Overview
Communities in Elentra
Any user can set up a community to provide a space to share documents, online discussions, etc. It can be set up as protected and only accessed by authenticated users and can even be configured to require registration or not. A community would be most appropriate for a school committee, student work group, or social group. By default, it just has a home page, but users can add announcements, discussions, document sharing, etc.
Detail
1. Visit Elentra, and click Login with SSO (Single-sign on).
2. Click on the Communities tab.
![red box fitted around communities and red arrow pointing to communities](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=a3bee8b4-c997-4a6a-b635-710a6f3924b4.png&beidInt=2)
3. Click the blue Create a Community button.
![red arrow pointing to Create a Community](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=08553e1a-b630-4b71-9873-aab8db47d4a2.png&beidInt=2)
4. Choose an appropriate category for your community.
![red box fitted around choosing your category](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=bde19949-2b5a-422d-9c4d-b8876b4004a4.png&beidInt=2)
5. Enter the following information for the Community details:
a. Name
b. Keywords
c. Description
d. Shortname: This will be part of the community URL. Once you set the shortname, the URL can not be changed.
e. Type
f. Template: Select the “Your University” template
![red box fitted around community details](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=0ab0acba-7eaf-40ff-8901-7f9c9cf4b222.png&beidInt=2)
6. Select the types of community pages you want associated with your community.
a. In a generic community the only page included is a home page. You can select or deselect additional types.
![red box fitted around community pages](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=abdec6d1-e06d-4d82-be5d-d2033f2ade32.png&beidInt=2)
7. Set the Community Permissions.
![red box fitted around community permissions](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=4cc60acf-1a89-452f-b7e1-0693d95802c2.png&beidInt=2)
8. Click Create.
a. You will redirected to the community where you can manage all of your pages.
![red arrow pointing to Create button](https://services.pitt.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=87445f38-3998-4ef0-be6e-2e6aa0fe88cb.png&beidInt=2)