1. Co-funded by the European Union , through the Comenius Programme Web Portal Slide Show http://portal.organic-edunet.eu Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom

2. Home page Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom Main menu Login to your account Create a new account or manage access problems Review portal’s stats RSS Feed support Shortcut to text based search Shortcut to semantic search Shortcut to tag based search Organic.Edunet Web portal satisfaction survey

3. Home page Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom Links to other relevant resources Panel for navigation throughout the presented resources Criteria for the presentation of the available resources Short presentation of the resources matching the criteria selected above Main links about guidelines on finding and contributing resources

4. Search Menu Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom The main page of the Search menu presents general guidelines on how to use the available search tools in order to find resources

5. Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom Text based search main form Organic The user fills in a keyword of his choice If he wishes he refines his search by filling in the rest of the fields 1 2 He selects whether to search each word separately or whether to find the exact phrase 3 Search: Text-Based

6. Popular Social Tools and Scenarios for their use in the classroom Organic He selects SEARCH in order for the results to appear 4 List of Search Results Menu for navigation among the result pages available on top and bottom of the results Search: Text-Based

7. Organic The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details Main title Overview Resource’s categorization characteristics (Resource Type, age range, keywords) Access to the resource’s full text and main site Licenses of the resource, presented in the form of Creative Commons. The icon is a link to the explanation of the symbols. The user has also access to rating-tagging information of the resource. In order to rate the resource himself, he must be logged in. Logo of the institution that has validated the resource. The icon is a link to the institution Search: Text-Based

8. Organic The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details Links to list of resources categorized as the selected resource type Rating and Reviewing history Links to list of resources tagging with the selected tag and tagging functionality Links to analytic resource Metadata Search: Text-Based

9. Organic The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details Links to analytic resource Metadata Search: Text-Based x

10. Organic The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details The user can return to the search results by selecting “Go Back” Search: Text-Based

11. Browsing main search catalog The resources are categorized by type and educational level Next to each category appears the number of available resources listed in it In order to see the available resources of a category, the user clicks on its name Search: Browse

12. The category opens a new page in which a search form appears above the resources, for the user to refine if he wishes the search within the category Menu for navigation among the resources, available on top and bottom Search: Browse

13. The user selects the resource he wants by clicking on its name. The resource opens in a new page with its available details as described in Text Based Search Search: Browse

14. The user is presented with the most popular tags concerning the resources, which are defined by other users and the popularity of a resource. The tags are floating around while the user moves around the mouse. When the user focuses on one tag it becomes red and it comes to the front. The tag opens the relevant resources in a new page by clicking on it when it becomes red. Tag based search – presentation of main tags Search: Tag-Based

15. Tag based search – presentation of main tags In the new page that opens the relevant resources are presented in a list showing an abstract about each resource or other short relevant information Search: Tag-Based

16. Tag based search – presentation of main tags Again the user can see the detailed page of the resource of his choice by selecting its title Search: Tag-Based

17. In this window the basic groups of interest terms are presented in a tree mode. Through this tree the user can navigate in the ontology. Semantic search – presentation of term selection from the terms-tree The user can see the terms included in each group by clicking on the name of the group Search: Semantic

18. The user can see the terms included in each group by clicking on the name of the group Semantic search – presentation of term selection from the terms-tree Automatically the system produces the 10 first results of the search with the selected term which is now highlighted in the tree and its branch is black. Search: Semantic

19. Semantic search – presentation of term selection from the terms-tree The user can select a term-leaf of the selected term in order to refines his search Automatically the system produces the 10 first results of the search with the selected term which is now highlighted in the tree and its branch is black. Search: Semantic

20. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form The search form is filled in with a term that the user wants to conduct his search with. organic matter 1 Search: Semantic

21. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form organic matter The selected term is added to the search filter. 2 Search: Semantic

22. The selected term is added to the search filter. 2 Automatically the system produces the 10 first results of the search with the selected term. organic matter Semantic search – presentation of term selection form Search: Semantic

23. Automatically the system produces the 10 first results of the search with the selected term. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form The user can also specify the way he wishes his keyword to be connected to the resource. 3 Search: Semantic

24. The user can select to see all of the results and not just the 10 first by clicking on SEE MORE RESULTS . This will lead him to a list of search results just like the ones in browse page. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form Search: Semantic

25. As in all other search types, the user can see the details of a resource, by clicking on its name. Semantic search – presentation of term selection form Search: Semantic

26. Search for Educational Scenarios This type of search allows users to search for educational scenarios and their resources. It looks in the resources' title and description of all the educational scenarios in the federation for the keywords that the user is typing. The user types in the keyword on which he wants to base his search Organic If he wishes he refines his search selecting Resource type or Educational level, or by searching the exact phrase or each word seperately 1 2 Search: Scenarios

27. Search for Educational Scenarios Organic If he wishes he refines his search selecting Resource type or Educational level, or by searching the exact phrase or each word seperately 2 When the user is done he selects SEARCH and the results are produced 3 Search: Scenarios

28. Organic Search for Educational Scenarios When the user is done he selects SEARCH and the results are produced 3 As in all other search types, the user can see the details of a resource, by clicking on its name. Search: Scenarios

29. Information on Institutional collections Instructional collections Menu

30. Presentation of the available collections on the Organic.Edunet Web portal Instructional collections Menu

31. Basic instructions on how to connect your collection to Organic.Edunet Web portal Instructional collections Menu

32. Basic information on the support of user communities and collections by Organic.Edunet Web portal Instructional collections Menu

33. Presentation of the communities currently supported by Organic.Edunet Web portal User communities Menu

34. Guidelines on how to join one of the available communities User communities Menu

35. Basic information on how to create your own community in Organic.Edunet Web portal User communities Menu

37. Presentation of the philosophy behind the portal’s structure and resources in order to offer content of high quality and value Quality Assurance Menu

38. Presentation of the process which is followed for the qualification of the contributors and their resources Quality Assurance Menu

39. Presentation of the quality assurance process of resources uploaded by individual users Quality Assurance Menu

40. Presentation of user driven quality mechanisms used by Organic.Edunet Web portal for the evaluation of the available resources Quality Assurance Menu

41. Organic.Edunet Web portal as a repository tool Repository Tool Menu

42. Information on Organic.Edunet project and the partners’ behind the portal About Menu

43. Information on Organic.Edunet project and the partners’ behind the portal About Menu x

44. Information on Organic.Edunet project and the partners’ behind the portal About Menu

45. Information on Organic.Edunet project and the partners’ behind the portal About Menu x

46. Information on Organic.Edunet project and the partners’ behind the portal About Menu

48. Creating a new account XXXXXX XXXXXXXX [email_address] ******** ******** The user fills in the form with the personal details requested. The ones marked with * are obligatory fields. As soon as the form fields are completed successfully the user clicks on the REGISTER button in order to complete the registration procedure. 2 1 Login Menu

49. Registration is completed successfully As soon as the registration is completed, the user returns to the Homepage automatically, where an information message is presented concerning the activation of the account. Login Menu