Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceReadConfirmation

The extension ReadConfirmation allows to request read confirmations from users. If a user is assigned to a page, a mandatory read confirmation can be added to the page.

What is ReadConfirmation?

Enabling read confirmations

Read Confirmation ask for confirmation that an article was read by certain users.

Where to find Assignments that you are responsible for?

Or go to upper right corner, click on your name and in combo box you will find:"assignments". When you click on "assignments" you will get an article or articles which you are assigned to.

How to use read confirmation

An administrator must enable read confirmations for the namespace the page belongs to. This can be set using the Namespace manager:

Activating read confirmations in a namespace

Display

Click on one of the articles that you are assigned and you will get:

With ReadConfirmation responsible editors are required to confirm that they have had read the article. On an article they are responsible for, they will get a notification containing an option to confirm that the article has been read.

Check reading confirmation

Read confirmation checkbox

When read confirmations are active on a namespace, assigned users see a confirmation prompt. After checking the checkbox Yes, I have completely read this article and clicking Confirm, the page will be marked as read by that user.

Administration of read confirmations

When all prompted users have confirmed the current version of the article, the circle in Access Management changes from red to green in the "Read" column. More details about the confirmation, e.g. The date of the confirmation, you will be found in the read confirmation logbook (see below).

Delete assignments

Wiki admins can see an overview of all read confirmations by navigating to Global actions > Management > Assignment management. Read confirmation information is shown in the column Read on. A page can have multiple states:

• Read confirmation not enabled: BlueSpiceReadConfirmation is not enabled for the namespace to which the page belongs.
• Not read: BlueSpiceReadConfirmation is enabled, but the assigned users have not yet read the page.
• Actions: In the columns for actions, there are two items related to read confirmations.
  • Read confirmation log: Link to the read confirmation log for the page.
  • Request read confirmation: Users get a reminder for their read confirmation.

Reviewing read confirmations

Read confirmation in connection with page approval

The assignments are removed either via the delete button above the list in the access management or in the "Actions" column. First, activate the corresponding article.

The assignments for an article can only be deleted completely

The logbooks of ReadConfirmation

In the assignment manager you will find two icons in the "Actions" column, which lead to two logbooks

The assignment logbook is a special page that lists all assignments and their deletions     with date and actor

The read-only confirmation log shows all confirmations of the assigned users..

If the approval feature is activated in a namespace at the same time, the read confirmation is triggered when a new draft is created. This can be changed via server configuration so that the read confirmaation is required after the draft page has been approved.

Related info

• Reference:BlueSpiceReadConfirmation