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Set discussion security for student group

To set the security so that all the students in the course can access a discussion:

UniSAnet searching for users or groups screen showing the choices to individuals or groups and staff or students

  1. Click Groups.  
  2. Click Students. 
  3. Click Next.

A search window will open.

Searching for students groups window and arrow indicating where to click for search

The Searching for groups window will open.

Searching for Student Groups window showing the 1) text box for search term 2) Search button

  1. Enter the course Medici area and catalogue number.
  2. Click Search.

The search result will display:

Searching for Student Groups window showing 1) a selected entry in the search results 2) the insert button and 3) the done button

  1. Click the the relevant course offering. Generally you would want to select the basic course offering – this entry is shown as UNINET\Crs-[Medici area and catalogue number] (Abbreviated course title)

    Note:     Searching with a Medici course code will result in a display of all groups listed in Medici for that course. There may be entries by study periods, mode of delivery (eg. internal) and groups such as lecture and tutorial. Click here for a guide to Medici codes.
     
  2. Click Insert. 
  3. Click Done.

The Search window will close, and the View by resource window will reappear showing the newly added student group.

View by resource window

  1. Choose the Permission you want for this student group - "Write" if you want the students to be able to post message to the discussion, or, "Read only" if you only want students to be able to read the discussion.
  2. Click Save.

The Saving security window will open, listing the ‘Additions’ as confirmation of changes made.

Window confirming successful completion of security setting for discussion

Security has now been set for the discussion, and in this example all students in the course will be able to access all discussions.

 

 

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