Creating a new community

- Communities are a great feature of IBM Connections.…They provide you with a place where you can work…together with others who have common interest,…roles, and expertise.…They allow you to collaborate on projects,…company initiatives, learning, and many other things.…Communities package up many of the apps…we covered in other videos into a single place.…Gail has been asked to create a new community…for a special project she's been working on.…

To create a new community, click on the…Start a Community button in the Communities app.…Now I need to enter a name for my new community.…I can add some tags and now I need to determine…how people are going to access my community.…Now I want this community restricted such that…no one else other than the people that I specify…can participate in this community.…You can also set up what is called…a moderated community.…

That's where people can request to join…and they can see all the updates,…but in order to participate again they need to…request to join that community.…And then you can have a totally open community,…