How do I show myUMBC Group News or Events on a page in sites.umbc.edu?

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Video Tutorial

https://youtu.be/oFXe1y79yso?si=RmOBuzvQNiGbtDmj

Your myUMBC Group must have its Access setting set to Open or Closed in order for your content to be pulled into your site.

Note that there may be a delay of up to 30 minutes from when you post/edit content in myUMBC until it is shown on your site.

 

How to Show myUMBC Group Content on a Page

Any page in your site can include Posts or Events created by a myUMBC Group.
You can only add ONE myUMBC Group per page.

  1. Edit the page on which you wish to include content created by a myUMBC group

  2. On the UMBC Content box, select the "myUMBC Group" option under “Include From”

  3. The "Group" dropdown includes myUMBC Groups your site has recently added. If the myUMBC Group you want to use is not in the list, select "Add New Group", type in the myUMBC Group Token, then click "Add"

    1. Your myUMBC Group token is the last part of the group’s URL, that comes after the “/”

  4. Once a myUMBC Group is selected, pick the Section you wish to include content from (Posts or Events)

    1. You can optionally specify tags, which filters the content shown to items containing at least one of the specified tags

  5. Save the page.

 

 

How to Add myUMBC Content onto the Lefthand Sidebar of your Homepage

You can include up to TWO myUMBC groups on the lefthand sidebar of your Homepage only.

  1. The same set up as above can be found by going to Appearance > Options > Homepage.

 

 

  1. Here, you may also enter a title for the sections.

  2. Remember to hit “Save Changes” when you’re done.

Example homepage, courtesy of COEIT: