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Quick guide to PAEPARD on Dgroups for PAEPARD

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IntroductionPAEPARD aims at building joint African-European multi-stakeholder partnerships in agricultural research for development (ARD). It uses an online discussion platform called ‘Dgroups’ to create communities of practice where members come together voluntarily to share and develop their knowledge, solve common problems and support each other in finding answers. Discussions can be ad hoc, however PAEPARD is using Dgroups mainly for information dissemination on ARD events, reports and funding opportunities.To be a member of PAEPARD you need to be registered in our Dgroups community: https://dgroups.org/paepard/ This guide is to help new users set up and use their Dgroups account so that they can receive news and updates from the network and be actively involved in online discussions.Your can find out more about PAEPARD at: www.paepard.org

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Quick guide to PAEPARD on Dgroups

A. joining PAEPARDB. joining a sub-community C. your profile D. your preferences E. discussions F. LibraryG. Top tips

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1. register on PAEPARD/Dgroups

2. follow link in email

3. Wait for approval 4. log in!

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Reset password

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Joining PAEPARD 1. Register on website• Go to: https://dgroups.org/paepard

Fill in your email address

Fill in your real name

Tell us why you want to join PAEPARD

Click “Join”

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Hello,

thank you for your request to join the PAEPARD community.

Please click on the link below to confirm your request:

https://dgroups.org/[Link}It will take less than 11 seconds of your time to confirm the request.

Once you confirm the request, community administrators will be notified. You will receive the response by email.

Have a great day,your Dgroups

p.s. To contact community administrator, simply reply to this message.

Joining PAEPARD2. follow link in email

• Click on the link in the email that you receive (if can’t find it, check your spam folder)

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Joining PAEPARD

3. Wait for approval• When you have been approved, you will get an email

this:

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Welcome to Dgroups.You are now a member of community ‘PAEPARD'You do not need to do anything further if you only wish to participate in email discussions and contribute via email - you are already automatically subscribed to receive email notifications. If you wish to access online archives, or change your email notification preferences, please use the link below to set your password:https://dgroups.org/[link] Feel free to set up your password at later time. Even if you lose this message, you will still be able to access the web site - every email you will receive from Dgroups contains appropriate links in the message footer

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4. log in!

• Click on the link in the email (or paste it into your web-browser) and you will be asked to choose a password to logon to the site.

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Enter your new log in details here

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Joining PAEPARDRe-setting your password

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If you forget your password, or want to

change it,click here

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joining a sub-communityWithin the PAEPARD community on Dgroups there are a range of sub-communities. These are discussion groups where members are free to discuss matters related to the topic of that sub-community, such the sub-community on aflatoxin.PAEPARD members have to apply for each sub-community they wish to join.

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1. Choose a sub-community

2. Register with the sub-community

3. Wait for approval and

log in

Or get an invitationOr ask to join by email

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joining a sub-community

Click on the sub-community you wish to join

B11. Choose a sub-community• A list of PAEPARD sub-communities on the main

PAEPARD Dgroups page:

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joining a sub-community

IMPORTANT: This login will only work if you are a member of this

sub-community

Fill in your email address

Fill in your real name

Tell us why you want to join this sub-community

Click “Join”

B22. Register with the sub-community

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B3joining a sub-community3. Wait for approval and log in• Once your registration is accepted by the

moderator:

Fill in your email address and password to log inIMPORTANT: it is the same password for ALL sub-

communities that you are registered with

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your profile

C0Let other PAEPARD members know who you are, where you are and who you work for.It helps us to improve how the network operates.

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your profile

Click “My Account”

Click “Edit profile”

C11. Find your user settings

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your profile

Choose your country

Phone, email and other contact details

Add your photos

Add your name and address

C21. Fill in your basic details(NOTE: some details may be filled in based on your email address, so correct as necessary)

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D0The Preferences allows you make Dgroups work better for you:- Changing the language that you see the website

in- Changing how you receive emails

1. Go to “Preferences” 2. Set Language and Email Frequency

3. Set email frequency differently

for different sub-communities, if you

want

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your preferences

Click “My Account”

Click “Preferences”

D11. Go to “Preferences”

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your preferences

Keep Language on “Automatic” unless it is wrong

Choose how you would like to receive emails:

Immediate – sent as soon as approved by Moderator

Daily / Weekly / Monthly – a daily, weekly or monthly digest

for each group None – receive nothing

D22. Set language and email frequency

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your preferences

Choose whether to apply these email delivery

preferences to all the groups that you are a member of, or

only some

Use this if you want emails to be sent differently in the group that you are in.

Click “Save”

D33. Set email frequency differently for different sub-communities, if you want

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discussions

Knowledge sharing is at the heart of PAEPARD’s presence on Dgroups. You have the choice of corresponding by email or through the Dgroups website.• To send in a new topic just email the address of

the sub-community you want to contact.• To respond to someone else, just reply.

IMPORTANT: the main PAEPARD community address (paepard@dgroups.org) goes to the whole membership. The community is moderated to avoid information over-kill and un-appropriate messages

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discussions E1See all posts

here

1. Finding discussion threads on the website

Latest posts here

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discussions

Click on a post to see the Thread of messages

on the right Scroll up and down to see

the conversation

Click on any message to reply

E22. Viewing posts on the website

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discussions

Type you reply hereAttach a document, if you want*

Submit to the moderator for

approval

E33. Submitting a reply on the website

*IMPORTANT: Attachments more than 500kB (0.5MB) will be stored on the Dgroups website. Your message will include a link at the bottom rather than the document itself. Some users think that there is no attachment so make it clear in your message that there is a link at the bottom.

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Library

More than 250 reports can be found in the library

under Reports and Resources on ARD.

These reports have been uploaded in chronological

order of publication

FPAEPARD resources

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Top Tips1. To post a query click on ‘Start Discussion’, however:2. During moderated E-discussions, reply to previous

Facilitator posts, don’t start a new discussion thread. That way it is easier for readers to follow the debate.

3. Use rules in your email application to automatically put Dgroups emails in a separate folder to keep your Inbox clean.

4. When replying by email to a discussion make sure the ‘Subject’ text is the same so that your message is added to the thread

5. If you delete the emails, you can always find the messages in the discussion area of the website (See E)

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