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| | The Star Cafe:
- is an Internet based collection of collaborative tools
- is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
- is supported by the Information Technology (IT) Department of the AFSC.
- includes tools which are software programs
- includes tools which are collaborative practices
- supports groups and communities within the AFSC.
- supports groups and communities served...
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| | The AFSC ITD Helpdesk can be contacted via e-mail at helpdesk@afsc.org. Please note in your e-mail that your question concerns the Star Café, and the name of the room where you encountered the problem. The Help item at the top of each page currently points to the Helpdesk e-mail. |
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| | The Star Cafe tools are those products we support and use in a collaborative way. The list of tools and support will grow along with the Star Cafe. The following are some examples of these tools. ( * = web parts inside of the Star Cafe Rooms)
- Discussion Boards
- phpBB
- Star Academy*
- Macaw Discussion List*
- Email
- Distribution Lists (DL)
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| | The Glossary (http://www.afscstar.org/Lists/glossary/AllItems.aspx) offers definitions for the terms in the Star Café. You can also access it at any time by going to the Star Cafe Lobby, clicking on one of the tabs, and selecting “Glossary of Terms” toward the bottom of the tab. |
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| | The Star Café is a series of rooms set up for the members of various communities to interact. Each room is an internet accessible ‘site’ operating in a Microsoft SharePoint collaborative software environment. In general, community rooms are “open to the public” (anonymous access) for reading, and therefore should contain general information about the purpose of the community. This is a good place for... |
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| | The Star Café has “private” or “work” rooms, which differ from community rooms in that access is limited to invited members for collaborative interaction. Such rooms are where document development and task specific discussions can take place out of public view.
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| | The focus of the Star Cafe is to support activists who are working in groups to put Quaker values into action.
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| | Once you have logged in, you can change your password using the following steps:
- Click “Admin” at the top left of the page, then click “Site Settings”.
- Under “Manage My Information”, click on “Update my information”, then click on “Change password”.
- Type your old password in “Old password”. Type what you want your new password to be in both “New password” and “Confirm new password”, then click...
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| | If you change your e-mail address, you need to update your profile for the Star Café SharePoint environment, so that system messages and alerts will reach you. Once you have logged in, you can update your e-mail information using the following steps:
- Click “Admin” at the top left of the page, then click “Site Settings”.
- In the “Manage My Information” section, click on Update My Information.
- Click...
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| | You have the ability to change your display name if necessary, by updating your profile for the Star Café SharePoint environment, so that you are properly identified. Once you have logged in, you can update your display name using the following steps:
- Click “Admin” at the top left of the page, then click “Site Settings”.
- In the “Manage My Information” section, click on Update My Information.
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| | To download from a library:
- <right click> on the item to download and select “Save Target As...” From a picture library you can click on the ‘check box’ to select an item, then click “Download” label in the header bar
- Select a location to download to, and click the “Save” button.
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| | To upload to a library:
- From the web part page, select “Upload Document” or “Add Picture” from header bar
- Select the file by typing in the location, or click the browse button for the classic Windows file selection screen
- Click on “Save and Close” to activate the upload
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| | As you use the Star Café, you can set up Alerts, which provide e-mail notification when there is activity, by doing the following:
- Select the web part you want to receive alerts for by clicking on the title at the top or name in the "Navigation Zone".
- In the left hand column under “Actions”, click on “Alert me”
- On the “New alerts” page, you can tailor your alerts:
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| | No. www.afsc.org is the offical website of the American Friends Service Committee.
The Star Cafe (www.afscstar.org) is not meant to speak for the AFSC, or be a formal publication of the AFSC. Star Cafe is a set of informal working tools used by many people and many groups. |
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