African Plants Training 4.1.2008

Aluka
African Plants
Training

3.20.2008

Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 1

I can change the language to
English, French, or
Portuguese by clicking here

Public pages provide general
information such as Help and
background materials

Menus link to related pages

Exercises:
1. Explore the Menu options
2. Go to Help Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 2

Log In allows you to
create an Aluka User ID
and log in

Getting Started Guide is
available in PDF format so
you can save or print it.

I can find information on
how to search and view
materials in Aluka

Exercises:
1. Go to Log In


If I log in, I can save and
share all the materials in
Aluka. I can also save and
share measurements,
views, browses and
searches.

Aluka Passwords are
case-sensitive

I can create my own User
ID by clicking here

Exercises:
1. Go to Create User ID


I can see that my access
is through my institution

I can create an Aluka
User ID with this form

I can see the benefits of
logging into Aluka

Exercises:
1. Create User ID
2. Go to Homepage Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 5

I am logged in as myself

I can click Advanced
Search

I can enter the library by
clicking on any of the
browse categories for that
content area

Exercises:
1. Go to Uses in African Plants
2. What can we expect to find there? 2008 Ithaka Harbors
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I can browse further into the
collection by choosing a
category

I can click on the number of
objects to go directly to that
results list

I can Add another category if I
want to narrow my browse
further

Exercises:
1. View Results for Medicines


My Browse Path is beginning
to take shape

I can limit the objects per page
to 20, 50, or 100

I can click on the Species
page link to go directly to the
Species page

Exercises:
1. Go to Species Page
2. What kind of information is Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors
collected there? 8

I can explore the Species
Page by clicking on any of the
tabs

Species Pages contain a host
of information, including
Family and Genus Types,
Accepted Names and
Synonymy, Specimens, Use
information and Flora

Exercises:
1. Go to Specimens
2. Open Specimen in Viewer Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 9

The Viewer always opens in a
separate window and can be
resized

The Viewer has many
powerful tools. I can drag my
cursor over each tool to see
what it is

I have many different ways to
view this specimen

Exercises:
1. Explore tools
2. Zoom in and measure scale Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 10

The measurements are not
calibrated yet. I can fix this by
clicking Calibrate. Each
specimen has a scale so that I
can calibrate measurement.

The Measurement tool allows
me to measure the specimen

Exercises:
1. Go to Calibrate


I can read the instructions on
how and when to calibrate

I enter the new measurements
and click Calibrate. Every
measurement I take thereafter
will be calibrated

Exercises:
1. Enter new measurements and click Calibrate
2. Measure specimen and click Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors
Measurements 12

I can save my Measurements.
I can enter Comments as well

My new measurements are
calibrated to centimeters

Exercises:
1. Enter Comments and click Save
2. Zoom in on Specimen and click Regions Ithaka Harbors
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I can also Save the Image to
my computer

I can also Save Regions of the
specimen by clicking Regions.
I enter Name and Comments
to save it for later

Exercises:
1. Enter Name and Comments and click Save
2. Where is this information saved?

I can Close the Viewer by
clicking here

I can save as many regions as
I want

Exercises:
1. Close Viewer window and go to Homepage
2. How can I get to the Homepage?

Everything I save is saved in
My Aluka

If I want to see the full browse
page, I can click Explore More

There are many more types of
African Plants materials than
specimens

Exercises:
1. Go to letters for African Plants


There are many viewing
options for each object,
including Download PDF,
Larger View and Viewer

I can click Add/Edit tags if I
want save an object

Exercises:
1. Click Add/Edit tags


All materials are saved in My
Aluka

A tag is a word or phrase I use
to save my object. It can be
any word or phrase. I use
University of Ghana so I can
remember later.

I can add Comments if I want.
Comments will help me
remember why I saved this
object

Exercises:
1. Enter tags and comments and click Save
2. Where is this information saved?
3. Go to homepage

I can change the language to
English, French, or
Portuguese at anytime

I can see all my saved objects
in My Aluka

Exercises:
1. Go to My Aluka


I can see all my tags and the
number of times I have used
them

I can share tags, but first I
have to choose which one to
share. So I choose the
University of Ghana tag

I can see all the objects
associated with my tags

Exercises:
1. Click University of Ghana


I can share my tag by clicking
here

Exercises:
1. Go to Share this tag


I can enter up two 20 email
addresses or I can copy and
paste the URL into something
else, like a class assignment
or a syllabus

I can change the message
any way I would like

Exercises:
1. Share tag with classmate or michael.gallagher@aluka.org


I can see this is a different
person. This is the person I
sent the tag to

My colleague can see the tag
in her Community Tags. It will
not interfere with My Tags

She can see who shared the
tag with her

Exercises:
1. Explore Community Tags tab
2. Go to Homepage Copyright 2008 Ithaka Harbors 23

If you have any questions,
take a look at the Help
menu or contact Aluka User
Services at
user_services@aluka.org

Any questions?
Contact User Services at user_services@aluka.org


Exercises

1. Create your own User ID

2. Save an object and add comments

3. Open a Letter in the Viewer and Save a Region

4. Open the Viewer and calibrate and measure a specimen

5. Save a measurement

6. Share a tag with me (michael.gallagher@aluka.org) or
with a fellow colleague


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