Site Options

GroupSense provides four levels of Site:

• Standard Online Group
• Standard Division
• Standard Site
• Custom Site

All sites are set up to meet the requirements of the Project Owner via the following steps:

• Assessment - defines the requirements of the Project Owner and Participants; sets targets for participation and benefits
• Design - defines a "virtual architecture" including name, purpose, goals, membership criteria and participation protocol
• Implementation - creates the Site in line with the Design
• Launch - promotion and training to engage the Participants and initiate participation

Standard Online Group

The Standard Online Group provides one Online Group in the Tofu division of the Online Groups site at http://www.onlinegroups.co.nz.

The Online Group is based on a Standard Design that is customised on the basis of an application form and an interview.

Types of Standard Online Group include:

• project/work team online group
• community of practice online group

Features include:

• Online Group is tailored to meet the needs of your group, determined by a structure needs-assessment process

Standard Division

The Standard Division provides a set of Online Groups in a dedicated Division in the Online Groups site at http://www.onlinegroups.co.nz (or within a Standard or Custom site, if applicable).

Features include:

• the URL of the Division is http://www.onlinegroups.co.nz/your_division_name
• the email addresses of your Online Groups would be online_group_name@onlinegroups.co.nz

Limitations are:

• the Home Page of the Online Groups site at http://www.onlinegroups.co.nz is not personalised to your organisation

Standard Site

The Standard Site solution provides an entire site based on the GroupSense Site Template,

Features include:

• the URL of the Site is http://www.your_domain_name
• the email addresses of your Online Groups would be online_group_name@your_domain_name
• the Home Page of the site can be personalised to your organisation
• the colours and fonts used are customised to your organisation

Limitations are:

• the overall site layout is based on the standard design

Custom Site

Features include:

• the URL of the Division would be http://www.your_domain_name
• a complete layout and look and feel designed for your organisation