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[[File:Union.png|thumb|Sample view of User Groups & Permissions page]]
 
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The User Groups and permissions screen, is one of the most commonly used screens for Union Administrators. It contains all of the default permission groups created by Union Cloud on your behalf, the groups students are placed into by default. It also stores the sub sections for viewing group (Club & Society) membership groups (Administrators, Current, Alumni etc.), Events group lists, halls group lists, programme names, and their membership counts, demographic groups, and importantly '''Custom groups'''. <br/>
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The User Groups and permissions screen, is one of the most commonly used screens for Union Administrators. It contains all of the default permission groups created by UnionCloud on your behalf, the groups students are placed into by default. It also stores the sub sections for viewing group (Club & Society) membership groups (Administrators, Current, Alumni etc.), Events group lists, halls group lists, programme names, and their membership counts, demographic groups, and importantly '''Custom groups'''. <br/>
  
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One of the reasons for it's heavy use is, that it is the easiest way to control which users have access to what, once you have your [[Permission Set|Permission Sets]] sorted and applied to a user group, as we explain further down, all you need to do is add a user to that group.
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One of the reasons for it's heavy use is, that it is the easiest way to control which users have access to what, once you have your [[Permissions|Permission Sets]] sorted and applied to a user group, as we explain further down, all you need to do is add a user to that group.
  
 
==Union==
 
==Union==
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups}}
 
The '''Union''' Sub Menu,
 
The '''Union''' Sub Menu,
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hese groups here are some of the most important, and also the groups that users will be placed into automatically upon registration / upload / expiry.
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these groups here are some of the most important, and also the groups that users will be placed into automatically upon registration / upload / expiry.
 
===Default User Groups Breakdown===
 
===Default User Groups Breakdown===
 
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| This group is empty by default, and you can't upload users to it, Confirmed Students, move to this group, after logging in for the first time.
 
| This group is empty by default, and you can't upload users to it, Confirmed Students, move to this group, after logging in for the first time.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"|  Administrator
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"|  Administrators
 
| This is the Default Union Administrator group, who have permissions to manage all website content.
 
| This is the Default Union Administrator group, who have permissions to manage all website content.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Confirmed Students
 
! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Confirmed Students
 
| This group is populated by data upload, and is the group of students that you are confirming you ''know'' are students, this can then be used for elections etc.
 
| This group is populated by data upload, and is the group of students that you are confirming you ''know'' are students, this can then be used for elections etc.
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Students
 
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| This group is populated by all users who register with the domain you set for your institution (usually x-universitycollege.ac.uk) plus anyone in the 'Confirmed Students' Usergroup.
 
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Deleted Students
 
! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Deleted Students
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| This group is populated by anybody that registers with a non-university email address and can't confirm they are a student.
 
| This group is populated by anybody that registers with a non-university email address and can't confirm they are a student.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Staff
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left;"| Students
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| This is a list to help you differentiate Staff from General users, you can manually upload to this group via CSV, for example to give staff access to more content <br/>than regular site users, i.e. if you have staff sections / documents / hr etc.
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| This group is populated by all users who register with the domain you set for your institution (usually x-universitycollege.ac.uk) plus anyone in the 'Confirmed Students' Usergroup.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Students Waiting for<br/> University Email Access
 
! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Students Waiting for<br/> University Email Access
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| If you have checked the box indicating registration has to be done via university email address, and a user indicates they don't have access to it pre-arrival, they <br/>will be added to this list, allowing them to register with a personal email address also, and merge their accounts once they have access.
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| If you have checked the box indicating registration has to be done via university email address, and a user indicates they don't have access to it pre-arrival, they will be added to this list, allowing them to register with a personal email address also, and merge their accounts once they have access.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Volunteering Organisations
 
! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Volunteering Organisations
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| If you have the [[Volunteering Module]] included in your package, you will have this option, when new Volunteering Organisations register, to list opportunities, they<br/> a Volunteering Administrator will need to approve them in the Volunteering Dashboard, then they will be added to this group, and be given permissions to manage Volunteering Opportunities.
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| If you have the [[Volunteering Setup|Volunteering Module]] included in your package, you will have this option, when new Volunteering Organisations register, to list opportunities, then a Volunteering Administrator will need to approve them in the Volunteering Dashboard, then they will be added to this group, and be given permissions to manage Volunteering Opportunities.
 
