How to Manage Your Communities and post to the aupha network

1. How to Manage Your Communities and post to the aupha network Revised July 2019

2. Sign in to the Aupha network Visit aupha.org. Select ‘Sign in’ in the light blue box at the top of the page.

3. Sign In to the Aupha network Login ID is your email address on record with AUPHA.

4. Enter your Communities Once you are signed in, select ‘AUPHANetwork’ from the top of the page. Then select ‘My Communities”

5. Enter your Communities This page shows all the communities you can access, including the Open Forum, the Faculty Forums and Discussion Groups you have joined, and the Committees you serve on.

6. View All Communities To find a list of all AUPHA Network Communities, select the “Communities” link. You can also select the arrow on the “Communities” tab.

7. View All Communities Select the “Join” button for any Faculty Forum or Discussion Group that is of interest to you. Communities that show “View Only” are most often linked to Committees and access is restricted to members of that committee.

8. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion To view and participate in discussions in a community, click on the name the community from your community list.

9. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion You will see a list of the most recent Discussions. You can post a new discussion by selecting the “Add” button.

10. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion Posting a discussion is similar to sending an email. Type a subject for your post. You can also post the same message in any other communities to which you have access by selecting them in the “Cross Post to” field. Type your information in the text field. You can add hyper links and format the test using the icons above the test box.

11. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion Your default signature is based on your information with AUPHA. You can edit your default signature by selecting the “Edit” box. You can attach a file to go along with your post. Those reading your post will be able to view and /or download the file. The file will also be saved to the community library. When your post is complete, select “Send.” All the members of the community will receive a notification of your post.

12. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion • Submitting your post: • Send – Your post will be submitted. All the members of the community will receive a notification of your post. • Schedule – You can schedule your post to be delivered at a future time and/or date • Save as Draft- If you are not done with your post, you can save it as a draft and go back to it at another time to complete it.

13. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion Save as Draft- To return to your draft, select “My Profile” from the AUPHA Network tab on the front page of the web site. Select “My Contributions”. Select “List of Contributions”

14. Community Discussions – Post a Discussion You will see all the content you have contributed. Any post you have saved as a draft will be so noted. Select “edit draft” to get back to your saved draft.

15. Community Discussions – Read and Reply From the home page of the Community, click on the subject line of a discussion post to read the discussion.

16. Community Discussions – Read and Reply If you would like to contribute to the discussion, select “Reply” and your post will be added to the discussion and can be viewed by everyone in that community. You can also reply just to the member who submitted the post by selecting the arrow next to the reply box and select “Reply Privately” Your reply will only be seen by the person who posted the item. Posts can also be marked inappropriate and the AUPHA Staff will be notified.

17. Community Discussions – Edit a Post If you create a post and then need to change or add to it, go to the Community home page, select the post, select the arrow next to “Reply”, then select “Edit.”

18. Community Discussions – Edit a post This will return you to the post. Make your edits and then select “Save”

19. Community Library Many of the Faculty Forums, Discussion Groups and Committee Communities have a Library where files are stored. The files may have been attached to a discussion post or saved directly to the library. You can view the most recently shared files when first entering the community home page, or you can select “Library” to see all the stored files.

20. Community Library The files are arranged in folders. Select a folder to show the contents of the folder. Double click on a file to view it.

21. Community Library Click on the link to view or download the file.

22. Forums and Discussion groups • Open Forum – All members are automatically added to the Open Forum. Posts should be of interest to all members. Posts to the forum are moderated and are reviewed by AUPHA staff. • Faculty Forum – Members are welcome to join any forum of interest. Faculty Forums have a Chair and Chair-Elect. Posts are not moderated. Faculty Forums meet in person during the Annual Meeting. • Discussion Groups – Similar to Faculty Forums but do not have formal leadership and do not meet in person. Posts are not moderated. Active Discussion Groups can apply for Faculty Forum status. Discussion Group/Faculty Forum Policy Faculty Forum list