Communities
Staff can request an LMS community site to establish an online environment to share resources, projects, collaborative research and online communication with colleagues, groupings of students or a general community of interest. Each community must have at least one University staff member as a leader, and a number of participants (staff or students). The leader of a community will be responsible for maintaining the site and managing the participants.
LMS communities have the same features and structure as LMS subjects, and are just as customisable. Communities are displayed to members on the Communities tab in the LMS and are also listed in the communities catalogue.
Policy for LMS communities
The purpose of the policy is to define the management and use of LMS communities at the University of Melbourne.
Resources
Request the creation of a community
A request for a community may only be made by a University of Melbourne staff member.
Step-by-step guides
Please note that all step-by-step guides for subjects apply also for communities. These can be found under the Teaching with the LMS section of this web site.
Copyright
Staff and students using communities in the LMS must abide by copyright.