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Changing member preferences
Sometimes members of your site may need to change their site preferences. For example, they might want to change their passwords or they might want to start or stop receiving bulletins.
Site members can easily change their own preferences by following this precedure.
- Go to the site and log in.
- Manually enter this URL: http://[WebSiteURL]/members/signup.
- Replace [WebSiteURL] with the normal URL of your site, followed by /members/signup.
- Example: http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/DoeJohn/members/signup.
- This will take them to the Member Signup Form page.
- Change anything on this page.
- Example: changing the password
- Type the new password in the Password field.
- Retype the new password in the Repeat field.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Submit button.
Handling disruptive members
While unlikely, it is possible for a site member to be disruptive. For example, an individual could post annoying messages in your discussion area. There are variety of ways in which a teacher can deal with this.
Often basic classroom management techniques (which we will touch on only briefly here) can head off problems. Think about how you would handle a student who spoke out of turn or aggressively criticized others in your physical classroom. More often than not you would find ways to encourage this individual to adopt more positive approaches. In a more serious situation you might link behavior to consequences such as class credit. The same principles apply in your online interactions with and among students.
Blocking, removing, and reinstating members
If dealing with the problem member directly does not resolve the problem, there are several steps you can take to control a members access to your site.
The Admin page provides control over membership.
- Log in to your site and click on the Admin link in the Editors Only menu to go to the Admin page.
- Scroll down on the Admin page to find the Membership section. Use the following subsections to change member status.
- To block a member's access to the site go to the Block a member section, enter the person's email address and click the Block Member button.
- To restore access for a blocked member go to the Unblock Member section, enter the person's email address and click the Unblock Member button.
- To comletely delete a member go to the Delete Member section, enter the person's email address and click the Delete Member button.
Deleting large numbers of members
There are times when you may wish to delete a large number of members; for example, at the end of a term you may want to clear out members who are no longer in your class. You can do this on the "stats/members" page.
- After logging in to your site go to your stats page. The URL simply adds "/stats" to the end of your home page URL. For example, Chris Smith's stats page might be found at http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/smithchris/stats.
- On the Stats page click on the Members link to go to the Members page.
- A list of site members appears on this page. There is a check box next to each name. Click the checkbox for any member(s) you want to remove.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Delete button. Confirm on the next page that appears.
The members page typically displayes up to 50 members. If your site has more members you may need to scroll down and click the link to successive pages to delete all of them.
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