38 Degrees AchordusSome tips about using the tool

Log in using your user name (your email address) and the unique password you were sent.

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Logging in

Watch the welcome video

Getting started

Edit your profile by clicking here

Find out more about the project, review the terms and conditions of taking part here

Join the discussion by clicking here

Getting started

Review the context for the discussion

Choose a discussion topic that interests you

Click on “Take me to the discussion”

Click on “Post a comment”

Posting a comment

1. Give your comment a relevant title here

2. Add in more detail here

3. Choose a few words (tags) that will help people find your comment according to content, click add

4. Click “Post”

Click ‘Reply’

You can also reply directly to another person’s comment. Instead of hitting “Post comment” you can click “Reply” on the bottom right hand corner under someone else’s comment. This is how the discussion builds up.

These are your personal navigation tools. They will organise the information that the tool shows you according to what you’ve done in here before.

You can see all of your own comments by clicking “My comments”

You can see all the unread comments that have been added since you last came in. The unread comments will show this yellow star next to them. To open up all unread comments (and clear the yellow stars) click this link.

Getting around the discussion

Getting around the discussion

Flags are a way to “pin” interesting conversations.

To flag a comment, click on the little grey flag to the left hand side of the title of the post you are interested in. It will turn orange. The tool will let you find these comments easily, and show you when someone replies to your flagged comments. Only you see your flagged comments.

Getting around the discussion

The tags are a collective view of what is going on in the discussion. Everyone adds tags to their comments. These collect in the tagcloud. The bigger the word in the tagcloud, the more people have added it to their comments, so we can build up a picture of what is important to the community through what they tag.

When you click on a tag in the tagcloud, it will show you all the comments that have been linked to that word.

Everyone contributes to the tagcloud through tagging their comments. It is important to ensure that you tag your comments according to content so that if someone is interested in one of the tagged subjects, they can find your comment

When you want to leave the discussion, log out by clicking Logout here. Remember to check back often to see how the discussion has developed.

Leaving the discussion

Getting help/finding out moreIf you would like help with the tool please email support@achordus.com

If you would like to find out more about 38 Degrees please visit our website at http://38degrees.org.uk

If you would like to find out more about the Achordus tool or process, please visit our website at www.achordus.com or email Erica Packington, Director of Consulting at epackington@achordus.com