Assigning roles to viewers

You will use your external Viewer Management System (VMS) to assign viewers with specific roles. For example, you might want your employees and partners to have access to the latest training videos, but not your prospects and customers.

Contact your account manager to connect your VMS to Brightcove Beacon.

Adding roles in Beacon

You will add roles in Beacon Studio.

1. Login to the Beacon Studio. In the left navigation, click Registered Users and then Roles.

   

2. Click Add role.

3. Enter the name for a role and click Add role.

   

4. To edit an existing role, click associated with the Role name.

5. In the Edit role dialog, update the role name and click Update.

   

6. To delete an existing role, click associated with the Role name.

Assigning roles to Series, Seasons

You will use the Beacon Studio to assign roles to your Series and Seasons. These content types use a similar method for entering roles.

Let's walk through the steps for adding roles to a series.

1. Return to Beacon Studio. In the left navigation, select Media. Expand Library and select All series. Click your series Name for details.

   

2. In the left navigation, select Availability. You can add roles to rule sets by doing either of the following:

   • Click to edit a rule set
   • Click Add new rule set

   

3. Scroll down to the Roles section and enable the toggle. You have the option to select roles for this series:

   • All - All viewers have access to this series
   • Select roles - Click in the input area to select from a list of roles that you defined in the previous section

   

4. Click Save.