July 2020: Setting up corresponding relationship types

Challenges solved with this enhancement

1. New administrators might not know or remember that role types and relationship types need to be set up separately
2. Often, when creating a relationship types, administrators just have to duplicate the name of the role type they’ve created previously
3. It might not be clear for new administrators how to get from a screen where they create new role types to the screen where they create new relationship types

Solution

When a non-learner role type is created, a corresponding relationship type is often needed to define the link between participants. You can find out more about setting up relationship types in this Help article.

If you created a role type that requires a corresponding relationship type, simply click the ‘Save role and add new relationship type’ button.

This will ensure that your role type is saved and you will also be taken to a page which allows you to set up the relationship type with the same (pre-populated) name and select relevant capabilities.

For differences in capabilities, please check our article for setting up relationship types.