Version 2.7.1 6/01/12
Description: The Sign-Up tool allows you to create meetings or other events (presentation times, test times, paper topics, office hours, etc.) and allow site participants to sign up for the event. Sign-Up keeps record of who signed up for the event and even includes a wait list, if needed.
Step 1: In the menu bar of your site, click [Sign-Up].
Step 2: Click [Add].
Step 3: Fill in the event information. Items with an asterisk are required.
Title: This is the title of the event.
Organizer: This is the person who is responsible for the event.
Location: This is where the event will take place.
Category: You will be able to choose from categories you've already created or create a new one specifically for this event.
Description: This is a description of the event.
Start Time: This is the date and time the event will begin.
End Time: This is the date and time the event will end.
Meeting Frequency: This is how often the event will occur.
Sign-up begins: This is when site participants will be able to start signing up for the event.
Sign-up ends: This is when signing up for the event will end.
Attendance: This option allows you to track attendance for meetings or events.
Available to: This is who can access the event. You may designate the entire site or a specific group/section, if groups/sections are available. You may also make the event open to other sites in which Sign-Up is enabled.
Meeting Type:
Open Meeting: An open meeting requires no signing up.
Single Slot: An event in which a single time slot will be available. You may designate the maximum number of participants available to sign up for the single time slot or you may allow an unlimited number of participants to sign up.
Multiple Time Slots: An event which will have multiple time slots available to participants. You may limit the number of participants per time slot. When an event has multiple time slots, the duration per time slot is automatically calculated for you. Example: an event is set for one hour and will have 2 time slots available for the meeting. Each time slot will be 30 minutes long.
Step 4: Click [Next].
Step 5: The following screen will give you a summary of the event.
Step 6: You will now be able to set email notification and other settings for the meeting.
Display Participant Names: Allow site participants to view the names of other particpants who have signed up for an event/meeting.
Receive Notification: The meeting organizer will receive email notification when a participant signs up or cancels an appointment.
Announce Availibility: This option creates an automatic email sent to users notifiying them you've created an event.
Meeting Coordinators: This option allows you to add other coordinators to the event. They will recieve an email notification when an attendee changes their status.
Other Default Settings: These various options include allowing a wait list, allowing comments, sending auto reminders, publishing the event to the calendar, auto-create groups based on meeting time, and allow users to signup for multiple slots.
Step 7: Click [Publish] to save your changes, or click [Assign Participants and Publish] to publish your event and assign participants to specific time slots. You may also click [Cancel] to clear all changes, or click [Back] to return to the previous screen.
Step 1: In the menu bar of your site, click [Sign-Up].
Step 2: Click on the event you wish to modify or edit.
Step 3: Click [Modify] to edit the event title, location, description, and other settings associated with the event. Click [Publish Modification] to save your changes, or click [Cancel] to clear all changes made.
Step 1: In the menu bar of your site, click [Sign-Up].
Step 2: Click on the event you wish to copy.
Step 3: Give the copied meeting a title, location, and other event information. Click [Publish New Meeting] to save your event, or click [Cancel] to clear all changes made.
Step 1: In the menu bar of your site, click [Sign-Up].
Step 2: Check the box next to the meeting which you wish to remove.
Step 3: Click [Remove Meetings].
The Export option allows you to export the attendee list for a particular event. Simply click the [Export] button and choose the event you wish to export. Click the [Export] button at the bottom of the screen to download and save your file.
Sign-Up allows the site administrator to change the permissions associated with the tool. The permissions govern what actions a specific user role can and cannot perform.
Step 1: In the menubar of your site, click [Sign-Up], then click [Permissions].
Step 2: In the page that opens, you will be able to edit permissions for a specific group (if groups have been defined), or for the entire site. Click [Edit Permissions] to see a list of available permissions.
Step 3: Check the permissions you would like to grant a specific role. Uncheck the permissions you wish to remove from a role. Click [Save] to save your changes, or [Cancel] to cancel them.
Note: The event in Signup must be using the attendance option in order for attendance to be taken.
Step 1: Click the [Attendance] button next to the event's title.
Step 2: Place a check in the box next to the person's name who atteneded the event.
Step 3: Click [Save].
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