2. Concept map
Teachers European House
Introduction TEH how to
Log in & Layout Email & Forum
Ning TEH Community TEH Rules
Media File Sharing
Chatting & Inviting Profile & Notes
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4. What is NING?
Ning is a privately held American company.
It allows to create social networks on its
Internet platform.
It is free for users. So they embed some ads.
Hope users can bear it!
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5. What is Teachers European House?
Teachers European House (TEH) is a social
network.
TEH was created on the Ning platform.
It is intended to be a meeting point for
teachers involved in the Comenius project
“Building a European House.”
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6. What does TEH offer?
It offers tools to communicate, share or
collaborate with its members.
Services offered:
Forum.
Blog.
Chat.
Photo and video repository...
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7. TEH Usage Rules
TEH is a moderated social network. It is
supervised by the Administrator (Spanish
partner). Suggestions accepted!
TEH is a private social network. It is visible to
members only.
Member teachers are allowed to invite new
teacher friends. No students!
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8. TEH snapshot
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10. How to log in first time
Somebody, already TEH member, sent me
an invitation.
I receive an email message in my mailbox
account.
I have to click on the “Click to Join” button
I fill in my NING ID and profile and that's it.
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12. How to log in later on
I launch my web browser.
I type on the address bar:
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I type in my email address and password
Click on “Sign In”
I am done.
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14. What can I do within TEH
Take a look at the layout:
Header (Title and subtitle)
Navigation bar across the top (everything
that can be done is right there).
Left vertical frame (some of the main
features: notes, forum, photos...).
Center frame (latest activity of the
members).
Right frame (mailbox and some other
features).
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17. What's cooking on the Community
If I wish to know members activity in TEH, I
will take a look at “Latest Activity” frame.
It is located at the centre of the main page.
Do not get overwhelmed. You don't have to
read any single thing. Just take a look.
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21. OK, I need to discuss on anything
Look at the Discussion Forum! Just in case
somebody is already debating on something
you are interested in. Then, I will be able to
reply to that discussion.
If I need to bring forward some new ideas for
discussion, I will have to add a discussion.
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24. What if I need to display a picture
If I wish to show to members pictures or
videos, I will go to the “Media” tab and
choose “Photos/Videos.”
Click on “Add Photos/Videos” link on the top
right corner.
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28. Say I need to share a file
If I wish to share a digital file with members, I
will go to the “Media” tab and choose
“FileSharing.”
We have a 5 Gb file storage to save any
document related with our project.
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31. Say I need to open a chat session
If I wish to talk to somebody who is on line
right now, I will go to “Chat” under the
“Members” tab.
I also access to a chat session if I click on
“Teachers European House Chat” on the
bottom right corner.
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35. OK, I will invite new friends
If I wish to invite new friends to TEH, I will go
to the “Invite” tab.
Then, I click on “Enter Email Addresses
Manually.”
Next, I type my friend's email address on the
“Send To” field and click on “Send Invitations”
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39. What's new
If there were some important announcements
to broadcast, It would be placed on the
“Notes” tab.
It is at the top left corner of TEH Main page.
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41. Remember!
Once you finish your work on TEH, you
should sign out.
Social Networks, like TEH, are “Web 2.0”
style.
Anything may change in order to improve
usability.
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