Profiles
- Click on the "Profile" link at the top of your screen, under "My Network Home"
- When you get to the Profile page, click on the "(edit)" link next to About Me on the left nav.
- You will see several profile fields available for editing.
- When you are finished, click on "Save" at the bottom left hand corner of the screen to save your changes
- Click on the "Profile" link at the top of your screen, under "My Network Home"
- When you get to the Profile page, click on the "(edit)" link next to About Me on the left nav.
- You will see several profile fields, including your profile photo, available for editing.
- Select Edit Profile Photo, and Browse your computer to upload your new profile photo
- Then hit the upload button. Your new profile photo is now uploaded.
Colleagues
- Choose the Colleagues link in the green toolbar.
- Click on Invite Colleagues from the menu that opens on the left side of the screen.
- Next enter the email addresses of your colleagues, any personal message you'd like to share and click "Save." Your colleagues will receive an invitation to register at www.wherefacultyconnect.com.
- Select "Tools" from the menu bar
- Click on the "Members" tab
- Find your colleague and click on his/her name
- In the colleague's profile page, click on "Add Colleague"
- Select "Events" from the menu bar
- Click on the "Colleagues" tab to see a list of events your colleagues are attending.
Groups
- At the top of the home page select tools and choose group
- This will take you to the All Group site; narrow you search by choosing newest, popular, or latest discussion
- Click on the hyperlink for the group you want to join
- This will take you to the group home page.
- Hit the join group and now you are a member!
- On the Dashboard, go to Groups or Tools (Groups)
- click Create a new group
- fill in the blanks and save
- Open your group and then look for "Group Discussion" in the column on the left
- After you open group discussion, look for the blue box at the top of the list of discussions called "Add a Topic" this means post a message
- Click on it and then you can post your discussion topic
- No, anyone with a profile can be a member of any open group.
- Yes, if you receive an invite from the group's owner, you may join the group.
Blogs
- Click on tools on the green menu bar
- Select blog
- When you are finished writing your blog, click on the submit button
Resources
- Select the Resources Tab
- Select the "Share a Resource" option from the menu
- Complete the information form giving attribution to the author or site that you would like to share
- Note that you can attach nearly any type of resource, including URLs.
- Choose who will see your resource - colleagues, with the public, or logged on users
- Select "Save" to publish the resource to the site
- Click on the Resources tab on the green toolbar
- Scroll down the page to browse the resources, or use the drop-down menus to refine your search by Discipline, Instructional Category or File Type
- Once you've found a resource that interests you, click on the icon to view its title page
- From the title page, you can bookmark the resource for further reference by clicking on the "Bookmark this" link on the left nav, or download the resource by clicking on the DOWNLOAD THIS button further down the page
- You can also leave comments about the resource in the space provided on the resource's title page.
- Hit the "save" button once you're ready to post your thoughts
- First, check and make sure the resource is not designed for file downloads. You will see a screen identical to the following when you click on the DOWNLOAD THIS button
- Notice that the file is described as "application/octect-stream" with no indication of what kind of file it is.
- This resource most often directs you to an external website instead.
- Browse through the description of the resource and check to see if there is a clickable link embedded within the text of the resource description. If this is not the case, chances are you lack the appropriate program to read the file. For example, the following screen indicted that the file you are downloading is a Word 2007 file: If you are using an earlier version of Office, say, Office 2003, you can download and install a "Microsoft Office compatibility pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file formats" at: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx to open Office 2007 files.
- If everything fails, contact the author of the resource for assistance.
Notifications
- On the Dashboard, go to Settings
- Fill in the fields with your personal information and Save
- Click on Notifications and set your preferences
Events
- Click Tools on the top menu (green menu bar)
- Select Events from the drop down menu
- Select top tabs to view Events by Day, Week, or Month
- Select bottom tabs to view All Events, Colleagues' Events, and your Events (listed as Mine)
- When you identify an event you're considering, click the Event name, which will be a blue hyperlink
- Read the Description
- If you want to attend the event, Click Register Now!
- Select dashboard on the green menu bar
- If event calendar does not show up in you center column, "I've connected with", scroll down until it does
- Select the event you would like to attend
- You can register for an event any time until the event begins.
- Yes, simply register for the event and join in.
Bookmarking
- Every page has a link to Bookmark this on the far left under your name or photo
- Click Bookmark this to bookmark a favorite page
- On the next page, if desired, you can add a description, keywords, choose to share the bookmark with your colleagues, and choose whether to make your bookmark accessible to other users
- Select top tabs to view Events by Day, Week, or Month
- Select bottom tabs to view All Events, Colleagues' Events, and My Events
Textbox Editing
- Notice the "Add/Remove editor" located on the lower left corner of the textbox? Try clicking on it to show or hide the editor bar across the top of the textbox.
- As you mouse over the various icons on the editor bar, an annotation box shows up explaining what that icon does.
- To embed a hyperlink in your text, locate the icon Insert/edit link. Highlight the text in your textbox that serves as the link, and then click the Insert/edit link icon. An Insert/edit link window will show up:
- Enter the URL (and other parameters as you see fit), then click the Insert button. That's it