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Managing a private community

Overview

A private community:

  • Consists of Workplace users who have been added to the community, such that people who are not members of the community* do not have access to it, and cannot see the community through their Workplace user interface.

  • Is depicted on the Communities/community listing page with a padlock icon Private community icon in its tile.

Initially, all members of a newly created private community can administer all aspects of the community. Therefore, depending on requirements, it is possible to configure permissions within a private community.

* A Workplace system administrator has access to all private communities, regardless of whether or not this person is a member of these communities.

Configuring permissions within the community

As all members of a newly created private community can initially manage all aspects of the community, a Workplace system administrator can configure permissions within the community, so that only specific Workplace users (called community administrators and who are not Workplace system administrators), retain full control within the community.

Workplace users who are administrators of a private community (which initially includes all members of the community until permissions are configured), have community administrator-level access within the community.

Once permissions have been configured, however, Workplace users (without administrator-level access to the community), can no longer:

If you created a private community and want to configure permissions within it, request that your Workplace system administrator implement these permissions for this community, which they can do by following the Configuring permissions within a private community section of the Administering Workplace guide.

As an administrator of a private community (with permissions configured), any new Workplace users you add to the community will not have administrator-level access to the community.

Adding new members

Only members of a private community (who are not Workplace system administrators) can access a private community in Workplace, and can see the community through the Communities page.

Only private community members with community administrator-level access can add new members to the community.

To add new members to a private community:

  1. Ensure you have accessed Workplace’s communities feature.

  2. Click the tile of the private community where new members will be added, to access the community’s overview page.

  3. On the MEMBERS tab, click the add members button Add members button, which opens the Add members dialog box.

    If you do not see this section on the interface, then you are not an administrator of this community.

    1. Start typing a few letters of the name of the Workplace user to add to the community from the drop-down, and select their name to add them.

    2. Repeat the previous step to add other Workplace users to the community.

  4. After adding all Workplace users to your community, click Add to add the Workplace user/s to the community, which makes them (a) member/s of this private community.

If permissions in the private community:

  • Have not been configured, then new members have administrator-level access within the community.

  • Have been configured, then new members do not have administrator-level access within the community.

Leaving the community

If you are a member of a private community and wish to leave it, you can do so from its community overview page.

To leave a private community:

  1. Ensure you have accessed Workplace’s communities feature.

  2. Click the tile of the private community you wish to leave, to access the community’s overview page.

  3. Click the Leave button towards the top-right of the page.
    The Communities/community listing page appears and the private community you left no longer appears on this page, and as a non-member, you no longer have access to that community.