User's Manual Part 1

CHAPTER 4. THE P OL AR CLOUD 91
GROUPS screen. Click “MODERATED”ifyouwouldlikerequests
to “JOIN” the group to require either knowledge of the group’s
join code or approval by you (the group owner), limit viewing
of the full membership list of the group to the group’ s members
(outsiders able to see only the group’s manager(s)), and have
the group’s existence and name findable via “SEARCH.
For privacy reasons, typically school or class groups includ-
ing student members should not be set “PUBLIC”. However, if
you wish the existence of your group to be visible while keep-
ing the membership list private, you may set the group to be
“MODERATED”: with this setting, only your group’s existence and
your status as manager of the group will be visible within the
Polar Cloud, and anyone wishing to join the group will either
need the group’s join code or have to make a request which will
come to you.
Another group setting that may be of interest is the “CONTROL
PRINTERS” switch. When you first crea t e a group , by default
group members do not have operation control of any group
printers: that is, by default group members cannot see other
members’ jobs queued to such a printer nor start nor stop jobs
on the printer. If you wish all group members to have limited
operation control over group printers – see all queued jobs, and
be able to start and stop jobs – then move this switch to the on
position; see Figure 4.51.
Note that “CONTROL PRINTERS”accessmaybeparticularly
suitable for classes or groups of experienced, reliable students
(whereas printer manager access, in contrast, has further privi-
leges, such as the ability to invite or delete Polar Cloud member
access to the printer, and access the printer local web interface