The Genomics England Collaboration Platform has been developed within the wiki-based Confluence environment. It has been designed to be as simple as possible with the hope that each domain and member can create, edit and maintain their own content. The analysis environment is, by design, restrictive, and we hope that the Collaboration Platform will allow you to work effectively within it.
The Basics
Organisation
The collaboration platform is divided into spaces. There is a space for the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), and then each GeCIP domain also has it's own space. Within the OCS space is where you'll find a lot of information on the 100,000 Genomes Project and other reference material. Each domain's space will contain a variety of information on their activities for both members and non-members
Permissions
Just like any other website there are only parts of the collaboration platform that you're allowed to edit and view. What you're able to edit and view is determined by what GeCIP domains you are a member of and what role you play within that domain. Exactly how you see the page, and what you're able to do on the page will depend on both of these.
The Header Bar
At the top of each page the header bar gives you access to, left to right:
- A - your homepage/dashboard;
- B - the various spaces you're able to access;
- C - a directory of the people within GeCIP and GENE;
- D - the calendars within those spaces;
- E - the Create button;
- F - a search box to search throughout the site;
- G - Confluence help, please note that because this is to an outside website this does not currently work;
- H - your notification area;
- I - your user profile.
The Side Bar
Once in a space, the left hand side of the page will show the side bar. This can be collapsed or expanded by clicking on '>>' (H) at the bottom. This gives access to:
- A - the homepage for the space you're in;
- B - a listing of recently updated pages within the space and the tree structure for the space;
- C - the space's blog;
- D - the space's calendar;
- E - a workflow report for the space;
- F - a link to child pages of the current page;
- G - settings for the current space.
Page tools
At the top of each page, permissions depending, you'll have the following options:
- A - to edit the page;
- B - to watch the page;
- C - the share the page;
- D - see the workflow of approvals for the page;
- E - various other options.
Creating and Editing Pages
If you have the right permissions then you can easily edit and create content within a space.