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Using Connections 6.5
Welcome to the HCL Connections™ 6.5 documentation, where you can find information about Connections 6.5.HCL Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
Communities
Get together with people who share your interests.
Getting started
Find out about communities. Then, search for the communities you're interested in and join them. If you've a mind to, start your own community.
Creating a community to encourage collaboration
Create a community so that people have a shared hub where they can work on common goals. A community provides a way for users to stay in touch, share files, and exchange ideas.

Using Connections 6.5
Welcome to the HCL Connections™ 6.5 documentation, where you can find information about Connections 6.5.HCL Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
- Accessibility features for Connections
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- What's new in Connections?
- Overview
  HCL Connections™ is a collaborative tool that makes it easy to connect with others and exchange ideas. Start sharing important information, building a network of useful contacts, and following people that interest you.
- Home page
  Use the home page as a command center to scan and manage items that need your attention. You can view your most recent project updates, check in on the people you follow, and review your action items all from one place.
- Profiles
  Use profiles to connect with others, showcase your skills, and find the people you need.
- Activities
  Use activities to keep a team informed, collect and share project resources, or to assign and track tasks.
- Files
  Using the Files app, you can upload, organize, share and collaborate on files easily. Files can be shared, tagged, organized in folders, and accessed from other applications, such as Activities and Communities.
- Communities
  Get together with people who share your interests.
  - Getting started
    Find out about communities. Then, search for the communities you're interested in and join them. If you've a mind to, start your own community.
    - What is a community?
      A community lets people who share a common interest interact with one another.
    - Searching or browsing for and in communities
      Search or browse for communities that you're interested in. When you find a community, you can search within it for more detailed information.
    - Creating a community to encourage collaboration
      Create a community so that people have a shared hub where they can work on common goals. A community provides a way for users to stay in touch, share files, and exchange ideas.
    - Joining a community to contribute your expertise
      Share what you know and inspire others by joining a community that interests you.
  - Members - use your community effectively
    Use community apps, such as Wikis and Blogs to share information, collaborate with others, and bring your expertise to the community.
  - Owners - manage your community effectively
    Give your community and its members the tools they need to collaborate.
- Blogs
  Use blogs to share your announcements, updates, and opinions with others.
- Forums
  Share information, brainstorm ideas, ask and answer questions, and discuss topics of mutual interest in a forum.
- Wikis
  Tap the wisdom of the crowd by building a body of knowledge in a wiki. Everyone on your team can make a contribution.
- Bookmarks
  Use Bookmarks to collect and organize shortcuts to websites.

Creating a community to encourage collaboration

Create a community so that people have a shared hub where they can work on common goals. A community provides a way for users to stay in touch, share files, and exchange ideas.

Procedure

To start a community take the following steps:

From the navigation bar, click Communities.
Click Start a Community > Start From New and complete the form.

The most important field is the community's Access type:

Table 1. Community access level options
Access type	Sub option	How can people join?	Who can see this community?	More information
Public	None	Either added by the owner or people can click Join This Community	Anyone in the organization	Multiple public communities cannot have the same name.
Moderated	None	Either added by the owner or people must ask to join	Anyone in the organization	Multiple moderated communities cannot have the same name.
Restricted	None	Added by the owner or invited to join	Members only	Multiple restricted communities can have the same name.
Restricted	Let anyone in my organization see the community's title, description, tags, and owners	Added by the owner or invited to join	Members only, but anyone in the organization can see the community that is listed in their Communities view.	If this sub option is not set in a parent community, any subcommunities cannot have this set either.
Restricted	Allow people from outside of my organization to become members of this community	Added by the owner or invited to join	Members only. External communities are identified by an icon .	Allow internal and external members. If you don't add external members, you can restrict this community type later to have internal members only.

Note: There are a few more restrictions when you assign access:

If you create a restricted community and you do not select the Allow people from outside... check box, it is an internal community and no external users can be added to it.
You can't invite external users to join public or moderated communities.

Click Access Advanced Features and start adding people by entering their names.
Click Save.

Now give members the tools they need to be productive. Click Community Actions to customize your community and add apps to it.

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