A new workspace will contain the learners, assessors, externals, resources, assignments and submissions to manage one module or course cohort for a time period.

At minimum, you will need to be a Creator on a region.

Create a workspace

A new workspace can be created from the ATLAS dashboard. It will inherit the region's default settings where the workspace will be located when saved.

To create:

1. From the ATLAS dashboard, click the Create a workspace button on the ATLAS navigation menu.
   
   
2. Choose Create a brand new workspace and click Continue.
3. Type a title (required) and description (optional)
4. Choose Setup Mode
5. Click Save

You can work on finishing the workspace setup before it becomes visible to learners when it's activated.

On clicking Save, your screen will reload onto the Workspace About Page

To activate:

1. Click on General settings then Settings
2. Click the Activate button
3. Tick the box and click Continue

Duplicate a workspace

A new workspace can be created from an existing workspace, and include some or all of the components of the copied workspace.

To create:

1. From the ATLAS dashboard, click the Create a workspace button on the ATLAS navigation menu.
2. Choose the option Choose an existing workspace to copy...
3. From the dropdown, choose a workspace to copy click Continue.
   
   
4. Type a title (required) and edit the description (optional)
5. Tick the components to copy to the new workspace
6. Choose Setup Mode
7. Click Finish

Components

Each of these components can be copied to the new workspace:

• Settings
• About page
• Assignments
• Members
• Managers
• External users
• Feedback settings
• Resources

A workspace manager can only duplicate workspaces in which they are already enrolled.

A region or organisation manager can duplicate any workspace.