On-line Community Help Page
frequently asked questions
1 What is this On-line Community ?
This On-line Community is a web site for members to participate in discussions,
polls, and chat rooms. Membership in this community is restricted to
members of the IEEE Toronto Section. This site is one of the set of IEEE
Communities, many of which can be seen listed on the Main IEEE Online
Communities web site. Note that
2 How to find the Toronto community ?
Use URL http://www.ieeecommunities.org/toronto or the link in the
left side navigation panel on the home page and many other pages of the IEEE
Toronto web site.
3 How to enter the Toronto community ?
Since the site stores cookies on your computer, the opening screen is
different depending on whether you are a recognized returning member or
not. If the site does not recognize you, you see the choice below
on the "Welcome" screen. If you were visiting earlier as a
member, you will see the "What's New" page immediately without logging
in. If you are recognized as a non-member, you see only the
"Join" or "Preview" links.
Preview allows you limited access to see what the site contains
without becoming a member. You need to check the "Agree" box and
click on "Start Previewing", then click "Enter Community", where you can
view any posted discussions or polls.
Join is the link to use to become a member. If you are not
already a member of any IEEE On-line Community, choose option A and
enter your email address (preferably your IEEE email alias). If
you have been sent an invitation key, enter it. Otherwise enter
your name, etc at the various prompts. You will see a message
indicating that your application has been sent to the site
administrator, who needs to respond via email to you. If you are
a member of the Section, your application should be approved.
If you are a member of the Section and your application is not approved,
the most likely reason is that your personal data (especially your email
address) are not correctly stored in the IEEE membership data base.
To update your personal information on-line, use this link
(you will need your IEEE web account username and password).
There is a delay between the time you update your information on-line
and its availability for verification.
Login is the link to use if you are already a member - just enter
your name and password. If you have forgotten your password, you
can use the displayed option to get it emailed to you (at the address
you gave to become a member).
4 What are the parts of the community site ?
The large white panel contains content selected by several of the
buttons on the left side. The light blue bar above contains the
"title" of the display in the white panel. The grey bar contains
buttons on the left side which depend on the content selected for the
white panel and a Help button on the right side which brings up the IEEE
Communities help window. The "Welcome" page is only initially
displayed when a new or unidentified user views the site. The
headings listed below are for the buttons on the left side navigation
panel (and a pulldown menu below). Some of the buttons are only
displayed if you can use them - for example, a non-member who is
previewing the site will not see the "Members" or "Preferences" buttons.
What's New
This is the default opening page for returning known members.
Announcements
These are notices posted by the site administrator.
Discussions
This page lists the discussion folders - click to view any sub-folders.
To add to any discussion, view it and click on the "Reply" link on the
right hand side. To start a new discussion, click on "New" in the grey
horisontal bar at the top.
Members
Lists all the members of the community.
Polls
These will be set up to sample member opinion from time to time.
Chat
A chat room for this community and other communities of which you are a member.
Help/FAQ
A Help page created on the Toronto Section web site for novice users of this
on-line community - set up in the format of frequently asked questions.
Feedback
This page is for sending feedback to either the site founder (senior
administrator) or the technical support staff of the IEEE communities.
Preferences
This page is where you change your personal preferences for this site.
IEEE Toronto Section
This opens the Toronto Section web site in a new window without logging
out of the site.
Main
This is a link to the main directory of public IEEE Community sites.
If you belong to several, they are grouped at the top of the page
for easy entry since you are still logged in (to the "communities site"
which hosts all of the individual ones). In addition to the
public sites, private (not listed in this directory) community sites
exist for IEEE entities such as committees to use for internal business.
Logout
Clicking this link takes you to the main directory of public IEEE Community
site with a login option at the top.
Jump to...
This pulldown menu at the bottom left of the site window enables you to
quickly navigate to any other IEEE communities that you have joined.
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