FOR INSTRUCTORS - setting up accounts and chatroom for a new polyphase course

when starting a new polyphase portal course we want to create a chatroom where all members of the course can communicate.

this guide will walk through the steps to set this up.

1. collecting information from students

first step is to collect the information from the students needed to set up this up. here is the info required:

2. prepare info and run onboarding helper script

the next step is to run the onboarding helper script that we use to create new accounts and add them to a new chatroom - you will need admin access to the polyphase servers to do this step - ask for help on this step if you do not have these permissions:

["a@mail.com", "a_name"], [“b@mail.com”, “”], …

(where empty string in handle name will default to start of email address)

3. sharing login info with students

now that the accounts have been created you can let the students know and ask them to try and login. their temperary password is the same as their email address - they will be forced to set a new password on first login.


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Created 24 July 2023 02:33:46 by cyberboy666
Updated 20 January 2024 19:46:23 by palomakop