Instructions:How to Participate in a New Tactics Online Conversation

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Log-in to website by clicking on Log in in top right corner. Also, use this button to join the New Tactics community.

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Enter your account information and click the “Log in” button. There are tabs here to create an account and request pw.

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In the main menu, click on “Join the Conversation” to access the current conversation.

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This is what the conversation page will look like.

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Scroll down, and you will see a list of the conversation leaders that have joined the community.

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Beneath the conversation leaders, you’ll see a list of the discussion topics. Click on a topic to read comments.

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Comments are added within these conversation topics. It is an asynchronous forum.

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Add your comment by replying to a comment. Click ‘reply’.

This is the link to this comment.

Click this button to reply to comment.

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Type your comment in this form. Subject field is optional. You can add hyperlinks and some other formatting options. Then scroll down for more options…

Numbered list

Bulleted list

Italics

Bold

Hyperlink

Guide on international rules for archivists

Scroll down for more options.

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If you want to get email notifications when new comments are added, select this ‘Notify’ option. Scroll down for more options…

Scroll down for more options.

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You can upload an image from your computer that will be displayed beneath your comment. Scroll down for more options…

Click “Browse” to find the image on your computer.

Then click “Upload”

Scroll down for more options.

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You can add a video to your comment using YouTube/Vimeo URLs. The video will be displayed beneath the comment.When finished, click ‘Save’ to post the comment.

Simply paste the URL of the video here.

http://vimeo.com/78660825

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Voila! Your comment is posted to the discussion.