Player Views

The collection of content a participant can interact with during a cyber simulation is called the view. Depending upon your role (end-user view versus administrator view) a view will look different.

View: As seen by the end-user

Collapsible navigation panel

The left application navigation panel can be collapsed to provide additional display space. This side-bar is configurable per team by an administrator.

Application navigation bar

In the view, the navigation bar on the left contains applications.

Focused app panel

The focused app panel displays the selected app.

Notifications

Receive and read notifications here.

Tip! If your browser is set up to allow notifications you can receive Player notifications that way too.

Top bar

The top bar displays the current view name, team, and the menu select dropdown (your username in the top right).

Player fully supports users who are on multiple teams. Any such user, when logged in, can switch their team by using the team drop-down.

Menu select

Log off here. If you are a view administrator, you have the option to edit the view from here. The option to enable Dark Theme is here too.

View: As seen by the administrator

A Player view administrator will see the Administration navigation bar on the left. To switch to the administrator view in Player if you have the appropriate permissions:

In the top-right corner, click the dropdown next to your user name, then Administration.

Important! Only users who have the SystemAdmin permission can view the Administration screen and the Administration nav bar (Views, Users, Application Templates, Roles / Permissions).

Views

Views is where a Player view administrator adds a new view and browses existing views. For step-by-step instructions on how to create a new view, see Player How to: Create a new View.

Users

Users are only available in Player after they have successfully authenticated via the identity server and opened Player in their browser. Users and/or teams can be assigned any set of Permissions:

• SystemAdmin: can edit anything in Player; SystemAdmin permissions are given by existing SystemAdmin.
• ViewAdmin: can edit anything within a View that they have permissions.

A SystemAdmin creates the View and assigns ViewAdmin permissions to specific teams who can now edit that View.

Users and/or teams can be assigned to a Role, which is a group of permissions. More about roles as future Player development is completed. Only a SystemAdmin can create roles.

Application Templates

Think of application templates as "helpers" for adding new or common applications to Player. For example, the Virtual Machines application template contains several URLs. Including them in a template means that these values may be used over and over as part of a template--rather than manually entering the same information over and over again with each new view.

In the Player system, creating a new application template is a relatively rare occurrence when compared to creating a view. Create the application templates first because you will use them on each view.

For step-by-step instructions on how to create a new application template, see Player How to: Create a new App Template.