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A.GET STARTED USING THE KMWG SITE + LISTSERV
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Joining Our Community and Auto-Generated Notifications
This KM.GOV site is world accessible for read-only access.
If you wish to participate in the site's collaboration features — adding or editing content in the Wiki pages, posting new Forum discussion threads or adding comments (replies) to existing threads, and joining the KMWG listserv — please contact the Site Facilitator to request a user account.
After receiving your account credentials, sign in (upper right). Click My Settings. On the Profile tab, click the Change Password checkbox to activate the fields below. Enter your original password, a new password of your choice, confirm it, and click Update.
New members will automatically begin receiving messages distributed via the KMGOV listserv.
IMPORTANT! If you wish to receive auto-generated e-mail notifications when new Forum Threads or comments on existing threads are posted, return to My Settings. On the Preferences tab, click the checkbox for Forum Notification, then click Update. (NOTE: The Send me daily digest checkbox pertains to content added or changed in the Wiki area of the site, not the Forum threaded discussion area!)
Watch List
As the KMWG collaborates on new Wiki content, community members may wish to monitor or "watch" certain Wiki pages, depending on their areas of interest. After signing in, locate any Wiki page you wish to watch. While on the View tab of the page, click the little icon that looks like an envelope with a green + sign (located in the upper right of the page). That will add the page to your Watch List. From then on you should receive a system-generated e-mail message every time a change is made to the page or any comments are posted on the page's Discussion tab. You may add as many Wiki pages as you wish to your Watch List. To remove pages from your Watch List click My Settings > Watch List; then click the check box next to the page you want to remove and click the Delete button. You will be deleting the page from your Watch List only, not actually deleting the page!
RSS Feed
An RSS feed is available for the Forum threaded discussions. Go to
http://km.gov/forum and click the RSS button in the upper right of the screen.
Wiki Tips
Edit
You must be signed in to perform any editing functions. To edit a Wiki page, browse to the page you wish to contribute to and click the Edit tab above the Title.
WYSIWYG
Once in Edit mode, notice the WYSIWYG editor features. Hover your mouse pointer over any icon to see a descriptive tooltip. To expand the WYSIWYG editor to include advanced features, click the >> button at the far right end of the top panel of the WYSIWYG editor. Once expanded, you will see the full set of feature icons on each subsequent visit to the the Wiki, until you shrink it back to the icon sub-set by clicking the << button, also at the far right. The bottom row of the WYSIWYG editor contains table-related icons. This icon set is grayed out until a user clicks in a table embedded in a Wiki page. The icons may then be used to perform actions on the table, such as Add Row, Add Column, Sort, etc.
Create New Sub-Page
You must be signed in to create new pages. Click an existing page in the Page Hierarchy from Project Home (see menu choice at top left of screen) or from the Page Hierarchy (from the Browse Project drop-down menu at the top of the screen). You should be in the View tab of the page you have selected. From the New drop-down menu (top of screen), select Page. A new page window will open allowing you to assign a Title, Tags, Description, and page Content. Be sure to click Save when ready. You will be returned to the View tab of the new page you have just created. Return to Project Home or the Page Hierarchy to see your new sub-page in the hierarchical structure. Please be careful when creating new pages from Project Home; they may not display in the hierarchy where you expect them to.
Discussion Tab for Wiki Pages
The Discussion tab (above) is for discussion about the particular Wiki page a user is currently on. This area would be used for discussion or debate on points in the Wiki content that is under development. NOTE: See the Forum area of the site for general KMWG discussions (i.e. those that were previously carried on via the KM.GOV listserv. Click Forum in the left navigation to jump there. See the Forum section below for more information.
Help
Click Help (upper right) to access help resources about the SamePage tool on which this project is built.
