How to Manage Content Controls for Age Groups and Roles

Summary — How can administrators and teachers effectively manage content access and restrictions for different age groups and permissions? Digital Theatre+ provides Content Controls to mark and restrict resources that "contain adult themes"; administrators and teachers manage access by mapping users into groups (e.g., students vs staff or by year group), applying standard restrictions to groups, and using content admin roles or per-title allow/block overrides.

How do I separate access for staff and students?

Separate staff and student accounts into different groups so each group receives its own access level. Staff groups can be left unrestricted so teachers can review and prepare materials; student groups can have stricter content restrictions applied.

How do I apply age-appropriate restrictions for different year groups?

Set up groups by age or curriculum stage and apply the appropriate restriction:

• Recommended approach: create two student groups — one with content restrictions for KS3 and one with full access for KS4 and KS5.
• Apply the platform's standard adult-content restriction to groups that require it.

How are individual titles blocked or allowed?

Administrators or teachers with content admin permissions can allow or block specific titles. Per-title allow/block settings override the group's standard content restriction.

How do I assign who can manage Content Controls?

Grant content admin roles to selected teachers or staff. Content admins can manually block or unblock resources for their students and perform Content Controls actions on behalf of the institution.

How is group membership managed with Single Sign‑On (SSO)?

Map users into groups via your SSO setup (group claims). Once groups are claimed and mapped, the Content Controls and restrictions apply to those mapped groups. If you prefer not to use group claims, you may skip that step and assign the same access level to everyone.

What if the teacher wants no student restrictions?

If local policy allows, you may give standard (unrestricted) access to all users; in that case you do not need to set up separate group claims.

What practical steps should administrators follow to set up content access and restrictions?

1. Decide your grouping strategy (e.g., staff vs students; KS3 vs KS4/KS5).
2. Configure groups in your SSO provider and prepare group claims for mapping.
3. Map groups to the platform (or skip group claims if granting identical access to all users).
4. Apply the standard adult-content restriction to student groups that need it.
5. Assign content admin roles to teachers who need the ability to allow/block titles.
6. Use per-title allow/block controls where specific exceptions are required.

What troubleshooting actions can administrators and teachers take if students cannot access the platform?

• Verify group membership and that group claims are correctly mapped in SSO.
• Confirm whether redirection or other integration changes have been enabled on the platform side.
• Ensure students are in the intended group so the correct content restriction and permissions apply.

Conclusion Use group-based restrictions plus per-title overrides and content admin roles to match content access to age groups and local policy. Mapping groups via SSO enables automatic application of those restrictions; alternatively, a single shared access level can be used when appropriate.