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 BlueSpiceReadConfirmation?

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?

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

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.

Accept ReadConfirmation

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

For the user who has been assigned to a specific page, a prominent message block appears at the beginning of the page for read verification. This will appear every time the page is accessed until the confirmation has actually been made.

Check reading confirmation

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

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

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

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..

See also

Our reference page. 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