A social networking learning space
Here you find some useful tips for using elgg including some screenshot tutorials and explanations on how to use groups and communities. Contact me if you have items you could add or need any help.
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When signed in as admin, you can add your students yourself to the elgg. That is how all the teachers have made sure we know who is signed in. To learn how to add users, watch this video tutorial.
Let me tell you about the power of groups in the Elgg. You can send a post just to people in a group you create. You must make people your friend first by clicking on their logo then click make this person my friend. After that, go to Your Network and click Access Controls. Once there, create a group and add people to your group.
Access is controlled through the use of Access groups and this is one of the most powerful features of Elgg. Access groups allow you to have complete control over who sees what within your environment. You can create as many access groups as you wish. Each access group can have as many of your friends as you like and each access group created becomes another option in the 'access restriction' drop-down menu beside each profile item, weblog post and file uploaded.
When you create an access group, add people to it then select it as your access restriction on a weblog post only the people in that group will be able to see that weblog post and so on for all elements in your learning landscape.
A community differs from groups in that anyone can join a community.
Groups is the way to go for select communication. (I use this feature to send messages just to certain classes)
Be aware that in order for you to send a message to a group, you must create a group called on your own and add people to it. A group is not a two way street. It is formed individually from your personal login.
Hope this helps everyone grasp the concept of groups.
A community differs from groups in that anyone can join a community. You create a community by going to Your Network, Owned Communities, then create a community and when you post a blog entry from the community blog anyone can click on the logo and click..join this community.
You share common interests. The Community's blog shows all the blog entries every posted from that Community. Members of the Community can share ideas, files, and audio recordings that will become podcasts since they are able uploaded, published and syndicated.
Hope this helps everyone grasp the concept of communities.
Click here to learn how to use Elgg as ePortfolios and much more.Screenshot pictures and explainations on how to use Elgg. A must read article.
Written by AoC Nolta
The open-source programs Moodle, Drupal and Elgg can work together with one user-login. Read more about it in Bill Fitzgerald's article.
Privacy settings can be set on files you upload to Elgg. Any information you put on an Elgg can be set to the privacy you desire. Check out this video Doug Symington made on Elgg Privacy.
We need to hide the personal categories in the profile form. How do we do that?
Can we get the links back Paul put on the front page so you can easily get from the elgg to the youth wiki or the elgg plans?
Also, the side bar that is automatically generated is there but the links that Paul had added are gone. Can we put them back in?