You can create a new public workspace by following these steps:
Go to Your workspaces from the main menu.
Click Create new.
Enter a Workspace name and Description.
Select Public for the Workspace type.
Optionally add any required Tags.
Click Edit image to upload a thumbnail image for the workspace. The image should be 426 x 477px.
Click Create.
Note that the Self enrolment enrolment method must be enabled in order to create public workspaces.
By default, all authenticated users will have the capability to create new workspaces. If you decide to disable this capability site-wide, you can choose to assign the Workspace Owner role to specific users to allow them to create workspaces.
After the workspace has been created, any Workspace Owners can update the workspace's details and thumbnail image.
Note that if a user is deleted, any workspaces they have created will not be deleted. If they were the Workspace Owner you may want to transfer ownership of the workspace to another user. Any contributions created by the deleted user (e.g. resources, playlists and surveys) will be deleted, so you may need to recreate any important contributions in the workspace.
Next steps
Join the conversation on workspaces in the Totara Community.
The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Workspaces in Totara. Here you can find out more about setting up and using workspaces, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
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