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If you didn't receive your pre-course joining instructions by email you can see them here:  
If you didn't receive your pre-course joining instructions by email you can see them here:  


[http://eepurl.com/be2h89 '''Joining instructions''']
[http://eepurl.com/be2h89 '''Joining instructions''']  


== Course Information  ==
== Course Information  ==
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[[Special:RequestAccount|'''Request a Physiopedia account''']]  
[[Special:RequestAccount|'''Request a Physiopedia account''']]  


== Sign up to the Physiopedia Volunteers Facebook group  ==
== Sign up to Slack ==


Make sure that you have signed up to the course [https://www.facebook.com/groups/physiopediavolunteers/ Facebook group].  This is where discussions will take place each week in relation to the topics of that week.  You will need to be part of the group so that you can contribute to the discussion.
You will recieve an invite by email to Slack, be sure to accept the invitation and get Slack set up on your computer.  This is the chatting platform that the team uses at Physiopedia and is where the discussions will take place each week in the course.  We will be using a specific team set up in Slack for the purposes of this course, when you graduate from this course you will transition into the live team!   


[https://www.facebook.com/groups/physiopediavolunteers/ '''Sign up to the Facebook group here''']<br>  
'''[https://slack.com/downloads Download the Slack apps from here]'''<br>  


== Pre-Course Reading<br>  ==
== Pre-Course Reading<br>  ==


*[[Volunteer|Read about volunteering with Physiopedia]] to be sure that you know what you're letting yourself in for!&nbsp;
*[[Volunteer|Read about volunteering with Physiopedia]] to be sure that you know what you're letting yourself in for!&nbsp;
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Revision as of 16:43, 19 January 2016

Introduction[edit | edit source]

These activities must be completed before the course starts.

Joining Instructions[edit | edit source]

Please make sure that you have registered to participate in this course.

Register for this course

If you didn't receive your pre-course joining instructions by email you can see them here:

Joining instructions

Course Information[edit | edit source]

Please make sure that you have thoroughly read through the course information page as this will give you an understanding of the context of this course and what is expected of you during your participation in this course.

Course information

Sign up for a Physiopedia account[edit | edit source]

For this course you will need an account to edit Physiopedia. If you don't have an account you can get one here. Once you have requested your account you will receive an email which will contain a link to confirm your email address.  Please click on this link!  We will then be alerted to activate your account which is a manual process so may take a couple of days.  Once your account is activated you will be sent your login details and a link to your user profile by email.

Request a Physiopedia account

Sign up to Slack[edit | edit source]

You will recieve an invite by email to Slack, be sure to accept the invitation and get Slack set up on your computer.  This is the chatting platform that the team uses at Physiopedia and is where the discussions will take place each week in the course.  We will be using a specific team set up in Slack for the purposes of this course, when you graduate from this course you will transition into the live team!   

Download the Slack apps from here

Pre-Course Reading
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