Configuring access to hosting features of the Ask Me Anything Add-on

Ask Me Anything Add-on is an add-on that uses user groups to determine access.

Fastpath: Admin Console > Permissions > User Groups
Fastpath: Advanced Admin Console > People > Management > Create User Group
Fastpath: User interface: Your avatar > Add-ons

A user must have at least Manage System permissions to configure add-ons.

Configuring user groups for Ask Me Anything

The Ask Me Anything add-on uses user groups to provide secure access to the add-on features.

To configure user groups for the Ask Me Anything add-on:

  1. Go to the user group configuration page:
    • Admin Console > Permissions > User Groups
    • Advanced Admin Console > People > Management > Create User Group
  2. Create a permission group whose members should be able to host AMA meetings and add AMA hosts as members of this group.

    For example, you can name this user group as ask-me-anything-hosts-group.

  3. Save the changes.

Applying user groups to Ask Me Anything

Add the preconfigured user group to the Ask Me Anything Add-on configuration to allow users of this group to host AMA meetings.

Fastpath: User interface: Your avatar > Add-ons

A user must have at least Manage System permissions to configure add-ons.

To configure user groups for the Ask Me Anything add-on:

  1. Go to User interface: Your avatar > Add-ons > All Add-ons > Installed.
  2. Find Ask Me Anything in the list, click the gear icon > Settings.

    Figure: Ask Me Anything add-on settings


    A screenshot of the Ask Me Anything add-on settings
  3. Under App Security, click the gear icon next to Ask Me Anything.

    Figure: Ask Me Anything add-on security settings


    A screenshot of the Ask Me Anything add-on security settings

    User groups with access to the hosting options of the Ask Me Anything add-on are listed here. By default, the All registered users user group is used.

  4. Remove All registered users and add the user group which should have access to the feature, for example, ask-me-anything-hosts-group.
  5. Click Save Changes.
  6. Click Save and Activate to apply the changes.

Members of the specified user groups (ask-me-anything-hosts-group in the example) can now configure and use the Ask Me Anything add-on.