HighPoint User's Guide - Introduction
1. INTRODUCTION
This manual describes the functionality and features of HighPoint, a secure, flexible, web-based project and document management system. HighPoint provides tools for secure document collaboration, storage, and retrieval; project scheduling; task tracking; and communications.
1.1 How to Use This Manual
This manual describes how to use HighPoint and provides specific information for root users, administrators, and members.
This major sections of this manual follow the tabs on the menu bar shown at the top of each HighPoint screen. The Library and Resources tabs have drop-down menus to provide quick access to HighPoint features. The options on these drop-down menus are discussed in paragraphs within the relevant section.
1.2 User Roles in HighPoint
There are three user roles in HighPoint: root, administrator, and member.
Root Users manage the overall functionality of HighPoint. Root users define the visual and structural site specifications; register users; assign privileges; and open "web groups," which is another term for project web sites. Only root users can change system settings.
Administrators share with the root users some of the responsibility for defining and maintaining the web group. Each web group, or project site, is a stand-alone, virtual entity with specific information, members, and functions. Administrators assign user status, web group membership, and access privileges to members and member groups; manage and approve online content; and manage other activities pertaining to the web group.
Members comprise the majority of the web group population and are its core users. Members have no administrative authority and cannot change a web group's functionality, structure, population, or appearance.
Members are individual users, but they can also be assigned to groups. Member groups can range in size from a single person to all personnel associated with the project. Individual members can be assigned to more than one group, and each group can have unique access privileges to library folders and action items.
1.3 The HighPoint Menu Bar
The HighPoint menu bar (Figure 1-1) is shown at the top of each screen within HighPoint. The menu bar has four tabs:
Figure 1-1. Menu Bar
The Library and Resources tabs are drop-down menus. You can click on Library or Resources to go directly to those pages, or you can select one of the options from the drop-down menu.
The menu bar also contains the Selected Web Group drop-down menu and two links: user name (demo_user in Figure 1-1) and (logout).
The Selected Web Group drop-down menu (Figure 1-2) lists your web groups. If you belong to more than one web group, you can use the Selected Web Group drop-down menu to go to your My Desktop for that web group. If you only belong to one web group, the Selected Web Group drop-down menu is inactive.
Figure 1-2. Selected Web Group Drop-Down Menu
The user name link opens your member record. The (logout) link logs you out of HighPoint.
1.4 Screen Pictures Used in This Manual
Screen pictures in this manual were taken on both a Macintosh and a PC. Because HighPoint is highly configurable, the screens you see when using HighPoint can be quite different from the screens shown in this manual. Although your screens may look different, the basic arrangement of screens and the procedures for using HighPoint are the same.
