Using the Global Collaborative

Help and advice for adding content to the Global Collaborative.

Key concepts — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-10-18 17:53

Several key concepts that you should understand when using the Global Collaborative: logged in vs logged out; sharing access to your area; published vs private; display vs contents.

Global Collaborative basics (MS Word) — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-05-31 19:32

A MS Word document showing the basics for the Global Collaborative. Contains screen shots.

Global Collaborative basics (video) — by jwithers — last modified 2007-05-31 19:32

A short video (Windows only) showing how the Global Collaborative works.

Editor button index — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-03-06 20:50

This handy index describes all the buttons in Kapu, the editor built into the Global Collaborative.

Embedding video in a rich document — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-07 18:52

If you want to put video on your page, load it onto a video hosting site (like DotSUB) and then embed it into a rich document.

Footnotes — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-03-13 22:10

To use footnotes on the Global Collaborative, you need to create the document as a Word file on a PC or Open Office on a Mac, save it as a Web page and then paste it to a rich document on the Global Collaborative.

Making short links — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-01-17 21:16

Long Web addresses can be a problem on the Global Collaborative. Here are a few ways to keep them short.

Order of items — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-09-19 18:15

How to control the order of items in folders and in Web logs (blogs).

Reviewing documents — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-10-03 19:24

It is a good idea to set up a review process for material that you are publishing on the Global Collaborative. Here are some ideas about how to do it.

Setting up a CV — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-11-29 20:53

Suggestions for putting curriculum vitae onto the Global Collaborative.

Shrink your images — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-07 06:20

Web Resizer is a great free service that will help you to shrink your images. Smaller images will be a better fit for your page, and your page will load faster.

Smart folders — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-07 16:36

Smart folders allow you bring together information from different parts of the site. It is like a specially pre-prepared search that you can present as a Web page.

Testing — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-02-13 14:40

When we change things on the Global Collaborative, we try to base our changes on user testing.

Epistle Demonstration (video) — by jwithers — last modified 2008-02-17 16:05

A short video (Windows only) previewing the Epistle feature that we are currently developing.

Log in dialogue — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-08-09 21:13

The area on the Global Collaborative menu that allows you to log on. A banner at the top says 'Log in'. Below that, an input box asks for your user name. Then an input box asks for your password. Below that is a button labled 'log in'. Below these boxes is a link that asks 'Forgot your password?' and one that asks 'New user?'.

Long Web address problem — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-01-16 20:13

An example of why long Web addresses are a problem on the Global Collaborative

Rename — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-01-17 19:33

An image of the rename dialog box on the Global Collaborative. It allows you to change the short name (which appears in the Web address) and the title (which appears on the page).

[State] menu — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2007-09-02 19:58

The [state] menu on the Global Collaborative. It is a drop-down menu. The current state is 'Private'. It shows four drop-down choices: Publish, Reject, Submit and Advanced. The Advanced choice will lead to further choices.

E-mail bulletins, discussion lists and Epistle — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-09 20:39

We can set up e-mail discussion groups or bulletins for any organisational member of the Global Collaborative. Epistle is our system for publishing bulletins on the Global Collaborative and sending these bulletins to a subscriber mailing list at the same time.