Using KnowCoach

Why are You here?

We love it when people come and visit us! Fill out our little survey tool and let us know why you are here

Use the discussion Forums

We use the discussion forums for most of what we do here in KnowCoach ... so come on in and post a message to try them out!  It won't take long to become comfortable using them!

Edit Your Profile

This is the area where knowmates will read about who you are and what you do. Use it to tell us all about yourself! Have fun with it. You can access your profile area from two spots:

• Anywhere that you see your name in knowCOACH is actually a link. If you click on this link, it will take you to your profile area in our knowCOACH site.
• It is in the People box on the left hand side of the page. (You can also click on "Participants" to read about others who are participating in your activity with you).

Upload Something

Our knowmates ALWAYS seem to want to upload a powerpoint presentation an excel file or a word document! We try to convince you that these are EXTERNAL files to the language of the Internet. We explain that a document that is written in the language of the web eg: HTML is so much simpler for you, and the people you work with to access and read the information. These external files will cause nothing but headaches to you and your clients/students/members... Learn to use HTML instead! However.... we Knowmates always want to fit a square peg into a round hole -- so, learn to do it properly here! Practice here safely!

• hit the browse option at the bottom of the post
• this takes you to your hard drive where you find the proper directory where you store your files
• double click or open the image you want to attach
• post to forum and ...
• voila it is done

• find your image on the web
• right click the image to get the correct address (choose properties, usually near the bottom of the menu)
• copy that world wide web address
• click on the mountain icon (this is the image upload button)
  
• paste the www address in the top text box
• add a descriptor (the second text box area)
• click save at the bottom of the image dialogue box and it is done!

Try out the Glossary!

This sandbox glossary is for you to try out the different features in the glossary (and we have introduced most of them). In our courses and activites we encourage you to assist each other with terms and definitions. So practice here... You can assist us by adding one tip about how to use moodle or not worry about this at all. You don't have to worry about finding anything particularly useful -- although a good martini recipe is just fine!