• Introduction

• Registration and Sign In

• Settings and Accounts

• Groups, Notifications
  and User Stats

• Search Features

SlideWiki offers
Open Educational Resources (OER)
as content is published under Creative Commons licenses.

Content can be published on SlideWiki by:

• Creating, uploading and copying decks that can contain any number of slides.

• Appending or adding slides and decks to other decks with the ability to repurpose, revert and review slides.

Content can also be published on SlideWiki by:

• Sharing and collaborating decks with colleagues and students allowing for questioning, commenting, searching and tagging.

• Translating and downloading decks - localise slides and decks by translating them into other languages. Download decks in PDF, ePub or SCORM format.

• Please refer to our Translation Guide
  if you need to localise
  a deck or slide by translating it into your own langauge.

If you do not have an account Sign Up by selecting the text below the form and fill in the registration or use a social media provider.

• Select the fact you are not
  a robot.

• If required, select the appropriate images and verify your answers. You can try several times.

• You will then receive an email to verify your account.

If you are a screen reader user you may wish to use the Audio reCAPTCHA.

You can navigate to this by using your TAB key on your keyboard or by using
a swipe gesture on your mobile device.

You will then receive an email in order to verify your account.

• Once successfully verified you will automatically return to the Sign In page and be able to use the account once you have received an activation email.

• Next time select the Sign In button and fill in the form or use your social media accounts.

• You will need to select your Personal Profile drop down menu in order to select settings.

• Select Settings
  in order to change or add to your user information.

• In Settings you will also find options to upload or change your profile image.

• The profile tab under personal settings is selected by default.

• You can upload a new profile image, use the default gravatar image or remove an image.

• You can also alter your personal data.

• Within your personal data settings
  is the option to change the
  User Interface Language.

• After altering your personal data and/or changing your profile image select Submit Changes.

• Select the Account tab under personal settings. 

• This will allow
  you to change your password
  or deactivate your account.

• To change your password type in the old password, create a new password then retype
  your password.

• Then select Submit Password.

• To deactivate your account select
  Deactivate my account. This can be
  recovered by an administrator. 

• Within your personal settings there is the option to change your accounts language.

• This is referred to as your User Interface Language. 

• Select Authorized Accounts under personal settings.

• You will need to allow social media providers to have access to your account.

• Choose which social media provider
  you want to use. 

• SlideWiki enables you to create user groups that are given rights to view and/or edit your slides.

• To access your Groups go to your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select the Create new group button.

• Create Groups by choosing a name (1) and adding members who have already signed up to SlideWiki.

• Names may appear as you start typing in the form (2).

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• When you give Admin rights members will be able to add and remove members from the group.

• Group administrators can see stats, add other administrators and members.

• Group members can see other members and add playlists.

• Save the group and you will have access to it when you make new decks.

• You can also delete the group if required.

• You can access notifications by going to your personal profile dropdown menu.

• Then select Notifications on the drop down menu.

• Here you will see notifications of activities on your own decks or those you have subscribed to

• You can filter (1) the types of activity displayed in notifications.

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• You can subscribe to receive notifications on any deck or playlist.

• Manage your subscriptions using the notifications settings.

• You can delete all notifications.

• You can also delete a single notification.

• Select User Stats under
  personal settings.

• This provides an interactive
  activity timeline, popular
  tags and a user engagement overview.

• The Activity Timeline is interactive and you can select required information.

• Within the Activity Timeline you can select whether it shows the number of Edits, Likes
  and Views.

• Within the Activity Timeline you can also select what time period you wish to view from the Last 7 days to the
  Last 2 years.

• The Popular Tags update according
  to which options are selected on the
  Activity Timeline.

• Use the home page search box.

• It will send you to a page with the results and optional filters.

You can refine your search by selecting:

• All content

• Title

• Description or

• Content

• Advanced Options are also available that allow you to combine search filters.

• These features help you to refine your search further.

• For example, you might want to search by Language and Owners.

• Once you have selected the Advanced Options you require then select the Submit button.

• Use the search Filters to find decks, for example by languages.

• Once selected the filter will alter results based on that filter.

• You can sort search results by Relevance or by Last updated.