We use drupal as the basis for a student information website. We have 3 intakes of students a year and I would like to be able to allocate students various rights based on roles, primarily if they are

• a current student,
• an applying student
• or an alumni,

but I would also like to be able to identify them by what class they did.

• Should I create a new role for each new intake?
• Should I use groups?
• Is there an alternative method I should use?

We use Drupal as the basis for a student information website. We have 3 intakes of students a year and I would like to be able to allocate students various rights based on roles, primarily if they are

• a current student,
• an applying student,
• or an alumni.

But I would also like to be able to identify them by what class they did.

• Should I create a new role for each new intake?
• Should I use groups?
• Is there an alternative method I should use?