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Setting Up User Groups

Emily KayserHUB Liaison, HUBzero® Platform for Scientific Collaboration

Purdue University

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Anatomy of a GroupGroup Functions:

Group Logo

Tags

Description

Members

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Can be Private or Public

Private Public

Typically Private Typically PublicUsed Both Ways

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Features - Communicate

ForumDiscussion Threads

Announcements

Send updates and messages to members

Member Blog

Updates, interesting topics

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Features – Group Management

Calendar

Upload and Manage Events

WikiNote keeping, tracking data

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Features - Contribution

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ProjectsResources

Collections

File SharingData Management

Contribution of supplementary research material: datasets, workshop presentations

Collecting links or files in folders

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Use Cases: Research Group

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Public pages to describe group Public list of resources & Announcements produced by group

Private calendar for group meetings Private member list and discussions

Private wiki pages for research notes and data

https://nanohub.org/groups/research

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Browse Existing Groups

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From the Members Menu… From the Dashboard module...

The Education Page - Featured groups..

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ExercisesCreate a group, invite others to collaborate, and edit group pages

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https://nanohub.org/groups/nanohubuserconference2015/hands_on_workshops/groups

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Create a New Group

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From the Members Menu…

Click Create New Group…

Name for URL

Full title

Tags

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Join Policy

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How do members join?

Users must be approved

Must be invited

Not accepting new members

Anyone can click the Join button

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Discoverability

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Can others see the group?

Note: For your demo group, please choose “Hidden”.As a manager, you can open this back up later.

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Access Permissions

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Determine whichfeatures are public,which are disabled

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More Settings

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Autosubscribe Users to Forum emails?Group Pages:

Can users comment? Display author details at the

bottom of the page?

Click “Save Group”

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Your Group!

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Lock shows itemsthat are private to

the group

What your group looks like to visitors…

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Inviting Members

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Invite members by name, username, or email…

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Customizing Overview Page

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Customizing Overview Page

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Ckeditor for formatting…

Use Macros to insert files

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Finalized Group

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New Overview page