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! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Volunteering Students
 
! scope="col" style="text-align:Left; background-color: #0BAEC7;"| Volunteering Students
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| Any student who has signed up to the Volunteering module will be added to this group, as it is confirming the group of students who have registered their interest to <br/>volunteer, and listed the areas they are interested in / skills they have.
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| Any student who has signed up to the Volunteering module will be added to this group, as it is confirming the group of students who have registered their interest to volunteer, and listed the areas they are interested in / skills they have.
 
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# Rename
 
# Rename
 
# Update Description For
 
# Update Description For
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# Change [[Permission Set]]
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# Change [[Permissions|Permission Set]]
  
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====[[CSV Upload|User Group Member Upload]]====
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====User Group Member Upload====
 
[[File:UserGroup CSVUpload.PNG|thumb|User Group Member Upload Pop-Up]]
 
[[File:UserGroup CSVUpload.PNG|thumb|User Group Member Upload Pop-Up]]
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''Before we begin talking through this section, if you click on the title to this section 'User Group Member Upload' it will take you to a page were we talk through CSV Uploads in slightly more detail.''
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''Before we begin talking through this section, if you click on the title to this section 'User Group Member Upload' it will take you to a page where we talk through CSV Uploads in slightly more detail.''
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It doesn't matter which method you use to select the User Group Member Upload Option, the small CSV Upload button({{CSV}}) on the right hand side of the 'User Groups & Permissions' screen, or the View User Group Option, which you get to by selecting the View button({{view}}) on the right hand side next to any of the user groups, to get the more detailed view for a particular user group, and a list of it's current members, then there is a large, 'Upload Members' Button on the right hand side.
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It doesn't matter which method you use to select the User Group Member Upload Option, the small CSV Upload button({{CSV}}) on the right-hand side of the 'User Groups & Permissions' screen, or the View User Group Option, which you get to by selecting the View button({{view}}) on the right-hand side next to any of the user groups, to get the more detailed view for a particular user group, and a list of its current members, then there is a large, 'Upload Members' Button on the right hand side.
  
 
Once the pop up appears you are presented with a number of options.
 
Once the pop up appears you are presented with a number of options.
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*And two notifications, which we will clarify here;
 
*And two notifications, which we will clarify here;
 
:*'Email and Expiry Date can't be blank' (For e-voting users forename and surname are also mandatory)
 
:*'Email and Expiry Date can't be blank' (For e-voting users forename and surname are also mandatory)
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:::''Email'' and ''Date of Birth'' are the required fields that Union Cloud uses to find a user in the database and add them to the correct user group
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:::''Email'' and ''Date of Birth'' are the required fields that UnionCloud uses to find a user in the database and add them to the correct user group
 
:*'File processing is a scheduled background activity.
 
:*'File processing is a scheduled background activity.
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:::All files you upload will be processed at midnight local time, this is because processing large quantities of database puts an increased load on the server and to do it at peak time would cause an increase in page load times, and a poorer experience for all members. Please bear this in mind when you need to upload Member files.
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:::All files you upload will be processed at midnight local time, this is because processing large quantities of database puts an increased load on the server and to do it at peak time would cause an increase in page load times and a poorer experience for all members. Please bear this in mind when you need to upload Member files.
  
 
==Groups==
 
==Groups==
 
[[File:Groups-usergroups.png|thumb|This screen, is the overview screen for all of your 'Group' User Groups]]
 
[[File:Groups-usergroups.png|thumb|This screen, is the overview screen for all of your 'Group' User Groups]]
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/groups}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/groups}}
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The '''Union''' Sub Menu,
 
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These groups here are some of the most important, and also the groups that users will be placed into automatically upon sign-up / upload / expiry.
 
 
===Default Group User Groups Breakdown===
 
===Default Group User Groups Breakdown===
 
As mentioned in the caption, this screen is the overview screen for all of the 'Group' User Groups. That is to say, it will show all of the different User Groups, from all of your Clubs, Societies, Sports, Charity groups etc.
 
As mentioned in the caption, this screen is the overview screen for all of the 'Group' User Groups. That is to say, it will show all of the different User Groups, from all of your Clubs, Societies, Sports, Charity groups etc.
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Every new student group when they are created, via the [[Groups Module]], have three User Groups created for them by default;
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Every new student group when they are created, via the [[Manage Groups|Groups Module]], have three User Groups created for them by default (although Group Administrators and Union Administrators are able to add more):
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*Administrators
 
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*Current Members
 
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*Alumni
 
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Though, Administrators, and group Union staff are able to add more.
 
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The reason that three group
 
  
 
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! Group Name !! Description
 
! Group Name !! Description
 
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| Administrator || If Assigned a Group Manager, permission set, when added to this group, students can manager their own clubs & societies!
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| Administrator || These users will have access to run and manage groups.
 
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| Current Members || All users that purchase membership to a group, are by default added to this group for the duration membership was set for.
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| Current Members || All users that purchase a group membership will be automatically added to this group for the duration of time the membership is set for.
 
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| Alumni || Once your purchased membership to a group expires, you are added to a groups Alumni group, meaning groups can contact you to <br/>remind you renew your membership, or send out newsletters to former members and such.
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| Alumni || When a user's group membership expires they are added to the Alumni group.
 
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===Other Features Withing Groups Subsection===
 
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====Show Count====
 
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Previously you may remember this used to show the number of members in each screen by default, this meant that it performed a count function for a large number of groups in some cases, every time a page like this loaded, which caused larger burdens on the server, so to improve page load times this feature was removed and replaced with the line of text in blue, which on click performs a count for the group in question.
 
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====View User Group====
 
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[[File:Group - User Group View.PNG|thumb|View a specific Group, User Group Screen]]
 
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This screen gives you an overview of an individual User Group, at the top you can see the title of the group you are in, highlighted with a blue font.
 
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You May notice on the screenshot, that this user group doesn't include the Upload / Manually add students options that were present on the 'Union' User Groups screen, that is because it is the 'Current Members' group for a club or a society. All 'Current Members' have to be added to the group, my joining / purchasing membership.
 
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*'''Filter / Sort Users'''
 
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[[File:Filter-Sort.PNG|thumb|Image showing how the Filter / Sort menu bar looks after choosing the filter option]]
 
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The header row of the table, with the darker grey background is of much use, particularly when you are dealing with groups containing thousands, or even tens of thousands of users. You can both filter and sort any users in this table, and it also allows you to filter by multiple fields, and use part matches.
 
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You can click any of the Column headings to sort (ID, University ID, Forename, Surname, DOB, Email Membership Expiry Date), primarily it will sort (A-Z) in field which can contain strings, and (0-9) in a field that contains numeric values, however if you click the heading a second time, it will filter this to the reverse.
 
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With regards to filtering, this works almost the same, to make the filter section appear, all you need to do is click the small cocktail glass looking symbol in the far right hand column, and it will reveal the menu as pictured to the right hand side.
 
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You can filter by any of the same fields as outlined above, with the exception of Membership Expiry Date, and the only filter that works differently is Date of Birth, this filter gives you two calendar options, Start and End, which will return all user whose DoB falls within the range.
 
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Finally, there are two buttons below the filter button, one to reset your filters, and another to apply the filters you have just typed in the fields, alternatively you can press return on the keyboard to update.
 
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{{note| Remember, you can use multiple filters AND sort in conjunction with each other, particularly useful if you are looking for someone with a common name!|reminder}}
 
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[[File:Edit Expiry 2.PNG|thumb|Edit user expiry date from a group]]
 
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*'''Edit a Users Expiry Date'''
 
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Editing a users Expiry date is a fairly straight forward function, it just requires the user to click the Edit button({{edit}}), in the far right hand column, this will take you to the screen pictured in the thumbnail to the right where you can use the calendar to pick a new expiry date for the user, and then simply click the 'Edit Expiry Date' button, and you're done!
 
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::''Feedback'': Currently we have on the feedback log, a request for users to be able to instantly remove users from particular user groups, as the current method is to set their expiry to the next working day.
 
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*'''Edit'''
 
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The Edit button{{edit}} at the bottom of this page takes you to the same page as the edit button before you click into a specific user group, to skip to it.
 
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*'''Download Demographics'''
 
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After clicking the Download Demographics button, a timing icon will appear in the '''Downloads''' section at the bottom of the page, this usually takes a few seconds, but under peak times and heavy usage could take up to a minute or so, for the site to gather the data, and present you with a PDF to download, this is a short 2 page document containing the Demographic data for all members within the group you are currently managing.
 
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We will cover the content of the [[Demographics Report]] in another section.
 
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====Edit Group User Group====
 
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The Edit page is where it gives you the options to;
 
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# Rename
 
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# Change [[Permission Set]]
 
  
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 
[[File:Events.png|thumb|Events User Groups Screen]]
 
[[File:Events.png|thumb|Events User Groups Screen]]
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/events}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/events}}
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This area allows you to manage the usergroups for all your events. By default two usergroups are automatically created for every event which you create on your site:
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| Administrators || These users will have access to run and manage events.
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| Participants || All users that have booked a ticket for an event.
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For both the Groups and Events usergroups you can perform all the same actions as you could for Union usergroups, please see the section above for more details.
  
 
==Halls==
 
==Halls==
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{{url|/administrator/user_groups/hall_of_residences}}
 
[[File:Halls_UserGroups.PNG|thumb|Halls of Residence User Groups Screen]]
 
[[File:Halls_UserGroups.PNG|thumb|Halls of Residence User Groups Screen]]
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{{url|/administrator/user_groups/hall_of_residences}}
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In this section you can view the usergroups for all your Halls of Residence of your students, if you have access to this data. This page will automatically keep track of Halls, by picking it from your Student Upload File, any record updated with a unique Halls name will create a new usergroup. On this page you are able to show the member count and filter by name. Clicking on the magnifying glass next to a usergroup will open a new page with a list of all members (and their details) in that particular usergroup. You are also able to download a CSV file of all members from this page.
  
 
==Programme==
 
==Programme==
 
[[File:Programme.png|thumb|Programme User Groups Screen]]
 
[[File:Programme.png|thumb|Programme User Groups Screen]]
 
{{url|/administrator/programs}}
 
{{url|/administrator/programs}}
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In this section you can view the usergroups for all your students' programmes and courses, if you have access to this data. To populate this page with programme usergroups you will need to upload your programmes by going to Admin >  File Uploads > Programme Upload. Programmes will also be picked up from the information uploaded from your Student Upload File, which will automatically place students into the correct programme usergroup. On this page you are able to show the member count and filter by name. Clicking on the magnifying glass next to a usergroup will open a new page with a list of all members (and their details) in that particular usergroup. You are also able to download a CSV file of all members from this page.
  
 
==Questionnaire==
 
==Questionnaire==
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[[File:Demographics_UserGroups.PNG|thumb|Demographics User Groups Screen]]
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[[File:Demographics_UserGroups.PNG|thumb|Questionnaire User Groups Screen]]
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/questions}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/questions}}
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This section will show all the usergroups which were created from any registration questions which you set-up to automatically add users to a relevant usergroup as they answered the questions, depending on their response.
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To set-up these usergroups go to Admin>Setup>Questionnaire. When you create a new question in this area, make sure you tick the 'Create User Group' checkbox on the Action dropdown and enter the name of the usergroup you want creating in the Usergroup name field on your answers.
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'''For the full page on Questionnaire Settings, click [[Questionnaire|here]].'''
  
 
==Custom==
 
==Custom==
 
[[File:Customtree.png|thumb|Custom User Groups Screen]]
 
[[File:Customtree.png|thumb|Custom User Groups Screen]]
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/custom_tree}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/custom_tree}}
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The last usergroup option which you can access from the main UnionCloud Usergroup side menu is '''Custom'''. This section is split into three areas: Custom, Dynamic and Index. We will start with the Custom type first, as this is the area that will automatically appear first when clicking on the sidebar option, which is shown in the screenshot to the right. This page is essentially a catalogue of all the custom-made usergroups on your site (any usergroups which are not default to UnionCloud). You should have a default folder '''Custom User Groups''' which houses all your custom usergroups, clicking on the arrow will dropdown all the usergroups in the folder. On this screen you have the ability to create new folders, so that you can sub-divide and arrange your usergroups for easier access and create whole new usergroups. Just click on the relevant icon on a folder to do this.
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On each usergroup you have the options to edit {{edit}}, view {{view}} and delete {{delete}} by clicking on the corresponding icon.
  
 
==Dynamic==
 
==Dynamic==
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[[File:Usergroups1.png|thumb|Admin/Usergroups/custom/dynamic]]
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[[File:Usergroups1.png|thumb|Dynamic Usergroups ]]
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/dynamic_tree}}
 
{{url|/administrator/user_groups/dynamic_tree}}
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[[File:Usergroups.png|thumb|Filter settings-Dynamic usergroups]]
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[[File:Usergroups.png|thumb|Creating a Dynamic usergroup]]
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On the dynamic user group this allows you to filter through individuals on the platform if you select ‘add user group’ a filter will appear. This allows you gather more information or find a user for example students who have not yet voted for upcoming elections. All you need to do is drag and drop the filters into the box and it will create a user-group containing the users you would like to reach out to.
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The second tab, '''Dynamic''', will present you with a similar page to Custom, with all the same functions of being able to add folders, new usergroups and the ability to edit, view and delete existing usergroups. The main difference between custom and dynamic usergroups is the way users are added to them:
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*'''Custom Usergroups''' - Are static groups, meaning that once you add users to them they will pretty much stay the same, until a user's membership expires or you remove them from the group.
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*'''Dynamic Usergroups''' - Are changing and adapt to the criteria which you enter for the usergroup. If a user no longer meets the criteria to be in that group then they will be automatically removed. Similarly, if a user suddenly meets the criteria, when they didn't previously, they will be automatically added to the usergroup.
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===Creating New Dynamic Usergroups===
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Clicking on the Add Usergroup icon will bring up the '''New Dynamic User Group''' page to the right. To create a new Dynamic Usergroup, give it a name and drag across the filters to define which users you want to be part of this group. Each filter will have different options you need to choose and define, depending on which filters you pick. Below are the current filters you can drag across to define your Dynamic usergroups:
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'''Union'''
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*Union Member - ''Is the person a student?''
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*Alumni - ''Is the person an alumnas or alumna?''
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'''Democracy'''
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*Eligible to Vote - ''Did the person vote?''
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*Referendum - ''Did the person vote for a referendum?''
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'''Student Voice'''
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*Idea/Petition Response - ''Did this person respond to this idea/petition?''
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*Student Voice Engagement - ''Did this person respond to a number of ideas/petitions?''
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'''Groups'''
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*Group Member - ''Is the person in a club or society?''
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*Committee Post Holder - ''Is the person a committee member of a club or society?''
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*Committee Post Type - ''Does the person hold a particular post within a club or society?''
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*Group Type - ''Is the person a part of any club or society of a particular type?''
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'''Events'''
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*Event Attendance - ''Did the person attend a particular event?''
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*Multiple Event Attendance - ''Did the person attend a number of events?''
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'''Halls'''
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*Hall Members - ''Is the person a member of a hall?''
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'''Programme'''
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*Faculty - ''Is the person in a particular faculty?''
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*School - ''Is the person in a particular school?''
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*Year of Study - ''Is the person in a particular year of study?''
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*Type of Study - ''Is the person in a particular type of study?''
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*Course Representative - ''Is the person a course representative for any programme?''
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'''Demographics'''
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*Sex - ''What is the university's classification of the person's sex?''
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*Age - ''What is the person's age?''
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*Birthday - ''Which person has a birthday within the specified date range?''
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*Nationality - ''Where was the person born?''
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*ERASMUS - ''Is the person on an ERASMUS or other exchange placement?''
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*Placement - ''Is the person on an exchange placement abroad?''
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*Registration Questions - ''This will allow you to filter users based on answers given from the registration questions you ask when a user initially signs in to your website.''
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*Mode of Study - ''Is this student enrolled in a full-time or part-time course?''
  
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'''Volunteering Status'''
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*Opportunity Response - ''Did this person respond to this opportunity?''
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*Volunteers - ''Is this person a registered volunteer?''
  
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'''E-Shop'''
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*eShop Filters - ''Did this person purchase a certain number (or more) e-shop products?''
  
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The '''index''' screen is the overall list of all the custom user groups on the UnionCloud platform, you can use this to your advantage to search, filter and find any custom user groups you are able to edit existing user groups by clicking the setting cog on the right-hand side.
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==Index==
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The last tab in the Custom usergroup section is '''Index'''. This page is simply a list of all the custom and dynamic usergroups on your site, which you can search using the eye filter, for easier access. From this page you can view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, Upload Members to and delete {{delete}} usergroups by clicking on the {{cog}} next to a usergroup record. You can additionally add completely new Custom and/or Dynamic usergroups from this section by clicking on the corresponding blue button at the top of the page.

Latest revision as of 10:19, 9 August 2018

Sample view of User Groups & Permissions page

The User Groups and permissions screen, is one of the most commonly used screens for Union Administrators. It contains all of the default permission groups created by UnionCloud on your behalf, the groups students are placed into by default. It also stores the sub sections for viewing group (Club & Society) membership groups (Administrators, Current, Alumni etc.), Events group lists, halls group lists, programme names, and their membership counts, demographic groups, and importantly Custom groups.

One of the reasons for it's heavy use is, that it is the easiest way to control which users have access to what, once you have your Permission Sets sorted and applied to a user group, as we explain further down, all you need to do is add a user to that group.

Union


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups

The Union Sub Menu, these groups here are some of the most important, and also the groups that users will be placed into automatically upon registration / upload / expiry.

Default User Groups Breakdown

Those highlighted in blue will only appear if you have University Email selected, or the Volunteering Module included in your package
Name Description
Activated Students This group is empty by default, and you can't upload users to it, Confirmed Students, move to this group, after logging in for the first time.
Administrators This is the Default Union Administrator group, who have permissions to manage all website content.
Alumni This group is empty by default, but once a users course date expires, they move out of Confirmed Students, and into Alumni.
Confirmed Students This group is populated by data upload, and is the group of students that you are confirming you know are students, this can then be used for elections etc.
Deleted Students This group is for users that have requested to be removed from the system, it excludes them from all comms, records, reports etc. They remain in this group as
there is still content linked totheir accounts from previous purchases and the like, in case this ever needs reporting on.
Non Students This group is populated by anybody that registers with a non-university email address and can't confirm they are a student.
Students This group is populated by all users who register with the domain you set for your institution (usually x-universitycollege.ac.uk) plus anyone in the 'Confirmed Students' Usergroup.
Students Waiting for
University Email Access 		If you have checked the box indicating registration has to be done via university email address, and a user indicates they don't have access to it pre-arrival, they will be added to this list, allowing them to register with a personal email address also, and merge their accounts once they have access.
Volunteering Organisations If you have the Volunteering Module included in your package, you will have this option, when new Volunteering Organisations register, to list opportunities, then a Volunteering Administrator will need to approve them in the Volunteering Dashboard, then they will be added to this group, and be given permissions to manage Volunteering Opportunities.
Volunteering Students Any student who has signed up to the Volunteering module will be added to this group, as it is confirming the group of students who have registered their interest to volunteer, and listed the areas they are interested in / skills they have.


Other Features within Union subsection

A simple overview of the first two rows of the table in the Union sub-section, of the User Groups & Permissions Menu.

Show Count

Previously you may remember this used to show the number of members in each screen by default, this meant that it performed a count function for a large number of groups in some cases, every time a page like this loaded, which caused larger burdens on the server, so to improve page load times this feature was removed and replaced with the line of text in blue, which on click performs a count for the group in question.

View User Group

View User Group Screen

This screen gives you an overview of an individual User Group, at the top you can see the title of the group you are in, highlighted with a blue font.

  • Adding New Users
  1. Manually
You can add users manually using the three boxes under the group title, the method is as follows;
  • From the drop down list, choose a group you know the user is already a member of
  • Search for the user by their name, it will return to you close matches, and Dates of Birth to allow you to check you have the right person
  • Choose a membership expiry date for the user, this should be a year or so, and checked regularly to ensure there are no dormant accounts with permissions they shouldn't have.
  • Select the 'Add members' button to finish the process.
  1. CSV Upload

This is the same as in the #User Group Member Upload section below, there are just two places you can select this option.

  • Filter / Sort Users
Image showing how the Filter / Sort menu bar looks after choosing the filter option

The header row of the table, with the darker grey background is of much use, particularly when you are dealing with groups containing thousands, or even tens of thousands of users. You can both filter and sort any users in this table, and it also allows you to filter by multiple fields, and use part matches. You can click any of the Column headings to sort (ID, University ID, Forename, Surname, DOB, Email Membership Expiry Date), primarily it will sort (A-Z) in field which can contain strings, and (0-9) in a field that contains numeric values, however if you click the heading a second time, it will filter this to the reverse.

With regards to filtering, this works almost the same, to make the filter section appear, all you need to do is click the small cocktail glass looking symbol in the far right hand column, and it will reveal the menu as pictured to the right hand side. You can filter by any of the same fields as outlined above, with the exception of Membership Expiry Date, and the only filter that works differently is Date of Birth, this filter gives you two calendar options, Start and End, which will return all user whose DoB falls within the range.

Finally, there are two buttons below the filter button, one to reset your filters, and another to apply the filters you have just typed in the fields, alternatively you can press return on the keyboard to update.

Note Note: Remember, you can use multiple filters AND sort in conjunction with each other, particularly useful if you are looking for someone with a common name!

Edit user expiry date from a group
  • Edit a Users Expiry Date

Editing a users Expiry date is a fairly straight forward function, it just requires the user to click the Edit button(Edit.png), in the far right hand column, this will take you to the screen pictured in the thumbnail to the right where you can use the calendar to pick a new expiry date for the user, and then simply click the 'Edit Expiry Date' button, and you're done!

Feedback: Currently we have on the feedback log, a request for users to be able to instantly remove users from particular user groups, as the current method is to set their expiry to the next working day.





  • Edit

The Edit buttonEdit.png at the bottom of this page takes you to the same page as the edit button before you click into a specific user group, and we will cover that below or you can click here to skip to it.

For any particular group, a screenshot is provided on the right for your convenience.

  • Download Demographics

After clicking the Download Demographics button, a timing icon will appear in the Downloads section at the bottom of the page, this usually takes a few seconds, but under peak times and heavy usage could take up to a minute or so, for the site to gather the data, and present you with a PDF to download, this is a short 2 page document containing the Demographic data for all members within the group you are currently managing. We will cover the content of the Demographics Report in another section.

  • Download CSV

The final option within the View Usergroup screen is to Download a CSV of the group members, this downloads data on all of the users in the current group you are managing, in CSV Format, the data also matches the format used in the Student Upload file, so you will be getting Nationality, CourseID, StudentID, etc.

Screenshot of the Edit User Group Screen

Edit User Group

The Edit page is where it gives you the options to;

  1. Rename
  2. Update Description For
  3. Change Permission Set

User Group Member Upload

User Group Member Upload Pop-Up

Before we begin talking through this section, if you click on the title to this section 'User Group Member Upload' it will take you to a page where we talk through CSV Uploads in slightly more detail. It doesn't matter which method you use to select the User Group Member Upload Option, the small CSV Upload button(CSV.png) on the right-hand side of the 'User Groups & Permissions' screen, or the View User Group Option, which you get to by selecting the View button(View.png) on the right-hand side next to any of the user groups, to get the more detailed view for a particular user group, and a list of its current members, then there is a large, 'Upload Members' Button on the right hand side.

Once the pop up appears you are presented with a number of options.

  • Choose File button, to upload a CSV
  • A Checkbox to add users for e-voting
  • An icon to the right to 'Download Sample CSV Template'
  • And two notifications, which we will clarify here;
  • 'Email and Expiry Date can't be blank' (For e-voting users forename and surname are also mandatory)
Email and Date of Birth are the required fields that UnionCloud uses to find a user in the database and add them to the correct user group
  • 'File processing is a scheduled background activity.
All files you upload will be processed at midnight local time, this is because processing large quantities of database puts an increased load on the server and to do it at peak time would cause an increase in page load times and a poorer experience for all members. Please bear this in mind when you need to upload Member files.

Groups

This screen, is the overview screen for all of your 'Group' User Groups


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/groups

Default Group User Groups Breakdown

As mentioned in the caption, this screen is the overview screen for all of the 'Group' User Groups. That is to say, it will show all of the different User Groups, from all of your Clubs, Societies, Sports, Charity groups etc. Every new student group when they are created, via the Groups Module, have three User Groups created for them by default (although Group Administrators and Union Administrators are able to add more):

Group Name Description
Administrator These users will have access to run and manage groups.
Current Members All users that purchase a group membership will be automatically added to this group for the duration of time the membership is set for.
Alumni When a user's group membership expires they are added to the Alumni group.

Events

Events User Groups Screen


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/events

This area allows you to manage the usergroups for all your events. By default two usergroups are automatically created for every event which you create on your site:

Group Name Description
Administrators These users will have access to run and manage events.
Participants All users that have booked a ticket for an event.

For both the Groups and Events usergroups you can perform all the same actions as you could for Union usergroups, please see the section above for more details.

Halls


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/hall_of_residences

Halls of Residence User Groups Screen

In this section you can view the usergroups for all your Halls of Residence of your students, if you have access to this data. This page will automatically keep track of Halls, by picking it from your Student Upload File, any record updated with a unique Halls name will create a new usergroup. On this page you are able to show the member count and filter by name. Clicking on the magnifying glass next to a usergroup will open a new page with a list of all members (and their details) in that particular usergroup. You are also able to download a CSV file of all members from this page.

Programme

Programme User Groups Screen


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/programs

In this section you can view the usergroups for all your students' programmes and courses, if you have access to this data. To populate this page with programme usergroups you will need to upload your programmes by going to Admin > File Uploads > Programme Upload. Programmes will also be picked up from the information uploaded from your Student Upload File, which will automatically place students into the correct programme usergroup. On this page you are able to show the member count and filter by name. Clicking on the magnifying glass next to a usergroup will open a new page with a list of all members (and their details) in that particular usergroup. You are also able to download a CSV file of all members from this page.

Questionnaire

Questionnaire User Groups Screen


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/questions

This section will show all the usergroups which were created from any registration questions which you set-up to automatically add users to a relevant usergroup as they answered the questions, depending on their response.

To set-up these usergroups go to Admin>Setup>Questionnaire. When you create a new question in this area, make sure you tick the 'Create User Group' checkbox on the Action dropdown and enter the name of the usergroup you want creating in the Usergroup name field on your answers.

For the full page on Questionnaire Settings, click here.

Custom

Custom User Groups Screen


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/custom_tree

The last usergroup option which you can access from the main UnionCloud Usergroup side menu is Custom. This section is split into three areas: Custom, Dynamic and Index. We will start with the Custom type first, as this is the area that will automatically appear first when clicking on the sidebar option, which is shown in the screenshot to the right. This page is essentially a catalogue of all the custom-made usergroups on your site (any usergroups which are not default to UnionCloud). You should have a default folder Custom User Groups which houses all your custom usergroups, clicking on the arrow will dropdown all the usergroups in the folder. On this screen you have the ability to create new folders, so that you can sub-divide and arrange your usergroups for easier access and create whole new usergroups. Just click on the relevant icon on a folder to do this.

On each usergroup you have the options to edit Edit.png, view View.png and delete Delete.png by clicking on the corresponding icon.

Dynamic

Dynamic Usergroups


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/user_groups/dynamic_tree

Creating a Dynamic usergroup

The second tab, Dynamic, will present you with a similar page to Custom, with all the same functions of being able to add folders, new usergroups and the ability to edit, view and delete existing usergroups. The main difference between custom and dynamic usergroups is the way users are added to them:

  • Custom Usergroups - Are static groups, meaning that once you add users to them they will pretty much stay the same, until a user's membership expires or you remove them from the group.
  • Dynamic Usergroups - Are changing and adapt to the criteria which you enter for the usergroup. If a user no longer meets the criteria to be in that group then they will be automatically removed. Similarly, if a user suddenly meets the criteria, when they didn't previously, they will be automatically added to the usergroup.

Creating New Dynamic Usergroups

Clicking on the Add Usergroup icon will bring up the New Dynamic User Group page to the right. To create a new Dynamic Usergroup, give it a name and drag across the filters to define which users you want to be part of this group. Each filter will have different options you need to choose and define, depending on which filters you pick. Below are the current filters you can drag across to define your Dynamic usergroups:

Union

  • Union Member - Is the person a student?
  • Alumni - Is the person an alumnas or alumna?

Democracy

  • Eligible to Vote - Did the person vote?
  • Referendum - Did the person vote for a referendum?

Student Voice

  • Idea/Petition Response - Did this person respond to this idea/petition?
  • Student Voice Engagement - Did this person respond to a number of ideas/petitions?

Groups

  • Group Member - Is the person in a club or society?
  • Committee Post Holder - Is the person a committee member of a club or society?
  • Committee Post Type - Does the person hold a particular post within a club or society?
  • Group Type - Is the person a part of any club or society of a particular type?

Events

  • Event Attendance - Did the person attend a particular event?
  • Multiple Event Attendance - Did the person attend a number of events?

Halls

  • Hall Members - Is the person a member of a hall?

Programme

  • Faculty - Is the person in a particular faculty?
  • School - Is the person in a particular school?
  • Year of Study - Is the person in a particular year of study?
  • Type of Study - Is the person in a particular type of study?
  • Course Representative - Is the person a course representative for any programme?

Demographics

  • Sex - What is the university's classification of the person's sex?
  • Age - What is the person's age?
  • Birthday - Which person has a birthday within the specified date range?
  • Nationality - Where was the person born?
  • ERASMUS - Is the person on an ERASMUS or other exchange placement?
  • Placement - Is the person on an exchange placement abroad?
  • Registration Questions - This will allow you to filter users based on answers given from the registration questions you ask when a user initially signs in to your website.
  • Mode of Study - Is this student enrolled in a full-time or part-time course?

Volunteering Status

  • Opportunity Response - Did this person respond to this opportunity?
  • Volunteers - Is this person a registered volunteer?

E-Shop

  • eShop Filters - Did this person purchase a certain number (or more) e-shop products?

Index

The last tab in the Custom usergroup section is Index. This page is simply a list of all the custom and dynamic usergroups on your site, which you can search using the eye filter, for easier access. From this page you can view View.png, edit Edit.png, Upload Members to and delete Delete.png usergroups by clicking on the Cog.png next to a usergroup record. You can additionally add completely new Custom and/or Dynamic usergroups from this section by clicking on the corresponding blue button at the top of the page.

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