Contact types allow you to group Learndot Enterprise Contacts by their interaction with the application. Setting a contact type grants access to features such as the administration or Instructor Interface.

Overview of Contact Types

Available contact types are summarised in the following table.

Role	Description
Contact	Generic user within the system (may or may not have a login).
Member	Has username and password and is able to login to the application and access their My Account page.
Customer	Anyone who has been marked as a lead OR has an opportunity, talent placement, customer order, etc.
Participant	A contact who has registered for a course.
Affiliate	Contact that has a profile associated with the account which gets assigned a unique code for referrals. Affiliates get access to the affiliate interface.
Provider	Every event (class) is associated with a provider. Providers get access to the provider interface.
Expert	Can have an expert profile on the site, can be selected as an instructor for a course.
Staff	Staff users can be configured to receive notifications and have certain roles (permissions) for the back end administration.