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# How to Add a Team

# How to Add a Team

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to add a Team
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Teams are how you group your people in SuperPath — by department, location, cohort, or any structure that suits your organisation. Setting them up correctly lets you assign learning, run reports and manage access at the group level rather than one person at a time. This article covers creating a standard (static) Team; you can also create a Dynamic Team that populates itself from criteria you define — see the **Dynamic Teams** article.

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## How to add a Team
1. Go to **Settings → Teams**.
2. Click **Create Team**.
3. On the **Static** tab, enter a **Name** for the team.
4. Under **Parent Team** (optional), search for and select a team this one should sit under. Parent teams are useful for nested, multi-level structures — see the **How to Create a Sub-Team** article.
5. Under **Primary manager** (optional), search for and select the person who manages the team.
6. Under **Additional Managers** (optional), add any other managers who share responsibility for the team.
7. Click **Create**.

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The new team appears in your Teams list, ready for you to add people.

> **Tip:** To create a self-populating team instead, switch to the **Dynamic** tab when creating the team and set your criteria. See the **Dynamic Teams** article.

## Things to keep in mind
* A team needs only a **Name** to be created — the parent team and managers are all optional and can be added or changed later from **Edit Team**.
* Only people who hold a **Manager**, **People Manager**, **Admin** or **Owner** role appear in the manager search.
* **Additional Managers** can only be added once a **Primary manager** has been set.
* Teams come in two types: **Static** (managed manually) and **Dynamic** (populated automatically from criteria). The type is chosen at creation and can't be changed afterwards.
* Once the team exists, add people to it from the team page (see the **Adding people to a team** article) and set a picture from the **Setting a Team Avatar** article.

## FAQs
**What's the difference between a static and a Dynamic Team?**
A static Team has members you add and remove yourself; a Dynamic Team automatically includes anyone who matches the criteria you set. You choose the type on the **Static** or **Dynamic** tab when creating the team. See the **Dynamic Teams** article for more.

**Do I have to assign a manager when I create a team?**
No. The **Primary manager** and **Additional Managers** fields are optional — leave them blank and add managers later if you prefer. See the **How to Assign a Manager to a Team** article.

**How do I make one team sit under another?**
Set the **Parent Team** field when creating the team, or add it later from **Edit Team**. See the **How to Create a Sub-Team** article.

**How do I add people to the team?**
Open the team from the Teams list and use **Add People** — see the **Adding people to a team** article.

## Who can do this
**Owners** and **Admins** can create Teams. **Managers**, **People Managers**, **Content Managers**, **Instructors**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot create Teams — though a Manager who is set as a team's Primary Manager can edit that team once it exists.