LNS Resource Hub

User Guide

Who can use this website? The LNS Resource Hub was designed for literacy practitioners and adult learning educators who teach, tutor or mentor adult learners in Nova Scotia, and are employed by or affiliated with NSCC or a community learning organization.

What is the purpose of this website?
· To allow practitioners to share and co-develop teaching resources
· To provide forums for discussion about resources and best practices

How do I create a user account?
Email the website administrator and provide the following:

• Your name
• Email address
• Name of Learning Organization


As practitioners use the LNS Resource Hub, we hope they will:

• Make connections with literacy practitioners around the province

• Recognize and value the skills they currently bring to working with learners, and broaden and deepen their areas of strength

• Broaden their knowledge of the Nova Scotia School of Adult Learning

• Learn about new specific teaching techniques and strategies for working with adult learners

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The website administrator will email you a registration code.  Click on the Create new account link in the User login box on the right side of the homepage. Fill in the text fields and click the green button.

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How do I find my personal profile on the website?
Once you have created a user account and logged into the site, click on your username at the top right hand corner. You will see your profile page. Click on the edit tab to upload a profile picture and add your biography.

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Links to your user activity, resources, and discussions you have contributed to will appear on your profile page. Other site users will be able to access the content you create via your profile page.

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How do I join a discussion group? Click on the Groups tab and you will see a listing of all the groups. Click on the one you want to join, and you will see the main page for that group. Click the Subscribe to group button.

When you subscribe to a group, any discussions, resources and comments posted in that group will appear in your Activity feed. 

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Can I create a new discussion group? No. Email the website administrator to make the request and include the name of the new discussion group.

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Can I have a private discussion group? No, all discussions on the site are public and any site user can see them. 

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How do I create a discussion?
Discussions must be created within a discussion group.
First, click on the Groups tab to see what discussion groups have been set up. Decide which group your discussion should be created in. 

Clicking on My Groups will display only the groups you have subscribed to. Clicking on All will display all groups.

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Select which group your discussion should be created in, and click on the group link. You will see the Group main page.
Click the New Discussion button.

Are there any discussion topics that are not allowed? Please keep all discussions polite. Protect the privacy of adult learners by not mentioning their names. Users can report broken links and offensive posts by clicking the 'Report this post' link.

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Create a Discussion Topic: When creating a discussion, a user must fill in 3 mandatory fields. 
· Title (no drop-down menu – just type in)
· Subject Area (drop-down menu)
· Level (drop-down menu, N/A if level does not apply)
Write a discussion question in the Body field. You can upload a resource to the discussion post if you want. Apply tags to your discussion. Users must choose a minimum of 2 tags but may choose more. Click the green Save button at the bottom of the page.

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How do I upload a resource to the website? Resources are uploaded within discussion groups.

To upload a resource, click on the Groups tab and find the group you want to share the resource in. You will see the Group main page. Click the New Resource button in the Recent Resources box at the bottom of the page.

You will see a Create Resource page. When uploading a resource, a user must fill in 5 mandatory fields.
·  Title (no drop-down menu – just type in)
·  Group (drop-down menu)
·  Resource Type (drop-down menu)
·  Level (drop-down menu, N/A as a choice for when the resource is for instructors, or an article, etc)
·  Subject (drop-down menu)

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Write a description of the resource. Upload the resource file. Apply tags to your resource. Users must choose a minimum of 2 tags to describe the resource but may choose more. Click the green Save button at the bottom of the page.

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