All Loyola students, faculty, and staff have permission to create new project sites. Project sites can be created either from Worksite Setup or Sites in your Home area.
Option 1: Create site in Worksite Setup.
Select Worksite Setup from the Tool Menu in Home.
Select Create New Site.
Select Create New Site from the Actions Menu.
Option 2: Create site in Sites.
Select the Sites waffle icon to open the Sites Drawer.
Select Create New Site.
Select the Create New Site button.
Select continue.
Enter site information.
Enter the site title.
- Type a name for the project site in Site Title text field. (Required)
- Add a description of the project site to appear in the site's Overview tool. (Optional)
Select site language. (Optional)
If desired, change the default language for the site to any of the available languages listed. Choose the desired language from the dropdown Site Language menu.
Enter a short description. (Optional)
Optionally, enter a short description (with a maximum of 80 characters). This short description will display in the publicly viewable list of sites.
Enter the site contact information.
Enter the name and email address for the site contact. (This is typically the site creator, owner, or instructor.)
Select Continue.
Select Continue to save information.
Select site tools.
Check the boxes next to any tools to add to the site.
Select Continue.
Scroll to the bottom of the list of tools and select Continue.
Customize tool instances. (Optional)
Some tools may have multiple instances in a single site. Use the Title field and More? dropdown menu to customize tool instances. Then, select Continue.
Configure site access.
- Site Status: Select to Publish the site, or Leave as Draft (i.e., unpublished). Unpublished sites are only visible to site maintainers.
- Site Visibility: Displays the current status of site's visibility in the site browser.
- Global Access: Choose to Limit to official course members or to those I add manually (recommended) or Allow any user to join the site.
- Select Continue.
Confirm site setup.
Confirm all of the site settings are correct. If everything appears correct, select Create Site.