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# How to Add an Instructor Account

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The following steps is designed to create a new user account followed by providing the new user with instructor privileges 
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* Click **Admin Menu** on the top-right corner of the platform.
* From the drop-down menu, click **Users**
* Click **+** (New users/branch)
* Click **New User**
* Fill the information in the pop-up wizard with learner information, click **Next**
* Assign user account to a Branch, click **Next**
* Fill the Additional Fields information as needed, click **Next**
* If this user manages a team, toggle the option **This user manages a team**, select the team members
* To review user's information. click **Review**. To create the user, click **Create User**
* Click **Admin Menu**
* Click **Power Users**
* Click **+** (New Power User/Profile)
* Click **New Power User**
* Locate the username of the instructor, click on the box on the left-hand side to make a tick mark, click **Confirm**
* Locate the instructor, click the instructor's username to open their profile

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Use **Search within Results...** to help locate the instructor username
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* Assign **Instructor** and **Helen** profiles, click **SAVE CHANGES**
* To assign resources (courses, learning plans...etc), click **+** (ASSIGN RESOURCES), and follow the pop-up window to assign required resources
* To view the assigned resources of the instructor (courses, learning plans...etc), click **ASSIGNED RESOURCES** tab