Workgroups
Helpful tips on workgroups
- Workgroups are a scratch area
- They are a convenient place to put modules and other files you or your colleagues are working on.
- Workgroups are private
- The only people who can see the contents of a workgroup are its members. This way you and your collaborators can work on material together to get it "just right" before publishing it in the repository.
- Workgroups are not related to contributor roles
- Just because someone is in a workgroup does not give them the automatic ability to publish a new module; it merely means they can see it while in development.
- Workgroups have no social hierarchy
- Any member may add or remove members or content. The creator of the group has no special privileges.
- Workgroups have no formal requests for joining (yet)
- To join a group, you must have a current member of the group add you as a member. It is assumed that, for the time being, all collaborators have other means of communication with each other and can form groups by common consent.
- Workgroups disappear after everyone leaves
- If you are the last to leave a group, you will be asked to confirm the decision to delete the group. If you accept, the group will be deleted and any content in the group will be deleted.
