Create or Edit Workspaces

You can use the Workspaces page to create a workspace. You can add components to your workspace such as; add a tile region, add recent students or add the messages component. When you add a tile region to your Workspace you have the option of creating a custom tile, custom live tile or a preset tile. You can also customize a tile within your region for your workspace by rearranging the tile, customizing the labels, color, icons, and URLs as per your institution’s needs.

Follow the steps mentioned below:

• You can customize your workspaces, navigate to Customize Workspaces

• You must associate the workspaces to a staff group, navigate to Add or Edit Staff Groups

• Once you have associated, you and your staff members can begin to use your workspaces, navigate to Manage Workspaces

Prerequisites

You must have: 

• System - Settings - Workspaces-View authorization

• System - Settings - Workspaces- New authorization

• System - Settings - Workspaces- Edit authorization

Access Method

Select the Settings tile > locate System in the tree > select Workspaces.

Procedure to Create Workspaces

1. If you want to:

   • Create a new workspace, click the New button on the toolbar 

   

   • Edit an existing workspace, click the name of the workspace in the list

2. Review, specify, or change the following values.

   Workspace Name Indicate the name of the Workspace. A Workspace is a dynamic webpage with a unique URL slug that when rendered, retrieves all the associated components for that workspace. It also renders the components on the page based on a specific region specification in a given order specified. This is name is visible when you assign a workspace to a staff group or, as a staff member, you pick as your default workspace.

   Workspace URL Indicate the workspace URL slug.

   

3. In Components, if you want to, take the appropriate action.

   Task	Action to Take
   Add Tile Region to your workspace	1.  Click the Add Tile Region button. Anthology Student displays the Region Template Properties dialog box.  2.  Review, specify, or change the following values. Number of Tiles Across Indicate the number of tiles that you want to have across the workspace. Title Indicate the title of the tile. Wide Columns Select the check box to indicate whether or not you want a wide column. 3.  Click the Save button. Anthology Student displays the tile region. If you want to customize your Tile Region, navigate to Customize Workspaces
   Add Recent Students to your workspace	1.  Click the Add Recent Student button. Anthology Student displays the Recent Student Properties dialog box. 2.  Review, specify, or change the following values. Number of Students to Show Indicate the number of students you want to display on the tile. Recent Student Label Indicate the title or the label of the recent student tile. By default, it is set to Recent Student. 3.  Click the Save button. Anthology Student displays the Recent Students tile region.
   Add Messages Component to your workspace	1.  Click the Add Messages Component button. Anthology Student displays the Messages Properties dialog box. 2.  Review, specify, or change the following values. Number of Students to Show Indicate the number of students you want to display on the tile. Messages Label Indicate the title or the label of the Messages tile. By default, it is set to Messages 3.  Click the Save button. Anthology Student displays the Messages tile region.

   If you want to preview your workspace, click the Preview button on the toolbar. If you want to change any setting after previewing your workspace, you can return to previous screen and click the Back to Designer Palette button.