This document provides instructions for participating in an online event using the DiscoveryCast platform. It explains how to navigate the different pages to share and build on ideas, view ideas submitted by others, and get help. The key activities include completing a profile, submitting original ideas on specific questions, building on existing ideas by clicking on them, viewing ideas in different visual formats like a word cloud and idea map, and providing feedback throughout the event. Participation over multiple shorter sessions rather than one long session is recommended.

1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN: To start, click the MENU > FULL SCREEN icon below. To advance the slides, click on the icon below.

2. REMINDER:If you did not go full-screen yet… To start, click the MENU > FULL SCREEN icon below. To advance the slides, click on the icon below.

3. Tips for This Tutorial: This is a slide presentation so you can see a preview. These screenshots are not clickable. Click the Esc key on your keyboard to exit Full Screen.

4. Request your own company event Invite others to this event (1) You are looking at the starting page for the event. Here you will find all of the necessary background info. TM

5. (2) Be sure to review all the relevant information: Video Intro, Summary, and Key Questions. Your own company event Invite others to this event TM (3) Especially view the QuickTips PDF as there is a lot of good suggestions on how to interact with this event.

6. Request your own company event Invite others to this event (4) Have an idea how your company could use DiscoveryCast for your own events? Want to invite a colleague to participate in this event? Click these links. TM

7. Request your own company event Invite others to this event TM (5) You can also complete your profile, including selecting a username and avatar (image) which we will show you on the next slide.

8. Request your own company event Invite others to this event (1) After clicking on My Profile, you will see this screen which allows you to select a User ID, enter your email address, select an avatar (image) for your profile, and turn on/off email alerts.

9. (2) Here you will find any Questions that have been asked directly of you, your posted Ideas, and any ideas you marked as ‘Favorite’ with a Gold Star, and your Private Notes that no one else can see. Your own company event Invite others to this event (3) Clicking Edit will launch the next screen.

10. Clicking “Edit” on the previous screen, launches this window. An anonymousUserID is important.Read the orange text above which describes Email Alerts, Keyword Alerts. Choose an avatar for your alter ego!

11. From your Profile page, if someone asks you a question, it will appear in the Questions Tab. Clicking on the question will launch this view you can enter your reply.

12. Request your own company event Invite others to this event then …...... (1) On the SHARE Ideas page, you will be able to add your ideas and opinions. There are several ways to do this.

13. Request your own company event Invite others to this event then …...... (2) You can start on the top of the screen and enter your answer to the three questions. Notice that you are limited to 250 characters. This is intended to focus your ideas to one single topic. There is NO LIMITATION to the number of ideas you can share. If you run out of space, build off your own ideas.

14. Request your own company event Invite others to this event then …...... (3) Clicking Search allows you to see if there are similar to yours, before submitting them. This will reduce the number of duplicate ideas. You can also click directly on the search results below to further build off these, or finish revising your idea, then clicking Submit.

15. (3) In addition to sharing original ideas, you can also BUILD On Existing Ideas. Simply click on any idea text in this list and you will be taken to a BUILD window. Request your own company event Invite others to this event then …......

16. Request your own company event Invite others to this event (4) Clicking on the (+) sign expands the ideas so you can see the ideas built off of the original idea. (5) As an option to clicking the idea text directly, there is a “quick-entry” option to add ideas in-line.

17. (6) Clicking directly on the text of any idea launches this window. You can Agree, Disagree, Modify, and ask a Question of the user who submitted this idea. (7) You can also Add and Save your Private Notes. These notes are not published publically.

18. (8) On this side of the page you will see related (adjacent) ideas. Any parent or related children ideas will appear here. You can also build off of any of these ideas by merely clicking on the idea.

19. (2) A simple search field is always available in SEE Ideas. Request your own company event Invite others to this event (1) On the SEE Ideas page, you will be provided with a variety of tools to visualize the ideas. Live Stream shows the ideas in real time as they are entered.

20. Request your own company event Invite others to this event Here you can see which participants and which ideas are getting the most attention. A description of how points work is given in the Help/Feedback Tab.

21. Request your own company event Invite others to this event The “word cloud” will show you the most popular words submitted. Click on a word to see related ideas, then click those ideas to build on them.

22. Request your own company event Invite others to this event Similar to the word cloud, our Experts are behind the scenes tagging the ideas according to key themes. Click on a word to see related ideas, then click those ideas to build on them.

23. Request your own company event Invite others to this event Idea Map is an interactive graph that allows to see the entire conversation flow visually. Review the 5 key steps above, then click the Start Button to launch it.

24. (1) Start by selecting one of the tabs on the upper left. Each tab represents one of the four questions (A, B, C, or D). (2) A map will appear, representing the ideas around a particular question.

25. (3) Zoom out first. (4) Click the small plus (+) sign repeatedly to expand the map. It can take up to 5 minutes to fully expand when many ideas. (5) By mousing over any of the ideas, you will see a pencil sign. Click on the pencil to build on the idea.

26. (6) In the Idea Map you can build on an idea from the IdeaMap by clicking on the PENCIL icon from the previous view.

27. Request your own company event Invite others to this event Help is available throughout the event. On this tab you can re-acquaint yourself with this tutorial, ask questions or submit feedback, review the FAQs, and read the scoring rules.

28. Tips for Success Have fun!! Respect all ideas Don’t hesitate to build off of other ideas Contribute at least 10 ideas Since ideas are flowing in during the 3 days, participatethroughout the event in smaller time slots (e.g. 15 min increments), not just during one moment in the event Using the Help / Feedback tab, send feedback to the moderators, either on the event itself, or on what you think about the platform Did we mention have fun???

29. Click on the Esc Key on your Keyboard to exit Full Screen view.QUESTIONS / SUGGESTIONS?Send them tosupport@discoverycast.com