Directions for Sharing Sakai End-User Support Resources

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Last updated: Oct 21, 2010 by Former user (Deleted)Version comment
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There are many of us involved in Sakai End-user Support who would like to share resources with each other. We discussed posting our material or links to our materials on Sakai's Confluence site and a few of us have started the process. But we need your help. Please feel free to make use of what's there and then post at least one link to your help documents, training material, or information site. We all will be the richer for it.

For those who are not familiar with Confluence or have limited experience using a wiki, we have included instructions on how to get started. It won't take long, come join us, whether you represent a large or small part of the community.

You need a confluence username and password. If you have one, skip to To Participate.
If you don't have one you can quickly sign up following the instructions listed immediately below, To Create an Account.

To Create an Account

  1. Go to http://sakaiproject.org
  2. Near the centre of the page, on the 3rd column from the left, under the blue heading, Get involved, click View the Project Wiki. This takes you to the confluence web site, a central location used by the Sakai community for sharing lots of information.
  3. You will see all the different Sakai Work Groups and Discussion Groups in the "Dashboard". In the top right corner, you'll see a signup link. Click on it.
  4. This takes you to another Sakai website using the confluence interface. Complete and submit the form. You should quickly get an email telling you the information you will need to login.
  5. The next time you login, you might decide to login directly to http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/

To Participate in the End-User Support Confluence site

  1. Return to the Dashboard by following steps 1. and 2. above.
  2. Click the Log In link found in the top right corner and Log in using the User name and Password you set up. (You can also log in directly to this or on any page in confluence.)
  3. Scroll down until you see DG: User in the left-hand list and click on the DG: User link.
  4. Bookmark this page for easy future access. You can always read the shared posts.
  5. When you are ready to add your post, click Click Here to Add/Edit a Resource.
  6. You see the page in Wiki Markup language.
    You could work in this view and add your link using the Help Tips and Notation Help available on the right-hand side,
  7. These instructions will use the Rich Text interface, so click the Rich Text tab.
  8. To add your information to the end of an existing table, click in the last row of the table.
  9. Click the Insert row after icon in the editing menu bar.
  10. Key your information into the appropriate cells.
  11. To add a link, click to place the cursor where you want the link to appear.
  12. Click the Insert/Edit Link icon .
  13. Key or paste the URL into the Link text box.
  14. In the Alias text box, enter the title you would like to appear as the link.
  15. Click OK.
  16. Once you have completed your addition, click the Save button.

TIP: If you want an email sent to you if this page gets modified, click the Watch this page icon .

For similar instructions, with pictures, see http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ESUP/Contribute+to+this+Page.