SHARE Policy - Northern Michigan University

Use of SHARE:

1. Any current NMU faculty, staff or student activity group can request a SHARE group. Requests to create a group are made by completing the ‘Request Group’ form found at: http://share.nmu.edu. Groups are typically created within three business days from initial request.
2. A group created for an open discussion does not need a group administrator.
3. Groups that are created for anything other than open discussion require a group administrator. The administrator acts as the group leader and agrees to:
a. Format the web site by setting up the group outline and activities.
b. Assist group participants in use of the system.
c. Enroll group participants.
d. Monitor group participation for violations of NMU policies, including Acceptable Use.
4. A group administrator must be a current NMU faculty, staff or student.
5. Group administrators will be notified by email once the group is created. The email will contain links to training videos for using SHARE.
6. When a group administrator leaves the university, the department head or group advisor can authorize a new administrator and should send an email to share@nmu.edu naming the new group administrator.
7. Groups may contain users from outside the university. Requests for users outside the university should be made by sending an email to share@nmu.edu and should contain the user’s first and last name and their email address. Outside users will be assigned a password, which will be communicated to them in an email. Upon initial login they will be prompted to change their password. Outside users will not have access to other functions within NMU’s network that are not normally open to public access.
8. NMU users log in with their NMU user id and password, outside users log in with their email address and password.
9. SHARE users agree to abide by the University’s Acceptable Use Policy: http://share.nmu.edu/aup
10. SHARE is supported by the Information Services Department, 906-227-2410.