> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zionapp.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Learning centres

> Manage the classroom units that scope which students and staff each account can see

A learning centre is Zion's classroom unit. Every student belongs to a centre, and every supervisor or monitor sees only the students and rosters in the centres they are assigned to. Administrators see every centre in the organization.

## Who can do what

| Role          | Access                                                                                                        |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Administrator | Sees every centre, creates and edits centres, archives and restores centres, assigns supervisors and monitors |
| Supervisor    | Sees only centres they are assigned to, views the roster and teaching staff on the centre detail page         |
| Monitor       | Sees only centres they are assigned to, views the roster and teaching staff on the centre detail page         |

Any other role, or a signed-in user without one of these three roles, is redirected away from the centres pages.

## The centres directory

Go to People & Centres > Learning Centres in the sidebar (`/centres`) to see the directory.

The page header shows four stat tiles:

* Total Centres, with the active count
* Total Students
* Average Class Size
* Total Capacity

Below the stats, active centres are listed as cards. Each card shows the centre name, description, an Active badge, the student count against capacity, and a View Details link. Administrators additionally see an Active/Archived tab switcher and a Create Centre button. Supervisors and monitors see only the active grid, scoped to their assigned centres.

If no centres exist yet, administrators see a Create Your First Centre empty state.

### The capacity indicator

If a centre has no capacity set, no indicator is shown. Otherwise the indicator on the card and on the centre detail page follows these bands:

| Enrollment vs capacity | Indicator                                    |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Below 80%              | Normal (success tone), no badge              |
| 80% to 99%             | Warning tone, no badge                       |
| 100% or more           | Destructive tone with an Over capacity badge |

<Note>
  Capacity is a soft guardrail. Reaching or passing 100% does not block new students from being enrolled in the centre, it only flags the card and detail page for attention.
</Note>

## Creating and editing a centre

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Learning Centres">
    Go to `/centres` and click Create Centre. Administrators can also open an existing centre's detail page and choose to edit it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in the centre form">
    Enter a name (required) and an optional description. Capacity is optional too. Leave it empty if you don't need capacity tracking for that centre.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    The centre is created or updated and appears in the active grid.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Archiving and restoring a centre

Administrators can archive a centre they no longer need active. Archived centres move out of the active grid into the Archived tab.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Switch to the Archived tab">
    On `/centres`, use the Active/Archived tab switcher.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the centre">
    The archived list shows each centre's archived date and capacity.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Restore">
    Click Restore and confirm in the dialog. The centre returns to the Active tab.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The Archived tab explains that centres appear there once archived, so an empty Archived tab is expected for schools that haven't removed any centres yet.

## The centre detail page

Opening a centre from the directory (`/centres/[id]`) shows:

* The centre header with its name, description, and capacity indicator
* A Teaching Staff panel, split into Supervisors and Monitors sub-lists, with an Assign action
* A student roster for that centre

Administrators can open any centre in their organization. Supervisors and monitors can only open centres they are assigned to. Trying to open a centre they are not assigned to returns a not-found page rather than showing the data.

## Assigning supervisors and monitors

Assignment is what actually grants a supervisor or monitor access to a centre. A staff member can be assigned to more than one centre.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the centre detail page">
    Go to the centre you want to staff, from `/centres`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Assign in the Teaching Staff panel">
    This opens a dialog listing the organization's members.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select one or more members">
    Multi-select the supervisors or monitors who should have access to this centre.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit">
    The assignment is saved and the member's roster access updates to include this centre.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Assigning a supervisor or monitor to a centre from this page has the same effect as assigning a centre to them when inviting or editing their account under Teaching Staff. Either path updates the same assignment.
</Tip>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Teaching staff and users" icon="users-gear" href="/features/organization/teaching-staff-and-users">
    Invite staff, assign roles and centres, and manage accounts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roles and permissions" icon="shield-halved" href="/features/organization/roles-and-permissions">
    Layer custom permissions on top of the built-in roles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Students overview" icon="graduation-cap" href="/features/students/overview">
    See how students are enrolled into a centre's roster.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Administrator: learning centres" icon="school" href="/guides/administrator/learning-centres">
    A walkthrough of centre setup from the administrator's perspective.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>