Bulk Management Tool

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The Bulk Management Tool

Contents 1 The Bulk Management Tool 1.1 Uploading files to the users' my work area or to local communities 1.2 Creating Local Communities 1.3 Adding to the children's account blogs or local community blogs 1.4 Adding tags to the children's 'my work' area or local community galleries

The bulk management tool allows teachers to easily carry out tasks to manage multiple accounts. These include:

Uploading Files to accounts
Creating Local Communities
Adding to blogs
Adding tags to my work and gallery areas

The bulk management tool can be accessed from the community view of the administration screen:

Click on the 'Manage Community Users' icon to the right of the relevant community:

You will taken to the following screen which lists the members of the community:

From here the following tasks can be carried out:

Uploading files to the users' my work area or to local communities

To share a document or photos with an individual or group of users click on the 'upload' button:

You can choose to upload files either to the users' my work area or to the gallery of a local community (such as a learning log). Choose which area to upload to by using the dropdown menu to the right of the screen:

You can now browse for the file to upload. Double click on the filename to upload it to the selected accounts.

Creating Local Communities

Local communities are communities that are created locally to a user's account. One example of a local community is a learning log. This may be used to share work and create a learning dialogue between a pupil and his or her parents and teachers. To learn more about local communities, click here.

To create one or more local communities, on the right of the page select the users to add, then click on the 'Create Local Communities' button:

In the dialogue box that appears, select which type of local community you wish to create:

Click on 'Create' to create your new community/communities.

Adding to the children's account blogs or local community blogs

Select the account or accounts to post your blog entry to:

Click on 'Write Blogs':

Add your blog entry to the dialogue box that appears:

Your blog entry will now appear on the homepage or local community of the selected accounts.

Adding tags to the children's 'my work' area or local community galleries

As a teacher, you may create some tags for your class to make it easier for them organise their work. You may also want to create tags for the gallery area of 'learning log' or 'parental reporting' local communities to organise photos into periods of time or by subject. To add your own tags, select the account or accounts to add tags to:

Choose from the drop down menu on the right if you wish to add tags to the local communities:

Click on 'Add tags':

Enter the tags you wish to add to the selected accounts:

The tags will now appear in the gallery or galleries you have chosen.

To tag a file in the gallery open the file and choose the tag from the drop down menu:

The file will now be assigned to the chosen tagged area: