A quick walkthrough presentaion on the IDeA's Communties of Practice platform

2. Register your details in order to use the site. Once registered, you can freely navigate key areas on the site. Help View a list of frequently asked questions regarding the Community of Practice platform Functionality The functionality available on every CoP is explained in summary. Communities can be viewed by clicking on ‘Most active communities’, or ‘View all communities’.

6. Amend Personal details Add a photograph Write a short description of yourself Edit my profile Add areas of expertise

8. All Communities People Finder My Profile Logout Messages My Communities My Blog Email Alerts Contacts Find a person Find a community View all messages View my Blog Manage email alerts

10. Type ‘(your keyword)’ into the ‘Search for a Community’ and click Go

12. Forum Events Members Documents Wiki News Feeds Blog Entries Latest forum posts Upcoming events New members Latest documents Latest wiki activity Latest blog entries Search this community Search’s selected websites Active users Tagged items Poll

13. Start a new topic Subscribe to email alerts Click to open topic

14. When starting a new topic in the forum area or replying to a forum posting please complete the following areas Title Body text Attachments if necessary Tags are word descriptors that you can assign to community items to help you organise and remember You can also amend the body text using the online editor Bold Italic Underlined Bullets Numbers Pictures Hyperlink Videos

15. Add a new event Subscribe to email alerts Click to open event

16. When adding a new event please complete the following areas Event name Location Region Start date and time End date and time Description of the event Website link if available Contact details if available

17. You can view member’s profiles by clicking on their name You can see who’s on your contacts list By using ticking the box on the right side of members names you can add them to My Contacts

18. You can see the members profile and photo You can see the communities they have joined You can send them a message

19. Add a new document Subscribe to email alerts Click to view document

21. A wiki is a web application that allows multiple authors to add, remove, and edit content. Add a new wiki entry Subscribe to email alerts Click to view, add, remove, and edit content.

22. When adding, removing or editing please complete the following areas Title Body text Related wiki entries Related web sites Tags

23. News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from To view all news feed click here To view individual news feed click here

24. Blog is short for weblog, a web site where you regularly publish content. New content is shown at the top, so your visitors can read what's new . Add a new Blog entry Subscribe to email alerts

25. When writing a blog please complete the following areas Title Body text Attachments if necessary Decide which communities the blog entry will be shown in Tags