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This document takes you through the process of creating a new group on the Hub. See also How to organise on the new services Setting up a new working group on the new services Good Practice Guide Creating a new Child XR Group If you are part of a lar...

What is the difference between chat and discussion? Chat (Mattermost) and discussion (Forums) are two very different things. This document attempts to explain their individual uses. Think of chat (Mattermost) as being a bit like conversations around a table ...

We have a Matterbridge service, which enables you to link a Telegram channel or group to a Mattermost channel. The purpose of this service is to reduce the number of communication tools you have to use. Rebels who are comfortable with Mattermost can keep in ...

Groups Edit Group screen This lets you rename your group, or any of its teams, channels, forum groups, forums or cloud group: The editor helps you out – if you change your name or short name, it will update all of the other names on the screen to match (y...

Explains how to deactivate an account if someone is arrested or loses their phone or other device. See Compromised Account Procedure If a person loses their phone or other device they use to access our services (e.g. if they get arrested), a group admin can ...

Placeholder Groups represent groups who do not use the Hub, so they appear in the Hub Circles diagram, and can store their public facing contact information. Creating a Placeholder Group Only people with "Group Admin of All Groups" permission (or above) can ...

How to sign the Volunteer Agreement, and to check other people who have access to personal data have signed. Personal data includes email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, or anything which could identify an individual. It does not matter whether the perso...

If you want to create a group chat for your XR group, there are loads of different options and making the right choice can be difficult. In this document we will compare the four apps most commonly used by XR groups: WhatsApp, Telegram, Mattermost, and S...

How to create Placeholder Groups on the Hub to align the Hub data with the Map data. Only available to Hub Admins. Viewing Map data Use the Map Data button in the XR Groups menu to list the data the Hub has collected from the Map (which is updated every nigh...

This section is for Hub Super Admins, and explains how to alter the structure and rules of Hub Group Types on the Hub. Editing Hub Group Types Go to Maintenance/Hub Group Types The different kinds of Hub Groups are shown below: Click on one to edit it, o...

HOW TO USE THE BIG BLUE BUTTON Big Blue Button, or BBB, is an alternative to Zoom. It is free to use, and there are no time limits on using it. You can read more about the advantages of BBB, especially for security, here. (It also includes a link to this v...

How to update role tenure, so you no longer get tenure expired messages. Your Group Admin can set an 'Until' date for each person assigned to a role, which is the date their holding of that role will be reviewed (the role tenure). This allows people assigned ...

What is the Hub? The Hub is the tool XR UK uses to connect lots of the programs (e.g. Mattermost and UK Forums) that rebels use to organise online. Why do we need it? The Hub does some really important things: It creates accounts for rebels on the other ...

The Hub allows Group Admins to create forms for people to fill in, and then look at (and share) the results. Creating a form From your group's page on the Hub, click Forms in the Admin area. You will see a list of forms that looks like this: Click New Fo...

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