A Non-federated Jisc Community account allows a user to create posts and delete their own unpublished posts.  Their posts require moderation by users with higher privileges before they are visible to the Jisc Community.

A non-federated user is not allowed to publish their posts themselves or delete their posts once they have been published.

Any account created without using your Institutional Login to authenticate through the UK Federation is by default a Basic Account.  This is a security measure to prevent misuse of the site: registering and logging in through the UK federation enables an extra level of trust to which we attribute extra privileges.

To authenticate with the Jisc Community site a non-Federated user needs to log in with their email address and password set during the registration process.

There are two ways to elevate your privileges to the same level as a Federated user of the site.

1. Link a Federated account to your Community account.
   This will prove the user's identity and the account privileges will be automatically upgraded. A user is able to do this by navigating to their account area and visiting the ‘My Account’ page, where they will find the option to link their account to a Federated account. Once the user has authenticated with their Institutional Login, the account permissions will be automatically updated. The user will need to log in with this federated account from this point forwards.
2. Email community@jisc.ac.uk and request specifically to have your permissions upgraded.
   This would normally be accompanied with an explanation of who you are, and why you require extra privileges normally only afforded to federated users.

If the link between a Jisc Community account and Federated account is broken then it is assumed that the user's Federated credentials are no longer valid and we can no longer trust their identity. The user's account privileges will be downgraded automatically. A federated user can do this by navigating to their Account area and choosing to unlink their Janet Community Account from their Federated Account.

It is strongly encouraged that users with Federated credentials register for a Federated account, or subsequently upgrade by linking their Basic Account to their Federated Account.  Not only are Federated users trusted with more freedom when using the Jisc Community site but also they do not need to use a separate set of credentials to authenticate.  See Jisc Community Account: Advanced for more information, or contact service@ukfederation.org.uk for help in obtaining a Federated account.