What is your project’s “personality”? Take this short quiz to reflect on you project’s goals, priorities, and current state.
Based on your answers, we’ll reveal you project’s “personality type” and offer some suggestions for managing your group settings such as you group’s join policy, privacy settings, and use of community tools.
Does your project have multiple personalities? We encourage you to browse through all of the project “personality types” below to get a fuller picture of how you can customize your group to meet your needs.
Pack of Wolves Parliament of Owls Tribe of Goats Colony of Beavers Grist of Bees
Your group is a pack of wolves!
Based on some of your answers to the Project Personality Quiz, it sounds like you are the project’s leadership team working hard to get things done. Your primary need is a private space to collaborate with other members of the leadership team as you develop your project, generate materials, and/or do research on your project. We assume that your project will also have a more “public” page but maybe you're not ready yet. Below is some information/recommendations for getting started with your group’s settings.
Join Policy: Privacy Please
Since you are interested in collaborating with a select group of people, your group’s join policy is likely set to “Restricted”, which means that membership requests must be approved by group managers. You might even have it set it to “Invite Only” such that users don’t even have the option of requesting membership… But we recommend being as open with your join policy as reasonably possible. After all, don’t you want to know about all of the people who WANT to join your group, even if you choose to not let them in?
Community Tools: Techies
Your group likely takes advantage of most of the community tools that are available. You may use the “Announcements” tool to send notifications to other members of the leadership team, use the “Calendar” to make the dates for events and deadlines visible to the team, share materials using the “Collections” tool, have discussions and share project updates with the team in the group forum, and use the “Project” tool for smaller sub-groups to tackle individual projects and publish.
You likely keep most of your group’s community tools accessible to members of the wolf pack (that is, “Group Members Only”) to keep your work within the leadership team. However, you make the “Members” tools available to “Any Hub Visitor” to allow any visitor to see who is in the group so that they can contact a group member if they have questions or would like to learn more.
Page Settings: Recluse
You likely make many of your group site’s pages accessible to “Group Members Only” to keep that content within the leadership team, with the exception of your “Overview Page”. Making your “Overview Page” accessible to “Any Hub Visitor” allows you to use the “Overview Page” to share some information about who you are and what you are working on with anyone dropping by and direct them to your public group, if you have one. Essentially, your “Overview Page” is your business card that you use to network with like minded faculty. You likely also find it useful to have a “Quick Links” page that is accessible to “Group Members Only” that contains useful links, like a link to your group’s Google Drive directory, information for joining any standing conference calls, and links to meeting notes and agendas.
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Your group is a parliament of owls!
Based on some of your answers to the Project Personality Quiz, it sounds like you’ve done a ton of work, your project has reached maturity, and you are at a good stopping point. (For now, anyway. You just <3 this stuff!) Your primary interest is having the fruits of your labor live on and be accessible to the broader community. Below is some information/recommendations for getting started with your group’s settings.
Join Policy: Come on in or Knock first
You might have an “Open” join policy, allowing any registered QUBESHub user to join your group to begin receiving updates about what’s going on with your project. Or you might be interested in a more curated group of users, so you have a “Restricted” join policy, which means that membership requests must be approved by group managers. We recommend having the most open join policy that suits your project’s needs in order to share your materials with the widest possible audience. A good compromise is to have an “Open”join policy, but monitor your group membership.
Community Tools: Minimalists
Since your project is focused on disseminating materials, there are a few key community tools that you likely use a lot, such as the “Collections” tool and the “Resources” tool, which are ways that you can share materials/resources with your community. You also likely take advantage of the “Announcement” tool to engage members your group and get the word out about your materials. We recommend keeping it simple and turning off any tools that you don’t think you’ll need. You can always turn them on later if you change your mind.
You likely keep many of your group’s community tools accessible to “Group Members Only”, which would be a pretty low barrier if you have an “Open” join policy. You may have some select tools available to “Any Hub Visitor”, such as the “Collections” tool, where you can share a collection of resources with any visitor, and the “Announcements” tool, if you want any visitor (not just group members) to see your announcements.
Page Settings: Exhibitionists
You likely make many, if not all, of your group site’s pages accessible to “Any Hub Visitor” (or only to “Group Members”, especially if you have an “Open” join policy) to share your materials and content freely. You likely leverage your “Overview Page” to tell people about your project, tell people how to get involved with the group, and tell them how to access your materials.
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Your group is a tribe of mountain goats!
Based on some of your answers to the Project Personality Quiz, it sounds like your project may be in the proposal stage or is just starting out. Either way, your focused on establishing a secure space for your project in the education/research world by raising awareness and sharing info about your project. Your project will surely be climbing to new heights! Below is some information/recommendations for getting started with your group’s settings.
Join Policy: Come on in
Since you are working on drumming up interest in your project, you likely have an “Open” join policy, which allows any registered QUBESHub user to join your group so they can begin receiving updates about what’s going on with your project. Nothing tells a funder that you have a good idea like a bunch of people declaring that they want to be part of your project.
