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The Help section contains a video Introduction to the portal, printable HOWTO documents and portal-use tutorials, USAID and US Federal web policy and standards, plugins needed for optimal portal use, and information concerning Deep Search, thesauri, indexing, glossaries and keyword lists.

Link Plone Manual (How To Use the RM Portal)
How to document for using the USAID RM Portal: adding content, managing content, creating collections, collaboration and workflow.
File Portal User Guide (PDF document)
A Guide to USAID RM Portal Usage. Version 2.1.2. The objectives of this guide are for you to: Configure your computer to use the portal. Find the portal on the Internet. Search for content on the portal. Navigate the portal, using tabs and the navigate menu. Search the portal for Content Find portal members View portal content, as well as email, print, and bookmark content, and toggle full screen mode. Get portal help. Login to the portal and understand terms of use. Set portal preferences. Understand portal Roles. Understand what content is. Understand that content has a Title and a Description. Understand that content has different states. Add different kinds of content. Manipulate existing content. Manage content in your my folder workspace. Manage group content. Add content to a public area of the portal.
Link New Member Orientation An Introductory - Training Course for New Portal Members
Link to NMO Folder
Link RM Portal Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ support
Page Glossary of Portal Terms
Description of terms used in the portal
Page Portal HOWTO Videos
Short Flash videos demonstrating basic portal tasks like add a file, folders, web pages, images, choose a default page, copy, paste, reorder, create email links, edit web pages, create hyperlinks, upload images, create news, and use a smart folder.
Folder HOWTO Document Folder
This folder contains HOWTO web page documents derived from the Portal User Guide. The HOWTOs are designed for print, reference, and follow-along usability.
Folder FAQ
 
Folder Glossary
NRM&D Portal Technical Glossary.
Folder (English) Getting Started Using the Portal
 
Folder (Portuguese) Getting Started Using the Portal
 
Folder Orientação Para Novos Membros: Português
Orientação para Novos Membros: Português
Folder Nouveau Membre Orientation: Francais
Nouveau Membre Orientation: Francais
Folder Nueva orientación del miembro: Español
Nueva orientación del miembro: Español
Folder US Federal Policies on Web Standards
This folder contains a collection of documents and/or links to US Federal web standards.
Folder Moodle Training
Folder containing materials related to Moodle training.
Folder Historical Portal Training Materials
This folder contains Powerpoint, links, How Tos and lessons from earlier Portal Training materials.
Folder USAID RM Portal /LMS and Access Grid Information 2007
Supporting documents for the USAID RM Portal assessment, Content, Learning Management and Access Grid Open Source IT triad solution 11/2007
Folder Thesauri, Indexing, Federated, Deep Search Folder
This folder contains a collection of resource links and/or documents concerning Deep Search, indexing and the use of online thesauri.
Folder Knowledge Management and the RM Portal
Handouts, PPT from USAID KM Fair February 25, 2008 Washington DC
Folder USAID XWeb Standards and Privacy Policies
This folder contains links and/or documents created by USAID concerning USAID policies on web standards.
Link Thesaurus Online
Thesaurus Online
File New Member Orientation Webcourse: Printer friendly, page numered, PDF version
New Member Orientation Webcourse: Printer friendly, page numbered, PDF version
Page Working Collaboratively in the Portal
Description of how members can collaborate on the Portal inside a group including: the Portal group function, private and public states, and group editing and member roles.
Link Zope External Editor
The Zope External Editor (Version 0.9.3, 2/20/2007, stable) allows collaborative real-time editing of web pages, MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and Powerpoint Presentation. Software must be downloaded and installed to your local computer. For more information on configuring the Zope External Editor see: http://rmportal.net/help/howtos/howto-install-and-use-zope-external-editor/
Link Skype
Free (proprietary) Internet Telephone software for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Talk long distance for free. Requires that your computer have a microphone, speakers, and a relativly fast connection to the Internet (DSL, cable, or better).
Link GAIM
Free (open source) Internet Chat software that speaks the major chat protocols (MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks).
Link Sunbird Desktop iCalendar Software
Free (open source) desktop calendaring software. iCalendar is the emerging standard for shared group calendaring, and may be supported by the portal in the future.
Link Firefox Web Browser
Free (open source) Firefox software for browsing the web.
Link Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client
A free (open source) email client for sending, recieving, and organizing your email.
Link Google Earth
The (free) Google Earth software combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Link Google Translator
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