System Roles
The Wippidu app uses a role system to control access to features.
Role Overview
| Role | For whom | Core features |
|---|---|---|
| Parents | Guardians | View children, report absences, read messages and letters |
| Employees | Educators/teachers | Manage children, send messages, use chat |
| Group Leaders | Lead educators of a group | Create parent letters and news, generate invitation codes |
| Location Leaders | Head of a daycare location | Location settings, access times, location-wide letters |
| Administrator | IT administration / organization | Full access to all management features |
Role Structure
Roles build on each other -- higher roles always include the features of the roles below:
Administrator (standalone, full access)
Location Leader (automatically also has Employee role)
└── + Employee
Group Leader (automatically also has Employee role)
└── + Employee
Employee (base role for all daycare staff)
Parents (standalone, separate from employee hierarchy)
Important
Group Leaders and Location Leaders always also have the Employee role. This means they can do everything an Employee can, plus their additional features.
Dual Role: Parent and Employee
It happens that a person is both a parent and an employee at the same daycare. The Wippidu app supports this:
- You have both roles simultaneously in your account
- In the app header, you can use a role switch button to toggle between the parent and employee views
- Depending on the active role, you see different menus and features
- Your messages and notifications are displayed separately by role
Parents
Access: Own children only
Features:
- Home page with overview of own children (group, location, absence status)
- Report, edit, and withdraw absences
- View absence history
- Read and reply to messages from employees
- Read and reply to parent letters (including surveys, polls, tables)
- Read news
- View calendar
- Settings: Change email, change password, configure email notifications
Employees
Access: All children at own location (via group assignment)
Features (in addition to basic parent features):
- Home page with group overview (today/tomorrow view)
- View and acknowledge absence notifications from parents
- Send messages to parents (individually or as batch message)
- Employee chat at location
- View all children at location (if enabled by location settings)
- Search the archive (news, letters, messages, absences)
- View registration requests
Group Leaders
Access: Like employees, plus group management features
Additional features:
- Create, edit, and send parent letters (with Markdown, attachments, and various response types)
- Create and manage news for own group
- Generate invitation codes for parents (individually or in bulk)
- Create and manage calendar events
- Manage child clusters (sub-groups)
- Approve or reject registration requests
Location Leaders
Access: All groups and children at own location
Additional features:
- Create location-wide parent letters (for all groups at once)
- Manage location settings (absence rules, archive, calendar)
- Manage parent access times
- Create new chat conversations
- Create location-wide news
- Use delegated management features (if enabled by administrator): Users, Children, Enrollments, Groups
Administrator
Access: Unrestricted access to all locations and features
Management features:
- Create, edit, deactivate users
- Create, edit children, assign parents
- Manage groups and locations
- Manage enrollments
- Data synchronization with intranet system
- Configure email settings
- Manage legal texts (imprint, privacy policy)
- Manage FAQ content
- Manage changelog
- Configure session settings
- Manage API tokens
- Create global news
- Delegation settings: Assign management rights to location leaders
- User impersonation for support purposes
- Generate employee invitation codes
Responsibility
Administrators have extensive permissions. Changes to users, groups, and settings affect the entire operation.
Role Assignment
Roles are set during registration or assigned by administrators. If you believe your role is incorrect, contact your daycare management.