ACIS

HELP PAGE
Forum Questions

    General Questions

      [1] How do I get started?

      Under the “Workspace” tab you will find a list of forums. On the upper left side under the tab area, you will find the words “New User Sign Up.” Click on any of those words and fill out the “User Sign Up” form. Once you complete this form and submit it, you should get a response through the given email within 24 hours during the week or early Monday morning if you apply on the weekend.

      Note that if you just want to participate in the courses's forums, you should request a "Course Sign Up", under the Education tab.

      [2] What is "Join Forum"?

      When you are requesting to become a new user of the ACIS website, you are able to choose 1 (one) private forum to join in the "Join Forum" option. If you want to participate just in the public forums, you can leave this option empty. On the other hand, if you desire to join other private forums, you will be able to do so after you have been approved as a user. Moreover, you will automatically join all the public forums. In this case if you want to leave one of these public forums, you will also be able to do so after you have been approved as a user.

      [3] How to use ACIS tags to show italics, bold and underline?

      In order to use italics, bold and underline in a message, you have to use "ACIS tags" which looks very similar to html tags. This is done by placing the tags around your message section.

      The tags are:
      [b], [/b] for Bold
      [i], [/i] for Italics
      [u], [/u] for Underline

      For example, you use:
      [b]Your text[/b] and it will appear as Your text
      [i]Your text[/i] and it will appear as Your text
      [u]Your text[/u] and it will appear as Your text


      [4] How to insert urls in the forum message?

      Just type the url beginning with:
      • http://
      • https://
      • ftp://
      • mailto:
      For example:
      • http://www.acis.ufl.edu
      • https://webmail.ufl.edu
      • ftp://acis.ufl.edu/
      • mailto:acis@acis.ufl.edu



      [5] What is "Additional E-mail addresses"?

      In "Additional E-mail addresses" you can provide other email addresses that you may use to email postings to a forum. Only your postings that originate from the emails listed in "User E-mail" and "Additional E-mail addresses" fields will be accepted as valid postings.
      For example, suppose that a user has the following e-mail addresses:
    • user@ufl.edu
    • user@acis.ufl.edu
    • user@email.provider

      • If this user wants to post using all these e-mail addresses, s/he can fill in the "User E-mail" the prefered e-mail address to receive and send e-mail postings, and fill the other addresses in the "Additional E-mail addresses".

      [6] Why would I want to be an ACIS user?

      To be able to participate in any of the ACIS forums, you must get approved as a user. You do not have to be an ACIS user to read any public forums or learn more about any of the on-going research projects. Information and updates about research projects will be posted online and available to the public under the “Research” tab.

      [7] What if I forget my password?

      If you forget your password, please send an email message to acis@acis.ufl.edu and one of the administrators will reset your password. The administrator will send you an email telling you what the new password is. After you login with the assigned password, you will be able to reset the password yourself by editing your profile.

      [8] Why I could not login?

      To be able to login and participate in any of the ACIS forums, only after you have submitted a “New User Sign Up” form AND been approved. You will receive an email saying you are approved from an ACIS administrator. Your login and password will be the ones you submitted on the “User Sign Up” form.

      [9] Who is authorized to edit pages?

      Each web page is associated with a menu item (in the top bars and left list), and each menu item can be edited on-line by users that are members of authorized “user classes”. Currently the following classes are active:
    • adm – can edit all pages
    • course – read-only
    • course adm – can edit pages of the associated course
    • forum – read-only
    • acis – users listed under “People” menu can edit their associated pages


      • [10] How can I know the classes I am member of?

      User class membership is shown in the top right corner (to the left of logout button) after logging in.

      [11] How can I edit “People” pages?

      First you need to become member of “acis class”. Contact the program assistant to be included in the “People” page. If you are a member of “acis class”, when you go to “People”, a new menu item, “Manage People”, will appear. “Manage People” lets you edit the pages associated with you.
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