SkieWhat is the signed-in user block in the dashboard?
The signed-in user block shows who you are signed in as: your name or account, your role, and the part of the organisation you cover. It is the quickest way to confirm that what you see matches your access, and to sign out. If a page or action is missing, the block tells you which role is deciding that.
Skie shows different things to different people, because roles and structure decide what each account can see. When something is missing from your screen, the first question is who you are signed in as. The signed-in user block answers it.
It sits in the dashboard frame and shows the account that is signed in, along with the role it holds and the level it applies to, such as a class, a branch, a school or the whole organisation. It also holds the way to sign out.
That helps in several everyday situations. A teacher cannot see the location page: the block shows a class admin role, and page access for that role may be off. A branch head sees only one branch: the block shows the branch they are tied to. An admin who signs in on a shared computer should check it to be sure they are not in somebody else's session.
It also supports good habits. Invite users at the lowest level that does their job, switch off pages the role does not need, and disable accounts when people leave. See role-based access. Changes to who can do what are recorded in the audit log.
SSO is not available yet, so sign-in is through the Skie account that was invited. Practical tip: when you ask for help from the Skie team, quote the role shown in the block and what you expected to see. It saves a round of questions.