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Request group folders for your class instance on IDAS
Instructors An instructor can request group folders in the IDAS instance (computing environment) for their class instances on IDAS. These group folders can be used by students in the class for group projects.
- Email research-computing@uiowa.edu and let us know how :
- Your class name and number. Please include the section number, for example, FIN:1200:0003.
- How many group folders you want for your class.
- ITS - Research Services staff will set up group folders for your class and let you know when the folders are ready.
- You can then add students to each group folder using Access Management. Please see details below.
- After students have been added to their groups, it will take about 1-2 hours for permissions to propagate through the system. If students have an instance running, they will need to restart their instance using the steps here for the changes to be picked up.
- Students can access the group folders in the classdata folder in the IDAS class instance.
The group folders will be set up as follows:
- We usually create the folders with the names group01, group02, group03, ... to ensure consistency in naming.
- The following permissions are used for the folders:
- The instructor of the class is the owner of the folders and has rwx permissions to the folders. The instructor can view, copy and edit files inside the folders.
- For each group folder:
- The students who are given access to the folder will have rwx permissions to that folder. Those students can view, copy and edit files inside the folder.
- Everyone else in the class will have no permissions to view files inside the folder. That way, only members of a group can view files inside their group folder.
Add users to group folders using Access Management
After the group folders have been created, instructors can use the steps below to add students to each group.
1. Login to Access Management - https://iam.uiowa.edu/access.
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