--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex 2008/07/23 02:41:55 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex 2011/05/23 20:29:28 1.2 @@ -1,15 +1,25 @@ \label{Domain_Configuration_Quotas} -Each user in your domain will receive an individual portfolio space -to which files may be uploaded. Students can submit items from their -portfolio to meet the requirements of assignments in their courses. -The default quotas you set for users in your domain will be overridden -by any quota you set for individual users. +By default, each user in your domain can create blogs, a personal +information page, and store files in an individual portfolio space. +Students can submit items from their portfolio to meet the requirements +of assignments in their courses. -Default quotas (in Mb) can be set to vary by institutional affiliation, -as defined for your domain (e.g., Faculty, Adjunct, Staff, Student). +You can choose to disable personal information pages, blogs and/or portfolios +for different groups of users defined for your domain (e.g., Faculty, Adjunct, +Staff, Student). If the ``Modify User'' utility in User Management is +used to explicitly set availability of these tools for a particular user, +that will override the corresponding settings determined by the user's +affiliation. + +If you choose to enable portfolios, default quotas (in Mb) +can similarly be set to vary by institutional affiliation. If a user is affiliated with more than one group, whichever default quota is largest for the different groups is the one which applies. Institutional types need to be defined in a customized version of \&inst\_usertypes() in the localenroll.pm module installed on the primary server in your domain. If no types have been defined, then a single default quota will apply for all users from the domain. + +Default portfolio quotas which can be set for users in your domain +will be overridden by any quota you set for an individual user via: +the ``Modify User'' utility.