Airtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid, with the features of a database but applied to a spreadsheet. The fields in an Airtable table are similar to cells in a spreadsheet, but have types such as 'checkbox', 'phone number', and 'drop-down list', and can reference file attachments like images. Users can create a database, set up column types, add records, link tables to one another, collaborate, sort records and publish views to external websites.
USU Library has purchased Enterprise level service for approved library personnel
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. Signing up with your @usu.edu email address does not automatically grant you enterprise-level permissions. Some of the advanced features include:
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Additional color and styling options
Advanced calendar features
Custom branded forms
Personal and locked views
Password and domain restricted shares
Field and table editing permissions
Early access to new features
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions
Request Enterprise level access
Go to http://airtable.com and click the blue “Sign up for free” button at the top right of the window and create a new free account.
When asked for a work email address, make sure to use your
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firstname.lastname@usu.edu address, not your a#@usu.edu address. Please do not use an @aggiemail.usu.edu address, @aggies.usu.edu or any other 3rd party address.
Initially you are getting to get thrown through a number of Airtable and Features introduction screens. Proceed through them if you want or just close out of all of them till you can get somewhere that allows to you get step 2 instructions.
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Hopefully your account landing page should look something like this picture. If you click the “Go to all workspaces” button in the middle of the page or the “All Workspaces” option in the left pane, both indicated with red arrows, you should hopefully go to the next screen and next step.
Rename your “Workspace” to a descriptive name like "Tom J. Workspace"
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Select Down Arrow (🔽 ) next to workspace
Select Rename workspace
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but with your name.
Select the button with the 3 dots on the very right side of the screen (red arrow), level with your Workspace name and then select “Rename workspace” (green arrow) from the drop down list that appears .
Now we need to share your workspace with Aaron Curdy in LIT
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Select down arrow (🔽 ) next to workspace
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Select Share workspace
In the "Invite with email" space, type aaron.curdy@usu.edu
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Change permissions from "Creator" to "Owner"
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Click on the “Share” button (as seen in the image above, blue arrow) over on the right side of the screen, level with your Workspace name.
A new window will pop up that should look similar to the following pic. In the email invite box, red arrow, you can type my full email address of aaron.curdy@usu.edu or just try typing my name Aaron Curdy to see if it will auto populate. Then in the next box, green arrow, you will want to choose “Owner” from the drop down list that appears when you click on it. Lastly, click the blue invite button, blue arrow, to send your invite to me.
Last step, just in case I miss the invite, will you send me a message via email, aaron.curdy@usu.edu or via Slack and let me know you have completed the steps and to look for the invite. Thank You.
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