Adding SharePoint Site Access for Individuals

From the site Home page, find the "Site Actions" drop-down menu. Click on it.

Select "Site Settings".

On the Site Settings Page, choose "Advanced Permissions" [don't worry, the "Advanced" page is really simpler for this purpose than any other.]

You should see the "Permissions:" page. Click on the "New" button.

You should see the "Add Users" page.

Follow the four steps below to add a user, determine what permissions the user has, and whether to have the system email the user with a link.

1. Enter the WSU network ID or WSU Friend ID (which SharePoint calls "user names") in this box. If you wish to add more than one, separate the user names with semicolons ";".

2. Decide what permissions to give the users.

• "Full Control" includes setting permissions; a person with "Full Control" could delete you from the site, so give this only to persons you trust.
• "Design" permissions include adding libraries, lists, and pages to the site. Most often, only very few people are given Design permissions, so that coordinating decisions is simpler.
• "Contribute" permissions include uploading document to libraries and adding items to lists such as Tasks and Calendar.
• "Read" permissions do not permit the user to make any changes to the site (unless higher permissions are specifically granted on lists or libraries in the site).

3. Decide whether to have SharePoint send an email to your new users with a link to the site. Often this is a good idea, because the alternative (typing the link into an email yourself) can be error-prone. Note that for WSU network ID users, the email will be sent to the email address kept by WSU (usually, netid@wsu.edu).

4. Click OK.