Explanation about the mayor functionalities of the Organic.Edunet Web Portal

1. KickOff Meeting, 09/06/2010, Athens, Greece VOA3R V irtual O pen A ccess A griculture & A quaculture R epository: sharing scientific and scholarly research related to agriculture, food, and environment Organic.Edunet web portal

3. Home Page

4. Main menu Login to your account Create a new account or manage access problems Review portal’s stats RSS Feed support Language selection Shortcut to text based search Shortcut to semantic search Concept cloud Quality survey

5. Links to other relevant resources Panel for navigation throughout the presented resources Criteria for the presentation of the available resources Short presentatio of the resources matching the criteria selected above Main links about guidelines on finding and contributing resources

6. Search

7. Search Menu The main page of the Search menu presents general guidelines on how to use the available search tools in order to find resources

8. Search Menu Text based search main form Animal welfare The user fills in a keyword of his choice If he wishes he refines his search by filling in the rest of the fields He selects whether to search each word separately or whether to find the exact phrase 1 2 3

9. Search Menu Animal welfare He selects SEARCH in order for the results to appear 4 List of Search Results Menu for navigation among the result pages available on top and bottom of the results

10. Search Menu Animal welfare The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details Main title Overview Resource’s categorization characteristics (Resource Type, age range, keywords) Access to the resource’s full text and main site Licenses of the resource, presented in the form of Creative Commons. The icon is a link to the explanation of the symbols. The user has also access to rating-tagging information of the resource. In order to rate the resource himself, he must be logged in. Logo of the institution that has validated the resource. The icon is a link to the institution

11. Search Menu Animal welfare The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details Links to list of resources categorized as the selected resource type Rating and Reviewing history Links to list of resources tagging with the selected tag and tagging functionality Links to analytic resource Metadata Adding to a personal collection

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13. Search Menu Animal welfare The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details The user can return to the search results by selecting “Go Back”

14. Search Menu Animal welfare

15. Browsing main search catalog The resources are categorized by type, educational level and collection Next to each category appears the number of available resources listed in it In order to see the available resources of a category, the user clicks on its name or the logo Search Menu

17. The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details as described in Text Based Search

18. The user is presented with the most popular tags concerning the resources, which are defined by other users and the popularity of a resource. The tags are floating around while the user moves around the mouse. When the user focuses on one tag it becomes red and it comes to the front. The tag opens the relevant resources in a new page by clicking on it when it becomes red. Tag based search – presentation of main tags Search Menu

19. Tag based search – presentation of main tags In the new page that opens the relevant resources are presented in a list showing an abstract about each resource or other short relevant information Search Menu

20. Tag based search – presentation of main tags Search Menu Again the user can see the detailed page of the resource of his choice by selecting its title

21. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form On the top panel the ontology terms are presented. On the central panel the semantic search options are presented. Preview of the results with the selected criteria Information abtou resources matching the given criteria Reset the semantic search

22. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form After selecting the term, the system produces the 10 first results of the search with the selected criteria. If the user selects more terms the search will automatically combine them and produce the relevant search results. Title Description Some details The complete list of results will appear after clicking on this button Direct access to the resource

23. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form Extra filters appear above the resources, for the user to refine the search Menu for navigation among the resources, available on top and bottom

24. Search Menu Semantic search – presentation of term selection form As in all other search types, the user can see the details of a resource, by clicking on its name.

25. Search for Educational Scenarios This type of search allows users to search for educational scenarios and their resources. It looks in the resources' title and description of all the educational scenarios in the federation for the keywords that the user is typing. The user types in the keyword on which he wants to base his search Reflection session If he wishes he refines his search selecting Resource type or Educational level, or by searching the exact phrase or each word separately 1 2 When the user is done he selects SEARCH and the results are produced 3

26. Search for Educational Scenarios As in all other search types, the user can see the details of a resource, by clicking on its name.

27. My profile

28. My personal tag cloud My reviews Resources that I have rated in the past Resources recommended for me according to my profile Resources that I have tagged in the past

29. Sorted by my overall impression

30. Personal collection with my favourites resources