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== Pre-Course Reading | == Pre-Course Reading == | ||
*[[Volunteer|Read about volunteering with Physiopedia]] to be sure that you know what you're letting yourself in for! | *[[Volunteer|Read about volunteering with Physiopedia]] to be sure that you know what you're letting yourself in for! | ||
*[http://www.physiospot.com/physiopedia/five-things-i-learnt-from-completing-the-physiopedia-volunteer-orientation/ Read about the volunteer experience] from one of our volunteers | |||
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== Sign up for a Physiopedia account == | == Sign up for a Physiopedia account == | ||
For this course you will need an account to edit Physiopedia. If you don't have an account you can [[Special:RequestAccount|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! | For this course you will need an account to edit Physiopedia. If you don't have an account you can [[Special:RequestAccount|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. | ||
[[Special:RequestAccount|Request a Physiopedia account]] | [[Special:RequestAccount|Request a Physiopedia account]] | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 29 July 2017
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
These activities must be completed before the course starts.
Pre-Course Reading[edit | edit source]
- Read about volunteering with Physiopedia to be sure that you know what you're letting yourself in for!
- Read about the volunteer experience from one of our volunteers
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.
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.
Sign up for Slack[edit | edit source]
You will also recieve an invite by email to Slack, so be sure to accept the invitation and get Slack setup 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. Once you graduate from this course you will transition to the live team!
Download the Slack apps from here
Introduce yourself[edit | edit source]
Once you have got yourself all set up with Slack gor to the #general channel and introduce yourself. Say "Hi" to your fellow volunteers! Tell us where you live, where you work or study, how much experience you have and what you hope to get our of this course.
