You can have as many Merit users as needed at your institution. In order to make changes to other users, your Merit account must have admin privileges. If you do not see the Settings (gear) tab in the top right corner of your screen, contact your Merit admin.
Adding a New User
To add a new Merit user, go to the User Accounts section under the Settings tab and click the New User Account button:
This will open up a form where you will enter the person's first name, last name, email address, title, phone number and time zone:
Clicking Create User will email the newly created user a login link. You do NOT need to set them up with a password. They will be prompted to set up their password upon login.
New User Permissions
You'll have a few choices for permissions when setting up a new user account. Here's a brief description of the various options:
- Admin: These users can access the settings inside your institution's Merit account and make changes to your users, branding and more.
- Can Approve Achievements: If your institution uses Merit's Approval Workflow, these users will have the ability to review and publish achievements submitted by other users at your school.
- Needs Approval: If your institution uses Merit's Approval Workflow, these users will have the ability to write and submit achievements. The stories they submit will go to an Approver at your school.
- Default Approver: If this person was set up as a user who Needs Approval, you will be able to assign them to a specific Approver at your school. If you don't want to assign them one approver, choose the All Approvers option.
Note: Merit's approval workflow does not apply to Newsroom. Any submitted Newsroom press releases will go out as scheduled regardless of the user's approval permissions.
Learn more about Merit's Approval Workflow here.
Notification Settings
You'll also have the ability to configure each user's notification settings. Here's a brief description of the various options:
Notify me when other organizations recognize my students’ accomplishments:
Checking this box will send this user an email any time another organization recognizes your students in a Merit achievement. This typically happens when a student has attended multiple colleges/universities or an honor society or greek organization published a Merit achievement with them included in it.
Send me the twice daily update of news clips found by Merit:
Checking this box will send the user (up to) two daily emails that summarize online mentions of your school. They will be able to view these news clips inside their account. Learn more about Merit's Media Monitoring here.
Send me marketing emails from Merit:
Checking this box will subscribe this person to Merit's regular marketing emails. They will be notified about new Merit features and developments as they arise.