My Space - Classes and Communities - administration

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Colors in My Space

Different colors for Classes and Communities indicates where you are in My Space:

  • My Space/Home, Classes and Communities, My Calendar, My Files and Control Panel are blue.
  • Classes and Subgroups in Classes are green.
  • Communities and Subgroups in Communities are purple.

How to create classes in My Space

Access to Classes and Communities in My Space

Students

  • Are automatically placed in classes and communities on the basis of their formal class- and exam registrations at StudentWeb. They are also automatically placed in communities based on their affiliation to study programme, institute and faculty.
  • All the information published in class or community pages is displayed on the student’s personal page, "My Space".
  • Students cannot drop classes for which they have registered for examinations. You can thus be sure that published information will be displayed on students’ personal pages (My Space).

Staff

  • Are not automatically placed in classes or communities but they can join them through [Join/Drop a Class or Community Group ] in the Classes and Community portlet in My Space. Please note that membership in classes and communities does not confer administrator rights (write access).

Administrator rights

  • Each department has one or more superusers who establish administrator rights (write access) for teaching staff. This is normally the duty of the study consultant.
  • If you have been granted administrator rights (write access) in a class or community, they will automatically be displayed in the class and community portlet in My Space.
  • Contact a superuser at your department if you wish administrator rights (write access) to a class or community.

Displaying a class in My Space for longer than a usual semester:

  • The classes normally disappear from the students’ overview in My Space on 1 January and 1 July respectively.
  • It is possible to extend memberships for the students in a class into the following semester for a limited period of time. This is useful if you wish to receive an assessment of the teaching at the beginning of January for a class that ended in the fall.

How to extend the display period for a class for students:

  • On the Admin page for the class under Group Administration, go to "Edit Group Properties - Change name, description, extend memberships, etc."
  • Set a final date for displaying the class in "Drop student memberships on the subject on a given date"
  • Note: The maximum extension is 6 months from 1 January and 1 July respectively.
  • If no date is set before January 1 or July 1, the students class memberships will be dropped on these dates.

How to create subgroups

Subgroups in a class are used, among other things, to divide students into smaller groups, e.g. tutorial groups, seminar groups, laboratory groups and similar. Subgroups have the same tools/functions as the home page for the class or community.

Creation of subgroups via Felles Studentsystem (FS)

Creation of subgroups directly in a class or community

  • Note: It takes time to create subgroups in My Space. It is therefore recommended that you create subgroups via FS, see info above.
  • Go via the Admin-page or the portlet Subgroups: Select "New Subgroup"
  • Give the subgroup a name and, if applicable, a description
  • Select "Join Policy":
    • Open: The students can choose to join the subgroup themselves
      • NOTE: It is possible to limit the number of people who can become members of an open group via "Edit Group Properties" under Group Administration in the subgroup.
    • Closed: The administrator enters members via "Manage Membership"
    • Needs Approval: Users can request membership. Requests must be approved by the administrator via "Manage Membership".
  • Click "OK" to create the subgroup
    • Wait until it is created (this may take some time)
  • Add members or tell the students to join a subroup of their choice (see Join Policy above).

How to remove (archive) a subgroup

  • Subgroups can be removed (archived) so that they are no longer displayed in My Space
    • The subgroup will no longer be visible to anyone in My Space, not even for the administrators
    • Note: You can not make an archived subgroup visible again after it has been archived
  • Go to the Admin-page and click the "Archive this group" option under Group Administration
  • An alternative to archiving a group is to set the enrollment policy to "Closed" under Group Administration and drop the students memberships. This way the students will no longer have access to the subgroup.


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