Setting Up User Groups Emily Kayser HUB Liaison, HUBzero® Platform for Scientific Collaboration Purdue University nanoHUB User Conference, 20151

Anatomy of a Group Group Functions: Group Logo Tags Description Members nanoHUB User Conference 20152

Can be Private or Public PrivatePublic Typically PrivateTypically PublicUsed Both Ways nanoHUB User Conference 20153

Features - Communicate SciTS 2014 User Conference4 Forum Discussion Threads Announcements Send updates and messages to members Member Blog Updates, interesting topics

Features – Group Management SciTS 2014 User Conference5 Calendar Upload and Manage Events Wiki Note keeping, tracking data

Features - Contribution nanoHUB User Conference6 Projects Resources Collections File Sharing Data Management Contribution of supplementary research material: datasets, workshop presentations Collecting links or files in folders

Use Cases: Research Group nanoHUB User Conference 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

Browse Existing Groups nanoHUB 2015 User Conference 8 From the Members Menu… From the Dashboard module... The Education Page - Featured groups..Education

Exercises Create a group, invite others to collaborate, and edit group pages nanoHUB User Conference

Create a New Group nanoHUB User Conference From the Members Menu… Click Create New Group… Name for URL Full title Tags

Join Policy nanoHUB User Conference How do members join? Users must be approved Must be invited Not accepting new members Anyone can click the Join button

Discoverability nanoHUB User Conference Can others see the group? Note: For your demo group, please choose “Hidden”. As a manager, you can open this back up later.

Access Permissions nanoHUB User Conference Determine which features are public, which are disabled

More Settings nanoHUB User Conference Autosubscribe Users to Forum s? Group Pages: Can users comment? Display author details at the bottom of the page? Click “Save Group”

Your Group! nanoHUB User Conference Lock shows items that are private to the group Lock shows items that are private to the group What your group looks like to visitors…

Inviting Members nanoHUB User Conference Invite members by name, username, or …

Customizing Overview Page nanoHUB User Conference

Customizing Overview Page nanoHUB User Conference Ckeditor for formatting… Use Macros to insert files

Finalized Group nanoHUB User Conference New Overview page