Community Tools: Minimalists
Since you are focused on establishing your project’s territory, there are one or two key community tools that you likely use a lot, such as the “Announcement” tool to engage your growing community and get the word out about your project. Maybe you’re doing most of your work in a Google Drive folder and you just need the QUBES group to make it easier to communicate and raise your visibility. We recommend keeping it simple and turning off any tools that you don’t think you’ll need. You can always turn them on later if you change your mind.
The select tools that you are using are likely available to “Any Hub Visitor”. For example, you may want announcements to be visible to anyone dropping by your project group site. Or you can make them accessible to “Group Members Only”, which would still be a pretty low barrier if you have an “Open” join policy. In general, since you’re looking to spread the word about your project and grow your community, we would recommend being as transparent as possible.
Page Settings: Exhibitionists
You will likely make many, if not all, of your group site’s pages accessible to “Any Hub Visitor” (or only to “Group Members”, if you have an “Open” join policy) to share info about your project with as many people as possible. You likely leverage your “Overview Page” to tell people about your project, tell people how to get involved with the group, and tell them about any upcoming plans or events.
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Your group is a colony of beavers!
Based on some of your answers to the Project Personality Quiz, it sounds like you have bigs plans and big ideas and you are busy, busy, busy making them happen. You are also very brave and willing to try new things in your project, but you think you could use a little help. Below is some information/recommendations for getting started with your group’s settings.
Join Policy: Come on in or Knock first
You might have an “Open” join policy, allowing any registered QUBESHub user to join your group to begin receiving updates about what’s going on with your project. Or you might be interested in a more curated group of users, so you have a “Restricted” join policy, which means that membership requests must be approved by group managers. We recommend having the most open join policy that suits your project’s needs in order to reach the widest audience. A good compromise is to have an “Open” join policy, but monitor your group membership.
Community Tools: Give me all the bells and whistles
Given your project’s big plans and your adventurous nature, your group likely has plans to take advantage of most or all of the community tools that are available. You use the “Announcements” tool to send notifications to group members, use the “Calendar” to share the dates for events with all group members, share materials using the “Collections” tool, have discussions in the group forum, and post updates, plans, and ideas in the “Blog” and “Wiki.”
Since you have a multifaceted project and a complex community, you may keep some tools accessible to “Group Members Only”, such as the “Projects” tool where you work behind the scenes on aspects of your project with a subset of your community, or the group forum, where you keep the conversations among group members. But you make other tools accessible to “Any Hub Visitor”, such as the “Announcements” tool, so that anyone visiting your group site can see all of your important announcements.
Page Settings: Modest
You likely make many of your group site’s pages accessible to “Any Hub Visitor” to share info about your project to as many people as possible. You likely leverage your “Overview Page” to tell people about your project, tell people how to get involved with the group, and tell them about your project’s many upcoming plans and events. However, with your complex project, you likely need a combination of public and private spaces. You gain privacy by making some pages on your group site available to “Group Members Only” and working privately with a subset of your group members in the “Projects” tool (mentioned above). Or to get more options for working privately, perhaps you have 2 group sites: 1 group site for your public activities with an “Open” join policy and 1 group site for your behind the scenes work with a “Restricted” join policy. See “A Pack of Wolves” for an example of a leadership team working within a “Restricted” group.
One final note: With such big plans, you are making many choices, so please do not hesitate to reach out to Elia Crisucci to arrange a consult.
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Your group is a grist of bees!
Based on some of your answers to the Project Personality Quiz, it sounds like your project is all abuzz (pun intended) with exciting things. You want everyone to know about it and you want everyone to join you. You already have a large and active community, but there is always room for more! Below is some information/recommendations for getting started with your group’s settings.
Join Policy: Come on in
You have an “Open” join policy, allowing any registered QUBESHub user to join your group to begin receiving updates about what’s going on with your project. Everyone is welcome!
Community Tools: Techies
Your group likely takes advantage of many of the community tools that are available. You use the “Announcements” tool to send notifications to group members, share materials using the “Collections” tool or the “Resources” tool, and have discussions in the group forum.
You likely keep most of your group’s community tools accessible to “Any Hub Visitor”, so anyone visiting your group site can see announcements and view resources/materials. You may have some select tools available to “Group Members Only”, such as the group forum, so that only group members can participate in forum discussions. It’s not that you really want to restrict the forum discussions to group members, per se. You use the select “Group Members Only” tools as dangling carrots to encourage people to join your group. Once they do, not only can they use these tools, but they can begin receiving updates from the group, which is a great way to stay in touch.
Page Settings: Exhibitionists
You will likely make many, if not all of your group site’s pages accessible to “Any Hub Visitor” to share your content freely. You likely leverage your “Overview Page” to tell people about your project, tell people how to get involved with the group, and advertise any new and upcoming events that your project is hosting, like a workshop or Faculty Mentoring Network.