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User Accounts Tool Database

George Hirsch
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The User Accounts Tool Database works in conjunction with the following Page Level Tools: Directory Tool and Profiles Tool. Information must be entered in the database before these tools can be placed on a page.

Add a User Account

  1. Go to Site Manager.
  2. Click People.
  3. Click User Accounts.
  4. Click Add User Account. 
  5. Type a First Name and Last Name. (Fields displaying a cross symbol will be displayed on the faculty directory profile.)
  6. Type in optional fields: Title, Email (Select whether or not to Display Email in Profile), and Phone.
  7. Type a Username.
  8. Select an Account type: Faculty or Website Admin.
  9. Click Add User (or Cancel to discard your changes).

To edit, simply click on the user account name in the User Accounts screen. To delete, click the trashcan icon to the right of the user name.

Actions Menu

Groups

  1. Go to Site Manager.
  2. Click People.
  3. Click User Accounts.
  4. Select Groups from the Actions menu.
  5. Click Add Group.
  6. Type a Group Name.
  7. Select a name from the Available User Accounts list.
  8. Click Add to Selected User Accounts group. (Click Remove to remove from group.)
  9. Click Add Group(or Cancel to discard your changes).

To edit, simply click on the group name in the Groups screen. To Delete, click the trashcan icon to the right of the group name.

Import User Accounts

  1. Go to Site Manager.
  2. Click People.
  3. Click User Accounts.
  4. Select Import User Accounts from the Actions menu.
  5. Make sure the columns in your excel sheet are in the correct order and contain the required fields.

*Note: If a Username already exists in the system, the fields that are checked in the Update column will be updated.

  1. Click Choose File.
  2. Select/deselect My file has a header row.
  3. Select/deselect For new user accounts, create random passwords when a faculty folder exists and the Password column is left blank.
  4. Click Import User Accounts (or Cancel to discard your changes).

Miscellaneous Settings

  1. Go to Site Manager.
  2. Click People.
  3. Click User Accounts.
  4. Select Miscellaneous Settings from the Actions menu.
  5. Type an optional alternative Login Message.
  6. Select/deselect Protect Email in Profiles.
  7. Select/deselect Standard Email Form Not Used.
  8. Click Save (or Cancel to discard your changes).

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