?The NACURH Forum?

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?The NACURH Forum?

• Clueless?
• Frustrated?
• Confused?
• No Need!

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What, Where, Why, How?

• What?
• A forum to provide a means for member schools
  (YOU) to network and share information
• Where?
• nacurh.org/forum
• Why?
• To network
• Share ideas
• Share issues and solutions
• Learn how to apply new ideas to your campus
• How?
• That is what we will talk about now

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Where To Begin

• Go to nacurh.org/forum
• Below is the bar that appears at the top of the
  page
• There are 3 options on this bar, click the one
  you want
• FAQ
• Register
• Login

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Register Step 1

• Clicking Register brings you to the page below
• Then you have the option to click either
• Before 03 Nov 1995
• On or after 03 Nov 1995
• Note that either option still allows you to
  register

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Register Step 2

• Next it will take you to a Terms page

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Register Step 3

• Next you must fill in personal information
• Username
• Password
• Language
• Time Zone
• After submitting
• this info you
• will receive a
• confirmation
• e-mail.
• And youre done!

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Login

• Once you are registered, you can login using
• Username
• Password
• This then
• takes you
• back to the
• front page.
• There are also basic login functions like
  automatic login, hide status, and register.

Login
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FAQ

• The FAQ Page is a great place to have your
  questions answered!

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Using The Forum

• There are many parts of the forum
• General Topics
• Navigation Settings
• Posting
• Tips
• These are only a few major bits of knowledge you
  need.
• There is much more you can do, but it is just
  frills!

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Using the Forum General Topics

• Once logged in, you will be transferred back to
  the front page.
• You will see the list of board topics
• General Discussion
• NRHH
• Advisors
• NIC
• NSRO
• Regional Breakdown CACURH, GLACURH, IACURH,
  MACURH, NEACURH, PACURH, SAACURH, SWACURH

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Using the Forum Navigation Settings

• You will also notice that your options have
  changed.
• On the left you now have
• User Control Panel
• View Posts yours
• View Posts unanswered, new, and active topics
• These links are used to sort through the masses
  of posts
• On the right you now have
• Members
• Logout your name

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Using the Forum Posting

• So how do you post on the forum?
• Find a topic you are interested in
• Click on that topic
• You will have a button that says Post Reply

POST REPLY
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General Discussion

• Get nationwide information.
• Ask questions of the Executive Board Members.
• See what the Execs are doing.
• See what the national committees are doing.

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Advisors

• Advisors can network and share information.
• You can ask advisors questions.
• Find out how advisors on different campuses work.

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NRHH

• Discuss ins and outs of NRHH.
• See what is new with NRHH.
• Ask questions about NRHH.

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NACURH Information Center (NIC)

• Discuss the NIC.
• Ask the NIC questions about affiliation, RFI,
  etc
• This is a great place to find answers to
  questions that others may have had as well!

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NACURH Service Recognition Office (NSRO)

• Discuss NSRO resources.
• Ask questions.
• Learn more about how the NSRO can be a resource
  for you.

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Region PACURH

• Network and share information regionally.
• See what the RBD are doing each month.
• Answer a monthly question with info from your
  campus! This is a great way to share information
  and very useful!
• This is the most relevant spot on the forum to
  get PACURH info!

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User Control Panel

• Overview
• Profile
• Private Messages
• Usergroups
• Friends Foes

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View Posts Yours

• This shows all the topics you have posted in.
• When you post it adds a star to the topic.

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Members

• This is a list of all the members.
• It can be sorted by pressing any of the column
  titles.
• This can be useful to see who is active and who
  you can network with.

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Posting a Reply (1)

• Here you have many options to format your reply.
• B, I, U,
• Font Size,
• Font Colour,
• Smilies,
• and more..

• NB This is in html format so make sure to
  highlight the area of text that you want to be
  affected! There will then be extra words on
  either end of the text. See above.

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Posting a Reply (2)

• By pressing preview you can see what the post
  will look like before posting it.
• Then When you are ready submit and get a
  conformation.

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Tips

• You can mark topics and posts to notify you when
  there has been a response.
• You can put up a picture as an icon.
• You must register with the Forum BEFORE you can
  register with nacurh.org
• nacurh.org is where you order Resource File Index
  (RFI) reports!
• You can also check there for your schools info
  and affiliation status.
• EVERYONE can use the NACURH forum!

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The NACURH Forum!

• Doing Your Part Makes This Organization Work!
• The more you put into the forum,
• the more you will get out!