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Meg's BrushUP! objectives
- To set the permissions on your wiki for how you want other users to take participate on your wiki.
- To invite users and define their roles.
- To apply the privacy settings you want on your wiki.
Your BrushUP! objectives
What are you hoping to learn from this module? Your objectives can be the same as mine, but is there anything else you are expecting to learn? Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or discuss it on this wiki's discussion forum.Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.
Introduction
WetPaint allows you to manage your users and site permissions in a number of ways. It will even let you make your wiki only visible to users you choose. In this module you will learn how to:- Set your permissions for how you want others to contribute to your site.
- Define the roles of users.
- Invite people to join WetPaint so that you can add them to your wiki.
Focus questions: How should people use your site?
How do you want people to use your site? Do you want anyone to be able to edit your pages, or should they be registered users of your wiki before they can do that? Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class, or wiki it!Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.
Setting your Permissions
Setting your 'Permissions' means deciding who can and cannot edit your wiki. There are three settings for Permissions:- WetPaint's default permission is to allow anyone who joins your wiki to edit it.
- Anyone can edit your wiki, even anonymously
- Only people you invite can join and edit your wiki.
Exercise: Set your Permissions on your wiki
- Click on 'Wiki Settings' underneath your username at the top of the right-hand rail.
- Click the 'Permissions' tab.
- Click 'I Want to Change These Settings' if you want to change the Permissions on your site.
- Decide on who you want to view your site and edit it: e.g., do you want a completely private site, or do you want people to read your site but to have to be registered in order to make edits?
- Click 'Next'.
- Click 'Yes, Make the Change Now' if you are certain that that's what you want to do.
User roles
Users are people who have some kind of control over your blog and can be set to different levels. The levels of user are:- Administrator: has complete control over all aspects of the wiki. Only one person should be the administrator.
- Moderator: can publish, manage and lock pages, including other people's pages.
- Writer: can publish and edit pages on an "invite only" wiki.
- Registered user: can publish andedit pages if you are a member of the site.
- Anonymous user: anyone can write and edit pages.
Adding users by inviting people to join your wiki
You can set roles for people on your wiki (such as moderator, writer, or registered user -- see above), when you invite them to join your wiki. WetPaint will automatically generate an invitation to potential users for you, once you fill in a few details.Exercise: Invite someone to join your WetPaint wiki
- Click on 'Invite'.
- Choose the user's role.
- Fill in the rest of the form and click 'Send Invitations'.
- Your invitation will be sent in the next few hours.
Check out WetPaint's FAQs for more instructions
Reflection
Write down your thoughts, discuss with a partner or small group in the class,or discussit on this wiki's discussion forum.- What have I learnt?
- What is still unclear?
- What do I need to follow up on?
- Where to from here?
- What other stuff I have read or accessed to help me make sense of it all?
Discuss it on the discussion thread for this topic.
Links and resources
WetPaint helpWetPaint Permissions overview
WetPaint User Permissions page
Change WetPaint User Permissions
