of a team or school account, you will be assigned a user role.
Read on to learn more about the different Padlet user roles.
Team
Teams have four roles: owner, admin, maker, and contributor. You must purchase a license for each owner, admin, and maker. Contributors are included for free. Here's a breakdown of each role.
Feature | Contributor | Maker | Admin | Owner |
Delete team | ✅ | |||
Manage billing | ✅ | |||
Manage users | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Create team padlets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Post on team padlets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View team padlets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Backpack
Backpack is our account for schools, and it includes four roles: owner,admin, teacher, and student. You must purchase a license for each owner, admin and teacher. Students are included for free. Here's a breakdown of each role.
Feature | Student | Teacher | Admin | Owner |
✅ | ✅ | |||
✅ | ✅ | |||
Manage billing | ✅ | |||
✅* | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Create Backpack padlets | ✅* | ✅* | ✅ | ✅ |
Post on Backpack padlets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
View Backpack padlets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
*These features are available by default, but the account owner can set permissions for these roles that would remove access to these features.
FAQs
I'm ready to start a team. How do I get started?
I'm ready to start a Backpack account. How do I get started?
If you want to learn more about these plans, check out our subscriptions page or contact us! We'd be delighted to help you with your decision.