User Contributed Resources

From ResourceSpace Documentation Wiki

User groups that are permitted to contribute must have the "d", "e-1" and "e-2" permissions.

The process is as follows:

• A user contributes a resource via the "My Collections" link in the top navigation. At this point it is in state -2 (awaiting submission)

• They edit the resource until they are happy with it, and move it to state -1 (awaiting review)

• An admin user uses 'Manage Resources -> Resources awaiting review' in the Team Centre to list resources in this state and move them to the final 'live' state (0).

Alternative Scenarios

By giving the user only "d" and "e-1" (i.e. excluding "e-2") the resources will go in to the awaiting review state immediately, skipping the awaiting submission step.

By giving the user "d" and "e0" (the ability to edit active resources), users contributed resources will go immediately into the live state. Note that "e0" means that users can edit all active resources, not just those they have contributed.

Notifications

By default, when resources are moved to the 'pending review' status, a notification is sent. The following value in config.php controls this behaviour.

$notify_user_contributed_submitted=true;

Batch-approving multiple submitted resources

You can accept multiple pending review items as follows:

• Team Centre -> Manage Resources -> View User Contributed Resources Pending Review

• In the bottom collections bar, create a new collection or use an empty 'working' collection you already have (e.g. My Collection).

• Add the resources to the collection one at a time, or to add them all choose 'save search items to collection' at the very bottom of the results (you may need to scroll down to see the link). All the resources will appear in the bottom bar.

• Click "edit all" in the collection bar

• Click the "status" tick box in the top form (it's near the bottom)

• Choose "active" from the drop down box and click save.