Adding a New User to Your Site

1. • Log in to the Ocean Portal and navigate to the Admin tab.
   • Enter the Users section (selected from the menu along the left.)
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   • Click the blue "Invite Users to Site" button, located at the top of the page.

Individual User Invites

1. If you are adding users who are new to Ocean

   • Enter the email address of the colleague's you wish to invite. You can also optionally specify the colleague's full name, if desired.

     Note: Unaccepted invite requests will expire after 30 days.

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   • If you need to invite more colleagues, simply click "Add Another Invitation" button to add another column to the table.
   • When you are ready to send, click the blue "Send Invitations" button.

   • Your colleague(s) will receive an email notifying them that they have been invited to your Ocean site and be prompted to create a user account.

     Note: Your colleagues will also need to ensure they validate their email address as part of the account creation process before they appear on your list of site users.

   • Once your colleague has created an Ocean account, they will be automatically added to your site.

2. If you are adding users who have an existing Ocean account

   • Type the colleague's full Ocean user name. If Ocean finds a match in the system, a dropdown may display showing existing users. You can also optionally specific the colleague's full name, if desired.
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   • If you need to invite more colleagues, simply click "Add Another Invitation" button to add another column to the table.
   • When you are ready to send, click the blue "Send Invitations" button.
   • Your colleague(s) will receive an email notifying them that they have been added to your Ocean site.

Bulk Email Invites

1. • Select the "Switch to Bulk Email" button, located in the top right corner of the "Invite Users to Site" section header
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   • Enter a series of email addresses, each separated by a comma.
   • When you are ready to send, click the blue "Send Invitations" button.