1. Settings

The following settings are available under this option:

  • Name - this is the name of the space, eg. Science for Beginners, or General News & Info.

  • Short name - this is an optional setting where you can enter an abbreviated name. This short name will display in the navigation bar and in the breadcrumbs. This is useful where the actual space name may be long, or where there is a recognised abbreviation for the space, eg. Science and Technology in an Educational Setting may also be know as ICT715.

  • Description - the description will display when somebody mouses over the space name in the space listing pages.

  • Access - there are three different access levels possible for any space:

    • Open to logged in users - if set to this then a space will be accessible to any user that is logged in to the server

    • Open to public - this allows a space to be accessed by anyone, even if not logged in to the server

    • Restricted to members - only members of a space can access it. Anybody that is not a member will be asked for an access code. The access code can be set on the Space Settings page.

1.1. Optional Settings

On the space settings page there are also several optional settings:

  • Code - by default the system will assign a random code to the space. You can also manually assign a code if you want to keep track of spaces by your own coding system.

  • Copy another space - instead of building each space from scratch you can copy an existing space. This will copy all of the components from the space being copied into the new one. If you select this option you need to enter the code of the space to be copied.

  • Combine short and long names on space hompage and space listing pages - in some cases you may want the short and long names combined on the space listings page. This is manually useful for course spaces where courses may be known by both long or short titles, eg. IT712 - Websites for teaching and Learning

  • Show members - if set to now then the members link will not show in the space navigation bar. The space admin can still access the list of space members from the admin section, but space members will not be able to see who the other members of a space are.