1.5 Setting Up Your Personal Workspace

Before you take advantage of all of the features and functionality of Novell Teaming, you might want to customize your personal workspace.

1.5.1 Modifying Your Profile

You might need to manually update your profile in order for important contact information to be seen, such as your e-mail address, phone number, time zone, and picture.

NOTE:If you are unable to modify your personal information (such as your Teaming password) as described in this section, it is most likely because your personal information is being synchronized from an external directory server. You must consult your Teaming administrator to make any changes.

  1. In the home page of your personal workspace, click the Profile tab.

    If you are a new user, your profile does not currently contain much information.

  2. Click Modify Profile in the Workspace toolbar.

    The User page is launched.

  3. Change your password, e-mail address, phone number, time zone, language of the interface, upload a picture, and more.

  4. When you are finished modifying your profile, click OK.

1.5.2 Presenting Your Professional Credentials

One advantage of Teaming is the ability to find experts on any particular subject within your organization. You, as a Teaming user, have the ability to be a subject-matter expert. If you want people to know what skills and past experience you have, you can post that information in a Blog entry in your personal workspace.

  1. Select the Blog folder in your personal workspace.

  2. Click Add Blog Entry.

    The Blog Entry page is displayed.

  3. Specify the following information:

    Title: Provide a title for the blog entry, such as My Skills and Experience.

    Description: You can paste pertinent sections of your resume, or you can simply type the information directly into the field.

    Attachments: You can attach your entire resume, or any other files that you think might help other users understand your professional strengths.

  4. Click OK.

    You have now created a blog entry to inform other Teaming users about your skills and professional experience.