Adding channel members, contributors, and owners

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Overview

While adding and changing permissions for learners, you’ll see two permission types:

• Can view adds them to the channel as a member.
• Can edit sets the new member as a contributor.

Additionally, plan admins can remove individual channel members and teams from channels, even if they aren’t the owner.

See Understanding different roles in channels for more information about what each role can do within a channel. 

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Adding members or teams to a channel

You can add individual learners to your channel or a whole team. Channel owners and contributors can add members and teams to channels, while individual members can’t.

Adding a team to a channel links the channel to the team, so any learner joining or leaving the team in the future is automatically reflected in the channel membership. This saves time for anyone managing the channels on your plan, because adding and removing team members to and from important channels happens automatically.

To add a learner or team to a channel:

1. Open the channel from Channel home (opens in a new tab).
2. Click Add Members on the right side of the page.
3. Type the name or email address of the learner you wish to add.
   —or—
   Type the name of the team you wish to add.
4. Click the drop down next to the member search box to set the permissions level.
5. Click Continue.
6. Keep Notify members with email checked if you want to send an automated notification. You can customize the message the member or contributor receives.
7. Click Add members.

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Adding a team to a channel

Adding a team to a channel links the channel to the team, so any learner joining or leaving the team in the future is automatically reflected in the channel membership. This saves time for anyone managing the channels on your plan, because adding and removing team members to and from important channels happens automatically.

Only plan admins and the team's manager can add a team to a channel, and only to channels for which they are the owner or a contributor.

1. From within your channel, click Add Members on the right side of the page.
2. Click in the search bar and type to find the team you wish to add. Or select the desired team(s) in the directory.
3. Set the permission level to can view or can edit.
4. Click Continue.
5. Keep Notify members with email checked if you wish to send an automated notification. If desired, you can customize the message they'll receive.
6. Click Add members.

Channel owners, channel contributors, the team manager, and plan admins also have the option to unlink or remove a team. To do so, click Members in the channel and select unlink or remove for the desired team.

Unlinking a team stops the automatic channel members management associated with the team, going forward. Removing the team unlinks the team and removes all members of the team except those whose role is different from the linked team’s. So if a team was added with Can view permissions and one of the team members is later given Can edit privileges, that team member will not be automatically removed when the team is removed, allowing users to preserve custom changes.

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Adding a plan to a channel

Adding a plan to a channel links the channel to the plan. Any learner joining or leaving the plan in the future is automatically reflected in the channel membership. This saves time for anyone managing the channels on your plan, since adding and removing plan members to and from important channels happens automatically.

To add a plan to a channel:

1. Find the channel you want to add the plan to.
2. Click Add Members on the right side of the page.
3. Click in the search bar and type to find the plan you wish to add.
4. Set the permission level to can view or can edit.
5. Click Add members.

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Sharing a channel with a direct link

Anyone on your plan can share a link to a channel, but only members of your plan can view it. Copying the direct channel link will let you share the channel to an employee portal or reference document without adding them to the channel directly.

1. Navigate to a channel you want to share.
2. Click the ••• options menu above the channel content.
3. Click the Share option, then click Copy Link.

Do you have a team member who wants to highlight a created channel and share it with their peers across the industry? There are also sharing buttons in the Share menu that can help share the channel on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.

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Setting a channel as a company channel

In your organization, you may have certain channels that you want everyone on your plan to know about. You can put those channels front and center for your learners by using company channels.

To set a channel as a company-wide channel:

1. Locate the channel you want to change.
2. Click Edit channel.

3. Click the drop down box under Privacy and select Company - [your organization’s name].

4. If you manage more than one plan, select the account where you want to share the channel.

5. Locate the Privacy level option and choose Company.
6. Under Advanced settings, check the box next to Display in employee’s “Company” channels. This will make the channel visible in learner’s Channel home page under Company channels.

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Editing channel roles and permissions

Your organization will change and grow and channel permissions and roles can change with you.

To change channel members roles and permissions:

1. Open the channel where you want to edit roles.
2. Click the team member avatars on the right-hand side of the page.
3. Find the member you wish to change.
   —or—
   Type their name or primary email address into the search bar.
4. Click the drop down menu and select the permission level. 

By default, the channel owner is the person who creates a channel. To learn more about roles and access levels in channels, see Understanding the different roles in channels.

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Removing learners and unlinking teams

As your learners progress through their journey on Pluralsight Skills, they may need to be removed from channels. Channel owners and contributors can be changed and removed to better suit your team's needs.

Removing learners, teams, and plans

Removing a learner or team from a channel removes the channel from the learner’s Joined channels tab in the Channels home page. It also removes the learner from the progression calculation for the channel.

To remove learners, teams, or plans:

1. Click grouping of team member avatars next to Add members.

2. Click the drop down next to the learner or team you’d like to remove.

3. Click Remove user, Remove team and users, or Remove plan and users.

Unlinking a team or plan

Unlinking a team or plan stops the automatic channel members management associated with the team or plan, going forward. Current channel members will still have access to the channel.

To unlink a team or plan:

1. Click grouping of team member avatars next to Add members.

2. Click the drop down next to the learner or team you’d like to remove.

3. Click Unlink team or Unlink plan.

4. Click Yes, unlink all team members to confirm unlink action.