Guide to using the Pharos Course Forums PHAROS TUTORS.

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Guide to using the Pharos Course Forums PHAROS TUTORS

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Guide to using the Pharos Course Forums

PHAROS TUTORS

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The First Step• Your Tutor will have sent you a message

welcoming you to the course • In this message will be instructions to visit the

Pharos Forum site.• We start with the link to the general forum area.

• To follow these illustrated instructions you will need :– To be connected to the internet– To have a class forum password (provided by

your tutor)

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You will need to click on ‘Forum’ in the top menu bar

Pharos Tutors Home Page

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To visit your specific course Forum Area click here – this takes you to the Pharos Forum page

Pharos Website Forum Page

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You need to enter the universal password for the Pharos Forum pages ‘family’ in this box, ignore the other login box for the moment.

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Click on register – this will take you to a special page where you can choose your username

The next step …

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Complete this form, including your country of residence, and check for the confirmation email in you Inbox.

Creating a user name

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Now use your username & password to login and ask the computer to remember you.

Login & User Name

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Scroll down the page - for this example, the course is ‘Victorian Families’ – click on the highlighted course title ...

Finding your course forum area

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Use the course specific password given to you by your tutor & click on ‘log me in…’ so you don’t have to repeat this login process at each visit

Specific Course Forum

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Scroll down the page and choose the forum you want to enter, click on the highlighted name

You are now in the forum area!

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Once you have read a message and have your response ready, click on Reply

Reading a forum message

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Type your text in this box, using the tool bar as you would on your own PC

Preparing a Response

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Start a new thread

To start a new thread (or conversation) in a forum, click on the New Topic phrase

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Preparing your ‘new thread’Give your new thread a title – usually the topic you wish to discuss – and then type your message in the empty box

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Click on ‘manage attachments’

This pop-up box appears, click on ‘browse’ and you will immediately be taken to your own PC hard drive - find your document/pix and click ‘open’. You can attach up to 5 documents, under 2MB each. Then press ‘upload’

Want to add an attachment?

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Reviewing and Posting Your Forum Message

When you have completed your message, scroll to the bottom of the message box and you will see several boxes which you can click – Preview message allows you to see what it will look like when you post it, spell check is obvious, and Post Message does just that!

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Subscribe to a forum

To subscribe to a forum and receive an email whenever there is a new posting, click on ‘thread tools’ at the top of the forum page and then choose ‘subscribe to this thread’.

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THAT’S ALL FOLKS!