Browser based collaboration services used on campus

Creating Confluence Sites

• Request space
  • This is what you get
• Create or edit homepage
  • Describe the purpose of the site
  • Show the site map --> {Include Children} macro
  • Edit the sidebar
• Add permissions (Left column: Space Tools: Permissions)
  • 3 Groups to start with
  • Can add cornell-confluence-users to restrict to Cornell users
• Add users
• Add children pages
• Confluence Help
  • Cornell's Confluence Help
  • Altasian's Confluence Help -->  menu in upper right

Lists of Pages

• Using Macros to organize and/or include content from other pages
  • Include Children
  • Using labels
  • Include Excerpts
  • Page Properties
• Blogs
• Email archive

Templates

• Using Templates to structure content
  • Examples
    • Forms
    • Document management
    • Project docs
    • Work Breakdown
    • Meeting Notes
    • Requirements documents
  • Using built in templates
  • Creating templates