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Editing Personal Information | Joining/Dropping + Groups | Requesting a New Group | Sending Bulk Email + | Modifying Your Forum Email Alerts| Additional Help

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Editing Personal Information
+ You can change your personal information at any time. This enables you to protect + your password, correct or change your full name, publish a URL for a your website, + and change your login name/email address. If you do not keep this login name + the same as your current email address or a forwarding address, you will not + receive group emails and forum alerts from SloanSpace.

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To Change Password:
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  • Login and go to your Control Panel page
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  • If you do not have a personal portal, click on the Help icon in the group + banner to get to your Control Panel.
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  • Click on "Change My Password"
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  • Enter your new password twice and click "Update." +

    To change personal information:
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  • Login and go to your Control Panel page
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  • If you do not have a personal portal, click on the Help icon in the group + banner to get to your Control Panel.
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  • Click on "Edit My Personal Information"
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  • Edit your full name, your email address (which also changes your login + name to the system) and/or your personal URL.
    + +
  • Click "Update." +

    Joining/Dropping Groups
    + There are three types of groups: classes, communities and subgroups (of classes + and communities). Limited Access users (non-affiliated) cannot join + or drop groups.

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    To join/drop classes and communities:
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  • Go to your personal Home page, MySpace.
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  • Click on "Join/Drop a Class or Community Group" in the Groups + portlet.
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  • On the top of the page, you will see the list of your current class + and community memberships.
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  • Beside each group name is a "Drop Membership" icon.
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  • Scroll down the page to view the list of open classes and communities.
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  • Join any one by clicking on the join icon to the right of the group + name.
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  • Some groups have an approval process. For those, the link is called + "Request Membership."
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  • An email will be sent to the group administrator who will approve/disapprove + your request and reply to you. +

    To join/drop subgroups:
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  • Since subgroups are subsets of groups, their memberships are handled + within the groups.
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  • Go to your personal Home page, MySpace.
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  • Go to the class or community through the link in the Groups portlet.
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  • Locate the Subgroups portlet on the class or community portal pages.
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  • Click the "Join/Drop a Subgroup" link.
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  • Click the "join" or "drop" link next to the desired + subgroup.
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  • Your membership status will change when the page reloads.
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  • Then, return to the Subgroup Home page or MySpace to continue. +

    Requesting a New Class or Community
    + The Site Wide Administrator handles class and community requests.

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    To request a new class or to copy and reuse a class from a previous semester:
    + Send email to sloanspace_help@sloan.mit.edu. For a new class, include the class + number, class title, professor(s), teaching assistants and course assistants. + You will be notified by email when the shell is created. To copy and reuse a + class, you need only email sloanspace_help@sloan.mit.edu with the number, name + and previous semester of the course. Include professor, teaching assistant and + course assistant information if any of that has changed. The "recycled" + class will contain all old content, but the student list will be cleared.

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    To request a new community:
    + Send email to sloanspace-help@sloan.mit.edu. Include the name of the community, + a brief description of its purpose, the faculty or staff sponsor, the name(s) + of any persons who will need to be administrators of this community. You will + be notified by email when the community shell has been created.

    +

    Bulk Mail
    + Class and community administrators can send group emails through the group Control + Panel page. If enabled, class and community members can send group emails through + the "Email Members" links on the user Control Panel page.

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    To send a group email:
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  • For admins, go to group Control Panel and click "New Bulk Mail." +
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  • For students in classes, go to the Staff List portlet and click on Member + List.
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  • Click "Email Members."
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  • Select roles to email: Members or Administrators.
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  • Fill out subject heading and enter message.
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  • Select Send date and time and click "Submit."
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  • Review the message and click "Confirm."
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  • The email is sent to all members with the role chosen. Group admins can view + the bulk mail history from the group Control Panel page. + +

    Modifying Your Forum Email Alerts
    + You can subscribe and unsubscribe to email alerts for any forum open to you + through the "Edit My Forum Email Alerts" link on the user Control Panel page. + Limited Access users can access their Control Panel through the Help icon + in the group banner.

    + +

    Additional Help
    + If your specific question is not answered here, consult the User or Admin + Handbooks located in the file storage area of the STS-Sloanwide community. + If you still cannot find the answer to your question or problem, email the + Site Wide Administrator at sloanspace-help@sloan.mit.edu.

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