Accessing and Contributing to the Committee Workspace/Wiki

Accessing the Wiki

Only committee members are allowed access to the wiki. As committee members, you will have access to the space(s) of the committee(s) for which you serve. You can log in one of three ways:

(1) Click on "login" at the top right of the SSP homepage. When you have been logged in, the system will return you to the SSP homepage. From there, click on the "Wiki" link at the top right of the screen. This will take you to the "Dashboard" screen; from here, click on your committee's link on the left under "Spaces."

(2) On the right side of the SSP homepage, click the green "login" button next to "Member Center." Enter the wiki as above in #1.

(3) Click on "Access the Committee Workspace" under "Member Center" on the right side of the SSP homepage. This option will take you directly to the "Dashboard" screen. From here, click on your committee's link on the left under "Spaces."

(Members receive a username and password with membership. If you do not know your username and password, check the email receipt you received when you paid your dues. If you are not able to find this email, click on the "forgot username" and "forgot password" links on the login page. If this does not work for you, contact Paula DeViney at pdeviney@resourcenter.com.)

Contributing to the Wiki

To edit a page, such as your committee's homepage, click on "Edit" under "Page Operation" on the left-hand side of the screen.

Pages are the first level of organization within a wiki. To add a page, click on "Pages" under "Add Content" on the left-hand side of the screen. As an example, you may wish to create a page called “2006-07 Minutes.”

Each page allows for the addition of "child" pages, a second level of organization. Child pages are listed at the bottom of each main page; to add a child, click on "Add Child Page" above the list of children. If you created a page called “2006-07 Minutes,” you may wish to add your committee's latest set of meeting minutes as a child. You can also add the minutes as a Word document (which will appear as a link to the Word doc) in the body of the "2006-07 Minutes" page or to a child page within the "2006-07 Minutes" page. To add a Word doc to a page, save it in Notepad first (to strip out coding), then click on "Documents" under "Add Content" on the left-hand side of the page. As you can see, there are many options for structuring your wiki space!

To add an event to your committee's calendar, click "Event,” under “Add Content.” You may wish, for example, to add your next committee meeting. As you mouse over the days within the calendar, an “Add New Event” icon will appear in the upper right-hand corner of any day. Click on that icon, select the calendar to which you wish to add the event, fill in the event information, then click “Add.”

The option to add a comment appears at the bottom of every page.  Comments are perhaps best used to discuss a particular topic. Comments are arranged, top to bottom, from oldest to newest. The author and time are added to every comment post. 

Questions?

Please feel free to contact SSP Staff member Linda Pocsik (lpocsik@resourcenter.com) or Wiki Committee Chairperson Joyanna Wilson (jwilson@audiology.org) with any questions that arise as you navigate the wiki.