# How instructors work

> Teachers who work only on the courses you give them, with the permissions you choose.

Source: https://paatya.net/docs/instructors/how-instructors-work

An **instructor** is a teacher who works on some of your courses, online tests and batches, but not on the rest of your academy. You choose what each instructor works on and what they may do with it. Instructors are free: you are not charged for them, and there is no limit on how many you invite.

## Admin or instructor?

| | Admin | Instructor |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Courses, online tests and batches | All of them | Only the ones you assign them, or that they create |
| What they may do with them | Everything | What you switch on for each one |
| Students page, Settings, billing, payments, enquiries, analytics | Yes | No |
| Activity log | Yes | No |

If somebody needs to do everything, [invite them as an admin](https://paatya.net/docs/academy/admins) instead.

## The six switches

When you assign a course, online test or batch to an instructor, you choose what they may do with it.

| Switch | What it lets them do |
| --- | --- |
| **Edit content** | Change the details, curriculum, topics, videos, documents and quizzes. Adding and deleting sections, topics, tests and questions is editing too. |
| **Publish** | Publish and unpublish it, and its sections and topics. |
| **Delete, archive & clone** | Delete, archive or clone it. Cloning also needs them to be allowed to create that kind of thing (see below). |
| **Pricing & website** | Set the price, free lessons, **Show on your website**, the cover image, the instructor shown on the website and a batch's curriculum outline. |
| **View student results** | See students' progress, course health, and quiz and test results, including each student's answers. |
| **Manage enrollments** | Add students to it, remove them and change their end dates. |

A new assignment starts with **Edit content** on and everything else off. With every switch off, the instructor can open it and preview it as a student, but change nothing.

> **Note:** Course payments, payouts and refunds stay with admins, whatever the switches say.

## Creating

You can also let an instructor create their own courses, online tests or batches. What they create belongs to your academy, and is assigned to them with **Edit content** only. You decide whether they may publish it.

## What instructors never see

Instructors don't see other courses, the **Students** page, **Settings**, **Usage & Billing**, **Payments**, **Enquiries**, **Analytics**, or the activity log. If they open one of these pages by its address, Paatya tells them it isn't theirs to open.

To add students, an instructor with **Manage enrollments** picks from your academy's student list. They can't create, edit or deactivate students.

## Instructors and Faculty

[Faculty](https://paatya.net/docs/academy/faculty) profiles are what visitors see on your website and on certificates. An instructor is an account that signs in. They are separate: you can link an instructor to a Faculty profile so it's clear who is who, but students and visitors never see instructor accounts.

## Next step

[Invite an instructor](https://paatya.net/docs/instructors/invite-an-instructor)