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Posted Anonymously
Deleting a whole class of students
Sep 7 2009, 11:27 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 7 2009, 11:27 PM EDT
I started my wetpaint site last year with a group of students. Is there an easy way to delete them all in one go so a new class can use the site? 0  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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walrusworldstudios
walrusworldstudios
1. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Sep 7 2009, 11:30 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 7 2009, 11:30 PM EDT
No, there is no way to ban all of them at one time. You will have to go to each students profile and manually ban them. It takes a ton of work, but still, this is the only way to ban multiple people, one by one. Remember, to ban someone, you need to go to their profile, select change permissions, and hit "Banned." This will remove them from interacting with the site using that account. Do you find this valuable?    
Baby_Apple
Baby_Apple
2. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Sep 7 2009, 11:54 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 7 2009, 11:54 PM EDT
"I started my wetpaint site last year with a group of students. Is there an easy way to delete them all in one go so a new class can use the site?"
Just out of curiosity, how many students are we talking about here? Do you find this valuable?    

Posted Anonymously
3. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 29 2009, 7:14 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 29 2009, 7:14 PM EDT
As with PB works, I'd like to "remove" a user, as oppose to banning them...there is a difference in these actions and as I'm a teacher, I'd like to continue to use the same shell as my class changes every 8 weeks. Can Wetpaint change this functionality? Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
4. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 29 2009, 7:20 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 29 2009, 7:22 PM EDT
You can not "remove" a user without banning them.

On the other hand, please do not bump old threads.
Rule 11# of WPC rules:
http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/Wetpaint+Central+Rules

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Baby_Apple
Baby_Apple
5. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 29 2009, 7:32 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 29 2009, 7:32 PM EDT
"As with PB works, I'd like to "remove" a user, as oppose to banning them...there is a difference in these actions and as I'm a teacher, I'd like to continue to use the same shell as my class changes every 8 weeks. Can Wetpaint change this functionality?"
There is no way to remove a user. Do you find this valuable?    
CryingDove
CryingDove
6. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 29 2009, 7:45 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 29 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
The easiest way for an educator to remove users is to make it part of the final grade, for all of the students to cancel their memberships before the class ends. This way your next class will have only those members that have joined after class has begun.

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Posted Anonymously
7. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 5:45 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
I am interested in this as well. As I have multiple Wetpaint sites I use for teaching.

Does a "ban" then stop that user from joining other Wetpaint sites? Does cancelling membership apply only to being a member of a particular site or of Wetpaint> Do you find this valuable?    
sowhat97
sowhat97
8. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 5:51 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 5:51 PM EDT
If you 'ban' someone, it only bans them from your site. It does not ban them from other wetpaint sites as well. And cancelling a membership, only refers to the site they are cancelling their membership from.

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Posted Anonymously
9. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 5:57 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 5:57 PM EDT
Thank you for the very quick answer.

I am glad it will not prevent the students from participating in other sites. Especially that are run for other classes.

Does the "banned" list that is mentioned elsewhere then apply just to a site as well? Or is that applicable to whole Wetpaint? Do you find this valuable?    
sowhat97
sowhat97
10. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 6:02 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 6:02 PM EDT
No, if you ban someone, it will only show up as banned on your list. Does this answer your question? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
11. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 6:10 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 6:10 PM EDT
Thanks. That's great.
Can't complain about quick answer!!!! Do you find this valuable?    
sowhat97
sowhat97
12. RE: Deleting a whole class of students
Oct 31 2009, 6:13 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 6:13 PM EDT
Your welcom! Glad to help. On my way to becoming 'useful' on this site!

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