Creating and Managing Accounts

1. Creating and Managing Accounts • All members of the Collaboratory have their own Accounts with a Username and Password • As a teacher you are allowed to create accounts for your students to use the Collaboratory • When someone has a Collaboratory account, they may be assigned to a group or groups within the Collaboratory Northwestern University

2. Creating and Managing Accounts • Users and groups may be given Access to Projects, ePortfolio binders, and Nexus Communities • You may send a User or Group message within Messages • You can allow a User/Group access to Surveys Northwestern University

3. Create Accounts • To create a group of Users in the Collaboratory you must access the accounts you manage • from the Headlines page. • Click the green Project button. • Click the Accounts submenu. Northwestern University

4. Create Accounts • If you have not created any accounts, your Accounts page will look fairly empty as this one does. • Because teachers often want to create accounts for a group or class we will begin by creating that Group of Accounts. • Click the New Group button. Northwestern University

5. Add a New Group • Complete the name for your Group. Be sensitive that you need to uniquely identify your group within the Collaboratory, perhaps with the school or your name. • Now give a description for this group. • Click Save to continue. Northwestern University

6. Edit Groups • You new group appears on your Accounts page. • To add managers and members to the group click the Edit Group button Northwestern University

7. Add Managers • Your Edit Group page appears. • From this page we can add additional Managers for the group. Northwestern University

8. Add Managers • To add a new manager, search for a User. • In this case, J. Shoe is searching for his team teacher, T.Cloth. • Type a name or organization • Click Search Northwestern University

9. Add Managers • Terry Cloth’s name appears in the list. • Check the box next to her name, and click Select to make her another manager of the group. • A search for a group could also be done to add a group of managers to this group. Northwestern University

10. Add Managers • Terry Cloth’s name appears as a Manager of the group. • A search for a group could also be done to add a group of managers to this group. • Click to Save!! Northwestern University

11. Add New Users • To add a new student User to this group, click the New User button. Northwestern University

12. Add New Users • Complete the four Red flagged items on the Personal Information page for your new student User. • Students may complete this page if necessary later. • Note- The Username may not be changed once it is created. • Also, the default is a student account. Northwestern University

13. Add New Users • The New User has been added as a member of your group. • You may click Add User to add someone with a Collaboratory Account (doing a search as you did for Managers) • or Click the New User button. • Click Save!! Northwestern University

14. Edit Access • You can now see your new Users and Groups on your Accounts page. • To assign these group to a project, click the Edit Access button. Northwestern University

15. Assign Projects • A list of the projects you manage appears. • Click the Select button next to a project name to give your group access to the project. • Click Save Northwestern University

16. Assign Projects • In a similar way you can give individual users access to project. • Click the Edit Access button next to the Users name rather than the group and proceed as you did for the group Northwestern University

17. Creating and Managing Accounts • As a teacher in the Collaboratory you are able to Create Accounts for students. • You may assign additional Managers to those groups • You may create groups of Users to Manage • You may give Users and Groups Access to Project you manage Northwestern University