UIC Board Manager's Guide: WebBoard Version 3.5

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5. Adding Users

As board manager, you are authorized to add users to your board. Their login names must be their official UIC NetID. However, WebBoard does not allow you to add a user that already exists elsewhere in the system, so a student taking two WebBoard-based classes cannot be added by you directly. Email the WebBoard administrator at webboard@uic.edu to have these students added. Supply their names and NetIDs, as well as the name of the board you were trying to add them to, and we will add them shortly.

Add Users with Wizard or without is the fourth option under the Manager Menu . As the option conveys, you can add a user with the help of the Add Users Wizard or the Add New User form . The wizard presents you with the same text and form fields as the plain form, but packages them in several floating windows.

The Add Users Wizard opens up with a text window explaining the process. At the beginning, this may be useful to you. The same text is also displayed at the top of the standard form.

After you have read the information provided in the window, click on the Next button to view the next window, the actual form to be filled in:

Fill out the details of the new user to be added. Use the new user's UIC NetID as Login name and also as temporary password . Instruct the users to change their passwords when they log in the first time (this is done by editing one's user profile under MORE… ). Leave it to the users to fill in geographic information (the red ball marks the required fields). Note that the NetID gets used three times (also in the email-address of the form NetID@uic.edu ), so you may want to use copying and pasting.

If you are adding several users at a time, check the Add another? -box. That will bring up the form anew after adding the user, instead of simply closing the wizard. You should always have a welcome message sent to the user, so do not uncheck that box. This message will tell the user his password, login name, and the board's URL.

Once done, click on the Add USER> button. That will bring up a confirmation page with the details entered for the new user. Click on the FINISH button to close the wizard. If WebBoard did not let you add the user, an error message will appear instead. Email webboard@uic.edu and include the user's name and NetID, your board name, and the error message.

Without Wizard

Adding users without using the Wizard provides the same functionality without the fancy images. Click on the word without in the Add Users with Wizard or without choice of the Manager Menu . The window as shown below will be displayed for you to enter the new user details. Again, a brief overview of the procedure is displayed first:

Fill out the details of the new user to be added. Assign the new user's UIC NetID as his Login name and temporary password. Instruct the users to change their passwords when they first log in.

Once done, click on the CREATE button. This will display a short confirmation page listing the details of the new user. If WebBoard did not let you add the user, an error message will appear instead. Email webboard@uic.edu and include the user's name and NetID, your board name, and the error message.

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