This page will guide you through the process of becoming a registered user and actively participating in the TEACH project community. Questions about the content of this site are addressed on the Frequently Asked Questions page; any other questions should be submitted using the Suggestion Box.

Using This Site

• Get Started
  • Create a New Account (Register)
  • Log In
• Submit an Article
  • Enter Required Information
  • List Related Links
  • Include a Log Message
  • Attach a Document
  • Preview and Submit Your Article
• Edit an Article
  • Navigate to Your Article
  • Make Your Edits
• Make a Suggestion

Get Started

Any visitor can browse the content on this site by using the search function, browsing by category, or viewing the Glossary of Terms. Visitors can also contribute to the Forums, or find other resources on the Links page.

Registered users of the site can view and post comments on articles, download documents attached to articles, and submit their own articles to be considered for inclusion. These articles will be reviewed by site administrators, and published if appropriate.

Create a New Account (Register)

1. Visit the Create new account page.
2. Choose a Username and enter your e-mail address (required), fill out the “User information” fields (optional), then click the “Create new account” button.
3. An e-mail will be sent to the address you specified with a verification link and a temporary password (you may change this password under My account > Edit > Account Settings after you’ve successfully logged in).

Log in

Once you've created an account, you can log in by filling out the "Username" and "Password" fields in the sidebar to the left, then clicking "Log in". You can also visit the Login page.

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Submit an Article

1. Visit the Submit Contribution page. You can always find a link to this page n the navigation menu at the bottom of the left sidebar.
2. On this page (and in a newly-visible sub-navigation menu), you will find options to submit an "Article" or a "Forum Topic".
3. Click “Article” in the navigation menu or in the content area. This brings you to the “Submit Article” page. This is where all of the fields for the article are filled out.

Enter Required Information

1. Enter a title for the article. This is required.
2. Enter the author of this article. This is the name of the person who wrote the attached document and/or the abstract. The author of the article need not be the same person who submitted the article to the website.
3. Enter the institution with which the author is affiliated. If the author isn't affiliated with an institution, enter "None". This field is required.
4. Choose one or more categories, subcategories, and/or sub-subcategories under which this article should be classified. This is required.
   1. Clicking one of the main categories opens up a list of subcategories within an outlined box. If the article doesn’t fall into any of these categories, select the “Other” checkbox.
   2. If you choose one of the main categories, you must select at least one of the subcategory (or sub-subcategory) checkboxes. If none of the subcategories is appropriate, select the “Other” checkbox nested under the category.

      Example: My article seems most appropriate for the “Language Courses for Specific Purposes” category, but it doesn’t fit into any of the subcategories (Business, Law, Medical, Bibliography, Personal Review Questions). In this case, I’d select the “Other” checkbox at the end of the list within the “Language Resources for Specific Purposes” category box.

   3. Whenever a category or subcategory has further subcategories (children), it appears as a link with an arrow pointing to the right. Clicking the link opens a box with a list of that category’s children, and the arrow points down. If a category has no children, it appears as plain text link with a checkbox.
5. Choose the Subject Language that is related to this article (Non-specific, French, German, Italian, Spanish, ESL, and Other are currently the available choices). This is required.

   You may select multiple languages by clicking one, then holding down the Ctrl key while clicking a second language, (in Windows; use the Apple/Command key in Mac OS).

   Clicking one language, then holding shift while clicking another selects all languages between the two that were clicked.

6. Choose Language of the Article in the same way. This is required.
7. Choose whether the article is “Theory” or “Practice”, or select both using the methods above. This is required.
8. Enter a brief abstract describing your article in the “Abstract” text field. You can also use this field for other descriptive information, such as related links or authors. Text formatting options are described below the text field. This is required.

List Related Links

You can add any links to related websites. URLs entered will be converted to active hyperlinks. Feel free to enter multiple links and/or brief descriptions of the websites to which you are linking.

Include a Log Message

The “Log message” is optional, and can only be seen by you (while editing/revising), or by an administrator who is reviewing your submission. It is useful for providing more information to the site administrators about your submission, or asking them a question (e.g., how your article should be categorized).

If you are editing an article that you had previously submitted, you can use this field to make notes about this revision, and why you've chosen to revise it. See Edit an Article, below.

Attach a Document

1. Click the “File Attachments” link to upload the document containing the article itself. This can be a word document (.doc), PDF (.pdf), or plain text file (.txt).
2. Click the “Browse” button to locate the file on your computer. Click “Open” when you have found and selected the file.
3. Click the “Attach” button to upload the file. The filename will display in listings and detail pages, so be sure the document is named appropriately.
4. If you need to remove a file that is already uploaded, select the “Delete” checkbox. When the article is submitted, the file attachment will be deleted.
5. To replace an uploaded file, upload the new file (in addition to the first file), then select the “Delete” checkbox for the file that needs to be replaced (the first file). When the article is submitted, the first file uploaded will be deleted.

Preview and Submit Your Article

1. You can see a preview of your article by clicking the “Preview” button at the bottom of the page. If you have omitted any of the required fields, you must complete them before you can preview the article page.
2. When satisfied with this article record, click the “Submit” button.
3. Submitting an article adds it to the website content, but it will not be visible in any of the lists on the public-facing content until a site administrator reviews, approves, and publishes your article.

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Edit an Article

Registered users can edit articles that they have already created.

Navigate to the Article (Registered Users)

To edit a previously submitted article (for which you have access to edit), first you must navigate to that article. There are a number of ways to do this:

1. Immediately after you click “Submit” when creating an article record, you will be taken to the detail page of the article, showing all the information you just selected or entered. You can edit the article record at this point, or make a note of the URL of this detail page. You will be able to go directly to this URL to view or edit your article before or after it is published.
2. If a submitted article has already been published, you can get to the article in the same ways a site viewer would, by means of the “Browse by Category” menu, the search function, or in one of the featured lists on the home page.

Make Your Edits

If you are already viewing a detail page of an article (whether you’ve navigated to the article or clicked on the title in the list on the “Administer Content” page), all you have to do is click the “Edit” tab at the top of the article.

The edit mode should look familiar; it’s exactly the same interface as the “Submit article” form. The only difference is the addition of a “Delete” button at the bottom of the page.

While in edit mode, you can update information in any of the fields, add or delete attachments, or delete the entire article record by clicking “Delete” (you will be warned before anything is actually deleted).

When finished, click the "Submit" button. A new revision of your article is created. Site administrators will review the new revision, and publish the updated article to the live website if appropriate. Be sure to leave a Log message describing your edits or revisions to the article.

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Make a Suggestion

If you have a question, comment, or suggestion about this website, please visit the Suggestion Box. This is the best way to suggest additions or revisions to the categories, glossary terms, or links.

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