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# T Level Planner - Administration features explained

In this article you will learn about all the features in your administration panel.  This article will direct you to the most appropriate mesma software articles to help you Administer and customise the T Level Planner tool. It is useful to work through the steps in order to help you get set up.


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#  Step 1    Verify your email`

When you are first invited to use the T Level Planner tool you will be asked to authenticate your identity via your email address and reset your password. This article takes you through the steps.  

* [Authenticate your mesma software user ID](/en/article/authenticate-your-mesma-software-user-id-1kj8boa/) 

If you forget your password at any time it is very easy to reset this 

* [Reset password](/en/article/q-how-do-i-reset-my-password-1myiecd/)

# Step 2    First login

We all have to take holiday from time to time so we recommend that you have more than one administrator registered on your software. The first administrator to join will need to enter some basic organisation information.  

**The information provide will populate your additional information tab in your administration control panel. **

![Additional information](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/2ab0e57e2f41d600/image_1mx0sgc.png)

| Before going to step 3, here is a useful article to help you understand what the administration tabs are used for,  [click here](/en/article/administration-control-panel-explained-1dzn8bw/).  We also recommend that you review your subscription details, here is an article explaining [subscriptions](/en/article/understanding-your-subscription-usage-17s0p9y/).
 
#  Step 3   Edit your company details

You can edit your company details in the [admin control panel](/en/article/client-details-explained-a5c90y/).  This will typically be set as the DfE.

# Step 4  Preferences

In preferences you can restrict activity of owners, change product names and if you have super administrator privileges you can control some of the things your administrators can do. To find out more please read this article.  [Understanding the preference page](/en/article/understanding-the-preferences-page-ixggmj/)

# Step 5   Tags

You can import tags from a list that we have prepared here at mesma or if you have permission to do so, you can add your own. Tags can be added by users to label or categorise data. For example, you may have an areas for improvement (AfI) that you want to categorise as an AfI related to industry placement or induction. Read our article on how to [manage tags](/en/article/understanding-how-to-develop-tags-p6t4a6/).

# Step 6   Groups

Groups are another useful way of applying a category to your assessments and plans to enable you to view your data by group.  For example; you may want to add year of delivery or T Level group and assign these to particular assessments for plans. [Here is how to set up your groups](/en/article/understanding-how-to-create-groups-5pssk0/).

#  Step 7   Partners

Each provider that you work with needs to be set up as a partner organisation Here is an article on how you can create a partner, invite a [partner administrator and manage their subscription allocation](/en/article/understanding-how-to-set-up-partners-tqg5bg/).   

| If you have the subscription which allows you to mandate templates to your partners please read this [article](/en/article/how-to-mandate-a-template-to-a-partner-ir7ip/)

#  Step 8   Users

You are able to use [this page to create and manage your user profiles](/en/article/understanding-the-users-page-1v8ls35/).  As users are invited by owners they will also be added to this list.  To understand more about the different roles that can be allocated to a user, [read this article](/en/article/t-level-planner-user-roles-explained-wkvbv5/).


| Use the checklist below to tick off each of the steps as you work through them.



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