Questions and answers about PS

The Personal start page is standard in web browsers for all employees at the university who have a computer with IT's standard installation.

As a user, you cannot change this setting yourself. The purpose of having the Personal start page as the standard homepage is to enable you to easily receive important information for your work in one location. Do not forget to log in to receive important information.

The idea is that this should be the primary channel for you as a manager to provide information to your employees. You are able to easily post information yourself, both from your computer and mobile. 

Do you need help, please contact kommunikation@hb.se. 

You can create messages if you are a director with personnel responsibility or an editor in Episerver who has received special rights to publish messages. 

It is also possible to give selected employees the right to post messages on the Personal start page. The immediate director who can order this from the Communications Office by sending an email to kommunikation@hb.se.

It is based on your organisational affiliation and role. If you have several affiliations/roles, you will still be able to access everything you need in your work.

You can also personalise your message feed further by choosing which messages you wish to see from other organisational units or roles to which you aren’t automatically assigned. For example, you can choose to see messages intended for researchers, even if you are not a researcher yourself, or to see messages for a Faculty you work closely with, even if you work at a different Faculty.

When you log in to your personal start page, click on the gear symbol above the message feed; select the messages you wish to view and click the save button at the bottom of the list.

Choosing the role "manager" will not be an option as these messages are only shown to managers with personnel responsibilities.

Read more about how the roles in the personal start page works. 

When you log in to your personal start page, you see your message feed. It contains information for you in your role (manager, teacher, researcher, or doctoral student) and your organisational affiliation. It is possible to personalise your message feed further by choosing which messages you wish to see from other organisational units or roles to which you aren’t automatically assigned. For example, you can choose to see messages intended for researchers, even if you are not a researcher yourself, or to see messages for a Faculty you work closely with, even if you work at a different Faculty.

When you log in to your personal start page, click on the gear symbol above the message feed; select the messages you wish to view and click the save button at the bottom of the list. Choosing the role "manager" will not be an option as these messages are only shown to managers with personnel responsibilities.

It is still possible for directors to connect the persons who are employed at an organizational unit, but who also work at another unit, so that they see messages in the Personal start page for the unit they are stationed at. This is also connected to the access for office areas, file storage and more.

Some people who use the Edge web browser have noticed that it is not possible to click on the "Continue reading" link in messages. Follow the below instructions to resolve the issue. 

1. Look at your settings in Edge and go to "About Microsoft Edge." What does your view look like? Does it looks like the image below (Microsoft Edge is up to date)? If not, be sure to update your browser.
   

   

2. Go to Privacy and security > Clear browsing data, and make sure that  the "Time range" is on "All time." Check all the checkboxes and then press "Clear now” (see the image below).
   
   
3. Close Edge.
4. Open a new window and log in to PS and test it again.
5. If the above doesn't work, restart the computer so the update’s changes will take effect in case they haven't done so previously. Then test it again.

Implementing an intranet system is a much larger project and that is not what was planned when the project Personal start page started. In this project, the important thing was to create a start page where you, as an employee, will receive information customised for you. The solution that has now been developed provides the possibility to connect with selected functions of Office 365 in the future, depending on which of the modules the university uses.

Yes, as the two systems serve different purposes. Briefly it can be explained like this:

• Personal start page – the university’s primary channel for internal information for employees and managers. Via your Personal start page, you receive important information specifically aimed at your role, your work tasks, and/or your organisational affiliation. It provides important university-wide information, as well. You can also choose among different functions and tools to personalise your start page yourself.
• Teams – a collaboration and communication tool that can facilitate your daily work with colleagues and give you the opportunity to have quick contact with your colleagues via its chat function.