Browser based collaboration services used on campus

Creating Confluence Sites

• Request space
  • This is what you get
• Create or edit homepage
  • Describe the purpose of the site
  • Show the site map --> {Include Children} macro
  • Edit the sidebar
• Add permissions (Left column: Space Tools: Permissions)
  • 3 Groups to start with
  • Can add cornell-confluence-users to restrict to Cornell users
• Add users
• Add children pages
• Confluence Help
  • Cornell's Confluence Help
  • Altasian's Confluence Help -->  menu in upper right

Lists of Pages – Our Symposium Example

• Create parent page
• Include Children
• Using Excerpts
• Using Page Properties
• Other examples
  • Blogs (RASS, RASSVS)
  • Email archive (restricted)

Templates

• Examples
  • Forms – page properties listing
  • Document management – tables of attachments
  • Project docs – RASS Vendor Selection
  • Work Breakdown – RASS Vendor Selection
  • Meeting Notes
• Using built in templates
• Creating a Template --> Talk