1. EIONET Forum – inside an IG How to access FOLDER and FILE Basic content types NOTIFICATION and HELP Basic features SESSION 4 INTEREST GROUP

2. EIONET Forum – focus on the network Organised in 3 instances FORUM core EIONET network activities based on permanent groups (NRC, NFP and ETC) PROJECTS new established as platform for groups with expected lifespan of up to 2-3 years ARCHIVES to sort out outdated material and provide a place for outdated IGs from CIRCA but keep content available on demand – All is part of EIONET (FORUM – PROJECTS – ARCHIVES) – Non EIONET centric work hosted under Enviro Windows

3. EIONET Forum Interest Group Corresponds to a community of users for sharing content It is either restricted (not public) or publicly accessible An independent group with administration and management only for that specific group Users are – Anonymous – authenticated Levels of permission for authenticated users are – Administrator – Contributor – Viewer

4. EIONET Forum Interest Group You will have most time either – viewing permission - you have the right to see and download content – Contributor permission – you can upload content and create new elements For NRC interest groups NRC and NFP roles have permission + explicit nominated external experts – difference from role (nominated national…) to community of users sharing content

5. EIONET Forum accessing an interest group

7. EIONET Forum Interest Group - requests access/membership User requests (higher) permission: – Viewer, Reviewer ( specific to some tools ), Contributor As a NRC involve your NFP

8. EIONET Forum Interest Group - requests access/membership The administrator of the interest group get an email

9. EIONET Forum Interest Group - requests access/membership Administrator takes action – based on the request Review the request: – Approve requested role or Grant different role – Reject request Remember: -organisational aspects -before request - document it in your request

10. EIONET Forum inside an interest group “out of the box” design We focus on sharing – not on design Main elements: – Library – the content container – Left panel - access to functionalities Administrators can change layout, arrange features new,… - individual customisation, but…

11. EIONET Forum inside an interest group

12. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - FOLDER FOLDER is a core element for the library A simple container; similar to the ones in the operating systems Can have their own access settings The creator is also the maintainer: Owners can edit their objects

13. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - FOLDER

16. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - FILE Its own page, as an object with meta information, before downloading/opening the actual uploaded file Not a container Can have multiple actual files attached (but conceptually versions of the same file) Output: provide a file for download

17. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - FILE

21. EIONET Forum inside an interest group – notification service A user actively subscribes for notification You need to be logged in You can select either you would like to get an instant, daily, weekly or monthly notification You can decide what you are interested in – Part of the content tree only (only for specific folders) – Only for specific content types

22. EIONET Forum inside an interest group – notification service

24. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - HELP Where to find help? EIONET Helpdesk From Forum front page In all Interest groups as a standard feature – We are progressing to provide online help – instead of a manual – We use video clips

25. EIONET Forum inside an interest group - HELP