Controlling access to your project site

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

To control access to your site:

1. In your site's menubar, click Site Info.
   
   
2. Click Manage Access.
   
   
3. Under "Set Site Access", select Publish site to make it available to site participants. If you don't want to publish your site at this time, you can do it later through Site Info. For instructions, see Publishing or unpublishing a site.
   
   
4. To indicate who can access your site, choose from the following Global Access options:
   
   
   • Private: Only the people you add as participants can see your site.
   • Display my site in the directory, and share files I select: Anyone with authorization to log into the system can see your site in the site directory, and can access shared files.
   The University of Delaware currently does not use a directory to show sites and share files. We recommend that you set this option to private so if this practice changes others will not see your site or files.

   Also, you can allow your site to be joined by anyone with authorization to log into the system. To do so, follow these steps:

   • Check the box next to Can be joined by anyone with authorization to log in.
   • Use the drop-down list to select a role to assign people who join your site.
5. Click Update.