Discussion Forums

Dear users of the new mulberry website,

As mentioned in the note to new users,
http://mulberrywaldorfschool.ca/content/information-new-users, the website is organized into "groups" based on classes and committees. Group content is private to members of the group (and four trusted website administrators including yours truly). This is still true: each class/committee has its own homepage and calendar. Items posted as a "story" in the group is only visible to other members of the group.

However, there is one kind of "content" that is not private. Each group was meant to have its own discussion forum However, there is a unresolved error in the code that creates group forums. After several attempts to get around the error I have given up. So you will no longer see "Forum" under the title of a class or committee homepage.

However, groups still have their own forums
http://mulberrywaldorfschool.ca/forum But they are only semi-private.

Community Forums:

anyone can view posts, only users logged in can create posts
E-trader, Workshops and general discussions included here.

Think of these forums as a bulletin board posted in the
window of the school ... anyone can see things but you have
to be inside to post something there.

Class Forums
parents, employees, friends, etc can view & create posts

So people who have just created an account cannot see posts
or create them here. They must be given one or more
"roles" such as "parent" to see these forums. But anyone
with a role can see posts.

Think of class forums as a bulletin board outside the
classroom. It has content visible by anyone in the school
but is probably only of interest to parents & teachers in
that class.

Committee Forums
same as Classes

There are 3 special forums which are more private because of special "roles" that can be used to control access:

Board of Directors
only people with the role "board member" view/create
posts this area

ABC Committee
only ABC members can view/create posts

Faculty
only faculty and employees can view/create posts.

So you can still discuss things specific to your class or committee using the forums but except for the 3 special committees (Board, ABC, and Faculty) other users who are parents or employees would be able to see the items.

If/when the error gets resolved it will be possible to go back to private forums for each class/committee.