This article will help you control who can assign behaviors and consequences by enabling role-based permissions in Behaviors Settings.
This is particularly useful for addressing the limitations of the Teacher role, such as their inability to directly assign points.
Permission Level Required: Owner | District Manager
In this article:
Enable Role Access for Behaviors: You will allow Teachers, Staff, and Student Leaders to assign behaviors using Behaviors Settings.
Enable Role Access for Consequences: You will turn on consequence tools and allow specific roles to assign them.
How to use role permissions for behaviors and consequences
You can enable behavior and consequence tools for specific roles so they can take action from Teacher Tools without needing an Owner or Manager for every entry.
Step-by-step guide to Enabling who can Assign Behaviors
Step-by-step guide to Enabling who can Assign Behaviors
Log in to Minga at app.minga.io.
○ Use a role with Owner or District Manager permissions.
Open Behaviors from the main navigation.
○ The Behaviors page opens with tabs across the top, including Dashboard and Settings.
Click the Settings tab.
○ The Settings tab displays permission toggles for behaviors and consequences.
Turn on the role toggles you want for behavior assignment.
○ Under the Behavior Settings heading, turn on Teachers Can Assign Behaviors to allow Teachers to assign behaviors.
○ Turn on Staff Can Assign Behaviors to allow Staff to assign behaviors.
○ Turn on Student Leaders Can Assign Behaviors to allow Student Leaders to assign behaviors.
Settings save automatically after each toggle is switched.
Important: Owners and Managers can assign behaviors by default, even if role toggles are turned off for Teachers, Staff, or Student Leaders.
Consequences are enabled separately from Behaviors, so you may need to enable consequences before allowing teachers and staff to assign them.
Step-by-step guide to Enabling who can Assign Consequences
Step-by-step guide to Enabling who can Assign Consequences
Stay on Behaviors > Settings
○ Use the same Settings page where behavior assignment toggles are located.
Turn on Enable Consequences
○ This makes consequence tools available based on role permissions.
Turn on the role toggles you want for consequence assignment
○ Turn on Teachers Can Assign Consequences to allow Teachers to assign consequences.
○ Turn on Staff Can Assign Consequences to allow Staff to assign consequences.
Confirm settings are saved automatically
○ Settings save automatically after each toggle is switched.
What roles can do after Permissions are Enabled
When Behavior and Consequence permissions are enabled, the selected roles can access Behaviors inside My Tools and MyClass to assign actions.
Teachers, Staff, and Student Leaders can view Behaviors in My Tools and MyClass to send Praise, Guidance, or a Consequence to a student or group of students.
Additional Features or Settings
Restrict who can assign a specific behavior
You can restrict who can manually assign a specific behavior by enabling assignment limits on that behavior and selecting approved staff members.
Step-by-step guide to Restricting an Individual Behavior
Step-by-step guide to Restricting an Individual Behavior
Open Behaviors
○ Use the main navigation to open Behaviors.
Click the specific behavior you want to restrict
○ The behavior detail view opens.
Click the Pencil icon
○ The edit view opens for that behavior’s settings.
Turn on Limit who can assign this behavior manually
○ This enables restriction controls for manual assignment.
Select the Restriction option
○ Choose the restriction type shown in the Restriction selector.
Click Add
○ The add workflow opens so you can select individuals.
Search for the teacher(s) or staff member(s) and add them
○ Type a name into the search field, select the person, then click Add to include them in the allowed list.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Issue: A teacher or staff member cannot see behavior tools after enabling role toggles.
○ Solution: Confirm the role permission toggle is enabled by going to Behaviors > Settings and verifying that Teachers Can Assign Behaviors or Staff Can Assign Behaviors is turned on.
○ Log out and back into Minga to ensure the updated information is reflected.
Issue: A user can assign most behaviors but cannot assign one specific behavior.
○ Solution: Can check whether that behavior is restricted by opening Behaviors, selecting the behavior, clicking the Pencil icon, and reviewing Limit who can assign this behavior manually and the allowed list.
Issue: A student leader should not be able to assign behaviors anymore.
○ Solution: You can remove student leader behavior access by going to Behaviors > Settings and turning off Student Leaders Can Assign Behaviors.
FAQs
FAQs
Can teachers assign behaviors in Minga?
Yes, teachers can assign behaviors in Minga when an Owner or admin has enabled Teachers Can Assign Behaviors in Behaviors > Settings, which enables behavior tools in Teacher Tools for Teacher accounts.
Can staff assign consequences in Minga?
Staff can assign consequences in Minga when an Owner or admin has turned on Enable Consequences and Staff Can Assign Consequences in Behaviors > Settings.
Do settings save automatically when I change behavior permission toggles?
Behavior and consequence permission settings save automatically when you change toggles in the Settings tab of Behaviors.
How do I limit a specific behavior to only certain teachers?
You can limit a specific behavior to only certain teachers by editing the behavior, turning on Limit who can assign this behavior manually, selecting a Restriction, and adding the allowed teacher names.