## Controlling access to your site

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and Roles: Overview.

To control access to your site, follow these steps:

1. In your site's menubar, click `Site Info`.
2. Click `Manage Access`.
3. Under "Global Access", you may choose from the following:
   - For project sites only, you may choose to keep your site private (click the radio button next to `Private`) or you may select `Display my site in the directory, and share files I select`.
   - If you wish to make your course or project site broadly accessible, click the checkbox next to `Can be joined by anyone with authorization to log in`. Next to "Role for people that join site:", select the appropriate role for all the users who may join your site.

     For more information about roles, see Participant roles.

4. Click `Update`.