User's Manual Part 1

CHAPTER 4. THE P OL AR CLOUD 73
Since making an objec t pu b li c is an i rr evocable action, you
will be asked to confirm this action; see Figure 4.20.Oncean
object is shared publicly, note that it cannot then be shared
to specific Polar Cloud members nor re-shared to everyone (as
either would serve little purpose – any Polar Cloud member
can access any public object regardless); however, public objects
can be shared with groups, for convenience in drawing group
members’ attention to an object.
Figure 4. 20 : Polar Cloud confirm Share with Everyone action
Note that sharing an object with everyone in the Polar Cloud,
that is, making it a public object, means that your Polar Cloud
display name is associated publicly with that object. In particu-
lar, if a student member shares an object publicly, that student
(and any biographical data they have included in their account
biography) thereby becomes somewhat more publicly visible in
the Polar Cloud. Teachers may wish to discuss this aspect of
public posting of objects with their students.
To share an ob ject with specific groups, there are two ap-
proaches. The first approach is to perform the sharing from the