This document provides instructions for using various online platforms to submit reports and share information. It summarizes how to use Ushahidi to submit reports, view reports, and select categories. It also outlines how to create accounts and make posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Skype. The document includes screenshots to illustrate filling out forms, adding photos or videos, and other functions across these different platforms.

1. VSAC REPORTING
PROCEDURES
USING THE DIFFERENT ONLINE PLATFORMS
By: Letowon Saitoti Abdi
Position: Tech_Support
Org: WOUGNET
Email: info@wougnet.org
cindiabdiletowon3@gmail.com
Tel: 0775947559

2. USHAHIDI PLATFORM
http://www.wougnet.org/ushahidi
This is what
you get after
putting the
link in the
address box

3. Identifying different tabs on the
website
HOME
REPORTS
SUBMIT A REPORT
GET ALERTS
CONTACT US
ABOUT THE
PROJECT

4. Reading a report
SELECT THE REPORT
TAB FROM THE TABS
ON HOME PAGE TO
VIEW THIS PAGE
SELECT
CATEGORY
YOU ARE
INTERESTED
IN
Select a report from these reports

5. THIS IS HOW
A REPORT
LOOKS LIKE
WHEN YOU
OPEN IT.
Description of
the story
This is the category in
which the report is
Report titleTime of reporting and location

6. Submitting a new report
After hitting the submit a report
tab you will be able to see the
page that looks like the image
on the left. Which has a couple
of important fields together
with optional fields for the user
to fill in. the important fields are
“Report title” “Description”
“Categories” and “Location”
Optional fields are “Names
field” “Email” “News source
Link” “External video link” and
“uploading of the photos”

7. Filling in the different fields in the submit
report page… title and description
Title goes
here for
your report
Description or the content
of your story goes here for
your user or readers to
read
Time and date of submission generated
automatically

8. Filling fields.. Selecting categories
On the left is selecting of the
category to add your story
and right it’s the final
category of your story
This field is optional and this is where
you fill in your names and add an
email address.

9. Continuation… adding location
This is where you type in
your location for auto
detection so that you can
add it to your report to
enable reader to identify
your current location or the
location you are reporting
from.
This is where your location will be placed
on the map to show your physical location
on a map and the neighborhood
This is where you can add location manually or when
generated automatically will appear in.
The arrow shows where the result
will be shown

10. Continuation…. Adding related
features This is where you add a link for a story
or your story from another source for
instance Facebook or another related
story online a link looks like this:
http://www.wougnet.org/ushahidi/ind
ex.php/main
This is the same as news source
link but this is for videos it can be
a video you uploaded online
yourself or a videos that is related
to your story. It can be a link for a
video from Facebook or YouTube
and as your readers are reading
they can be able to watch a
footage of the story or related
story, the link is the same always
starts with a http://www......
This is where you add
a picture from all you
need is to know where
the picture is located
then afterwards you
browse for the file
Check the next
slide for
procedures

11. Continuation… browsing a file..
This is where you
select the file you
want to upload as
image to the
website to feature
in your story. You
need to know the
name and
location of the file
This is the
place you
select your
picture from
Submit your report
after filling every
required fields

12. Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
After typing in the
URL
http://www.faceb
ook.com this is the
page you will see
with login for
already user or
sign up for new
users

13. Continuation… sign up.
This is where you fill in your names
This is where you enter you email or phone
number
This to confirm the info entered above
email or phone number
This is where you create password from
You enter your birth day here month day
and year
This is where you select your gender (male or
female)
After filling in the above details hit
sign up to create account

14. Continuation…Facebook
This is a search
box and this is
where you will
search for
friends groups
pages and for
this case we will
search for
“women of
Uganda
network” page
and then LIKE it.
This is the Facebook
home page after you
log in or after you sign
up this is where you
see what’s going on
in your Facebook

15. Continuation… wougnet’s fb page
This is the page you
expect to see after
you search for women
of Uganda network on
this page first like it
then proceed with
other activities, on this
page you will submit
your story, upload
photos or videos as
well as see the
different activities
ongoing on this page.
Like the page from
here.

16. Continuation… posting on wougnet’s
Fb page
This is the typing canvas
and this is where you can
add content to a
Facebook page and at
the same time add
images or video to it.
You can also tag friends,
add location or even add
how you feel to your post.
By hitting publish that
submits your post to
Facebook and makes it
public.
This is where you type you
story, remember your story
need to have a title and a
body for it to make more
sense, to your readers.
This is where you add
your photo or video to
your post and this will
attach you file to your
story.
Add you
location
hereAdd your
mood here
Add a
photo
here by
clicking
on the +
sign in
the
dotted
box
Publish your
post here

17. Continuation… uploading a photo
This is where you
click to initiate the
dialogue box that
you will use to select
your file to upload

18. Continuation… uploading files on
facebook.
This a dialogue
with which you
will select a file to
upload from after
clicking upload
photos/video
After all that you
just hit the publish
button and your
post will be
published.

19. Twitter
http://www.twitter.com
This is the
welcoming page
for twitter after
you type in the
link
http://www.twitte
r.com and the for
users with
account details
will log in those
without will sign
up

20. Continuation… twitter log in and
sign up.
This field is for the
already users
(with accounts)
New password is set here
This the sign up button to
create the new account
This field is for
new users (users
without twitter
account)
Phone, email or username
Full names goes in this field
Email goes here
Password field
This is the log in button after
inputting the username and
password

21. Continuation.. Twitter home page

22. Continuation.. twitter home page fields
This twitters search
box
This the canvas
where you write
your story or post
Messages tab
Notification tab
Home tab
Activity progress
panel to see your
followers following
and tweets

23. Continuation… twitter searching
and following
After searching for ICT4DemEA or Wougnet this the page that will show up and the you will be
required to follow the remember their twitter handle is @ICT4DemEA and @wougnet respectively
This is where you follow
from not only wougnet or
SIDA but anybody

24. Continuation.. Posting a new tweet
This is the
typing canvas
where you can
type and
mention
people from.Add location
here to your
tweet
Add a photo
to your tweet
here
You are limited
to 140
characters
Press on tweet to
post your tweet.

25. Skype messenger
This is the Skype
log in interface and
this is where you
select whether to
log in using Skype
name, Microsoft
account or a
Facebook account

26. Continuation.. Log in page skype
This where you type
in your Skype name
This is where you type
in your Skype password
You hit sign in to
log into Skype

27. Continuation Skype Microsoft login
This is where your
type in your
Microsoft id(email)
This is where you
type in your
Microsoft password
Hit sign in to access
Skype

28. Continuation.. Skype home
This is the search field for
searching of contacts or
friends
This is where you put up
your mode or status
from
This shows your
current chat and the
people you are
chatting with
This shows you all
your contacts
both online and
offline

29. Continuation.. Sending a message
with attachments
After selecting a contact that you want to chat with then the
dialogue on the right should appear
Click here for attachment
menu to pop up
Attach photos from here
to your message
Attach any file from here
to your message
Send a video call to a
Skype contact offline/online
Share a contact using
this option
Type in your message
here

30. THE END
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