Forum and [kmgov] Listserv
The Forum area of this site can be used for carrying on threaded discussions on topics related to the Federal Knowledge Management Working Group. The KMWG also maintains a listserv for announcements and discussions. KMWG members have expressed a preference for the push approach to carrying on discussions via listserv messages sent/received through their e-mail account or mobile device, rather than the pull approach of visiting the KMWG Forum to start or comment on message threads. When you request a user account for the KMWG site, you will also be added to the listserv membership.
A pre-assigned username/password is required to participate in the Forum Threads. To receive auto-generated e-mail notifications when new threads are created or comments are added to existing threads, after logging in, click My Settings (upper right), then the Preferences tab. Check the box for Forum Notifications. You should then begin receiving notifications. However, you will need to visit the Forum area of the km.gov site to post or comment on Forum Threads.
To access the Forum area, click Forum (top navigation). The short URL http://km.gov/forum will also take you directly to the top level of the Forum, and you may bookmark it for quick return access.
The default sort is by Last Updated On date, in descending chronological order. Click any column heading to sort on that column. One click will sort descending; a 2nd click on the heading label will sort ascending.
Use the paging Next or Last links to browse the Forum threads.
To comment on an existing thread, click the thread title to view its content. Scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your comment in the field provided, and click Save. To reply to a particular existing comment, locate the comment and click Reply to This in the upper right corner of the comment. Enter your comnent in the field provided and click Save. Your reply will appear threaded in connection to the original comment.
To post a new thread, click Forum in the left navigation panel to return to the top page of the Forum area. Click Post a new thread (upper left). A blank template will display. Enter a Title (required), optional Tags (see the Tags section below for more information about this feature), and type or cut/paste your message body into the Content area below the WYSIWYG editor. When ready, click Save (upper left in the WYSIWYG editor).
Attachments
To attach one or more documents to a Wiki page, click the
Attachments tab at the top of the page, then use the
Attach more files | Attach multiple files links, as required. To access a Wiki page's attachments, click the
Attachments tab at the top of the page or the
Attachments link at the bottom of the page and click the desired attachment to initiate download of the file. Even better — while in Edit mode on a Wiki page use the Paperclip icon on the WYSIWYG tool bar to turn selected text into a clickable link that launches an attachment. Type the text, then select it and click the Paperclip (Link Attachment) icon. In the Link Attachment pop-up dialog box, click
Browse and locate the file on your local system. Click
Attach in the dialog box. IMPORTANT! Wait for the system to upload the document and then click
OK. The dialog box should close and return you to your Wiki page (still in Edit mode), where you’ll see that the selected text has become a clickable link. Save the page, which will take you to the page in View mode. Click the link to test it.
It is also possible to attach documents to a new Forum Thread or when adding a Comment to an existing Thread. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, click
Browse, and locate the document on your local system. The document will be uploaded when you
Save.
Tags
Assigning Tags to a Wiki page or a Forum thread allows for categorization of pages within a project.
One or more comma-separated tags may be assigned. It is expected that the KMWG will develop and apply a set of taxonomy-based tags, which may then be used for consistency across the Project's content.
To assign a
Tag, while in Edit mode for a Wiki page or while creating a Forum Thread, click the down-arrow icon to the right of the
Tags field to open the list of existing Tags. Browse the list to locate appropriate tags. Select one or more tags by clicking the check box to the left of the tag name. Then click the green + sign to assign the Tags. Alternately, type one or more comma-separated tags in the
Tags field, but please use the existing list first to avoid unnecessary duplication in the Tag cloud, such as
Collaboration and
collaboration. The Tags will be saved when you save the content.
To view the KMWG content by the categorized Tags, click
Browse Project > Tags. The Tags will display as an alphabetical Tag cloud at the top and a vertical alphabetical list below the cloud. Next to each Tag in the vertical list is a number in parentheses, indicating the number of content items that have a given Tag. The larger a Tag appears in the cloud, the more content items have been tagged with that term.
Help
For additional context-sensitive Help regarding the SamePage tool, click
Help (upper right). The Help material will launch in a new window. Note: To view the Help pop-up, you may be required to enable pop-ups for this site in your browser options or preferences.
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