What is a Private or Work Room?

A. Summary:

Private or Work Rooms are found in the Community Rooms in AFSC's Star Cafe. They are the private space in a Community Room. They have sections or "web parts" similar to Community Rooms: threaded discussions, shared documents, shared calendars with events, links to other sites.

B. Key Points:

· Star Private or Work Rooms are found in Community Rooms

· Private or Work Rooms are open only to the group that created them

· Private Rooms contain threaded discussions, shared documents and calendars, links to other websites

· Link to What is a Community Room?

· Link to Star Cafe's Lobby

· For corrections, updates, or clarifications on this Star Point, please email hpugh@afsc.org

C. Details:

Private Rooms are also called Work Rooms and they are private subsets of the Community Rooms. They are areas in the Community Room open only to those individuals defined by the Facilitator of the Room. Private Rooms are the private face of the more public Community Rooms. They have sections or "web parts" similar to those in the Community Rooms: threaded discussions, shared documents, calendars of events, news and announcements, and links to sites the group is interested in.

Below is a picture of a typical Private Room:




The Private Room will provide a place for free discussion and sharing of private information among the group that wanted the Room set up. A Private or Work Room is not intended for public use.

Since the Private Room sections are similar to those in the public Community Rooms, please read What is a Community Room? for an explanation of what sections or web parts you will find in a Private Room.