BuddyPress.org

=== There is no Super Admin panel, not to mention no choice either in the drop down menu at the top of the buddypress toolbar, or in the wordpress dashboard called ‘options.’ ===

Super Admin and special Options panel only show up for WordPress multisite installations – so if you want those but more importantly, you want to allow your members to create blogs in your site then read this https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

=== buddypress not posting the link for the codex anywhere on this site ====

Sure there is a link. Click on “Support” tab in main navigation then click on “Documentation” link that appears in line below main navigation.