1、 American Library Association | ALA Connect 1 June, 2009 ALA Connect Workshop I. Public View of ALA Connect Site: http:/connect.ala.org A. General layout: three columns and what is visible. B. Public vs. private data, only content marked as public by members is visible in the Content Area 1. What vi
2、sitors can see about members, choose someone from On-line now list 2. Only name and photo (if member choose to upload it); some may choose to show more but default is name and photo C. Non-ALA member registrants and what they can see and do D. User Guidelines E. Eyebrow Links, especially Help II. Ho
3、w to log in A. Use your ALA username and password. B. Where to retrieve your ALA username and password if you dont already know them (on the ALA website, not in Connect.) C. How to change your ALA username, password, or other membership information (on the ALA website, not in Connect.) III. How to f
4、ind your groups once youre logged in A. General layout: three columns and now what is visible and personalized for you. B. Drop-down menu in the top navigation. C. On your profile. American Library Association | ALA Connect 2 June, 2009 D. “My Groups“ in the “Browse“ area E. Note how right column ch
5、anges to give specifics for group 1. Members 2. Setup email preferences/notifications a) Default is set to “Ill configure this myself on the “my membership“ page of each of my communities.” in “My Profile”, so you could enable email preferences group by group; or b) You can change all group email pr
6、eferences/notifications globally by changing default setting in “My Profile” F. Locating and adding group content to Favorites or RSS Feeds for easy future retrieval. IV. Editing Your Profile A. Profile Privacy Settings 1. How to display less; a) Hiding certain parts of your profile; or b) Exclude y
7、ourself from appearing altogether in ALA Connect as long as youre not on any committees: login to ALA.org and go to Communication preferences form. 2. Only those you add to your network will see your e-mail address and phone number. 3. or; More B. ALA Connect settings tab 1. ALA.org settings vs. Con
8、nect settings 2. Pictures/Avatars American Library Association | ALA Connect 3 June, 2009 3. Privacy Settings 4. Instant Messengers C. About Me tab D. Bio tab E. Education tab F. Publications tab G. Work tab H. Xtra tab I. Explain benefits (online resume, in phase two will help you find other member
9、s who share your interests, will show new content to you based on your interests in phase two) V. How to post to one of your groups A. Note the “add“ links for groups youre a member of B. Show how to do a post and an online document C. Show how to make content “public“ for everyone to read (by check
10、ing the “public“ box when creating content) D. Show how to add a tag to your post E. Show how to use group categories if they show up VI. Group Admins FAQ: How to edit your groups properties A. Note that categories have been pre-assigned, although the admin can change them B. How to make your group
11、open (its closed by default, recommend it stay that way for committees and other working groups, but should make content public) American Library Association | ALA Connect 4 June, 2009 C. Note that roster changes from the membership database are automatic D. Admins can do things others cant, such as
12、 create new discussion forums and chat rooms E. Admins are the only ones who can delete comments or edit someone elses content in the group VII. Your Network A. Searching for members B. Building your network VIII. How to find a community to join A. Browse Communities B. Search (although this will im
13、prove in phase two - only searches titles right now) C. See what youre friends have joined by looking at their profiles IX. How to start a new community A. Any ALA member can start a new community in ALA Connect. B. Check the list of current communities to make sure youre not reinventing the wheel.
14、C. Use the “Create a community“ link in the upper left-hand corner of every page (underneath your name) when youre logged in. 1. Fill in the “name“ box with the title of the community you want to create. Dont worry about making mistakes, because you can always come back and edit any of your communit
15、ys settings. American Library Association | ALA Connect 5 June, 2009 2. Write a short description of your community that will appear on the “Browse ALA Connect communities“ page. a) Pick one or more subject headings for your community b) If you want to display the headlines for an external site in y
16、our communitys right-hand sidebar, enter the RSS feed of the site. This feature is optional, so dont worry if you dont have an RSS feed for the site or dont know what one is. 3. Enter a short mission for your community that will help others decide if they want to join your community. The mission wil
17、l appear in the middle of your communitys home page. D. Decide how people can join your community. Your choices are: 1. Open: Any ALA member or non-member can join your community. 2. Moderated: Any ALA member or non-member can request to join your community, but youll have to approve the request. 3.
18、 Invite only: Only ALA members and non-members you proactively invite to join your community can become part of it. 4. Closed: No one can join your community unless you manually add them. 5. Note that you can still have a moderated/invite only/closed community and still post public content that anyo
19、ne can see. E. Decide if you want your group to be listed in the “Browse ALA Connect“ categories. American Library Association | ALA Connect 6 June, 2009 1. Leaving this box checked means other members have a better chance of finding your community while browsing subject headings. 2. If you uncheck
20、the box, youll have to manually give others the URL for your community in order for them to see and join it. F. If you want your community to be completely closed and protected from view, you can check the box to make it a “private group.“ This means that only the members of your community will see
21、the community and any content posted to it. G. Please note that ALA Connect admin staff will still be able to see your community and the content you post to it to make sure youre adhering to the user guidelines. H. Include a logo or other image next to your communitys mission I. Please note that ALA
22、 staff members do receive an email notice for every new community created. While almost any topic related to ALA, libraries, librarians, library workers, library tools, or librarianship is considered acceptable, we do compare the title, description, and mission with the ALA Connect user guidelines to make sure the community adheres to the spirit of the site. Any inappropriate communities will be removed, and the communitys creator may have their access to ALA Connect revoked.
