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Introduction to the User Guide for NCPEA Reviewers

Module by: Mark Husband

Summary: An overview of the user guide.

The Purpose of this User Guide

The purpose of this user guide is to instruct you on the tasks you must perform in Connexions as you act as reviewer for the NCPEA authors. These tasks include working with Connexions accounts and workgroup content.

Who Should Use this Guide

This user guide is intended for members of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) who are reviewing material written by NCPEA authors.

What this Guide Contains

The topics addressed in this guide are:

  • Connexions Accounts - An account enables you to write, edit, and publish your content in Connexions.
  • Workgroups - A workgroup is similar to a file directory on your computer. A directory in which you can review documents before they are published.

A Brief Description of Connexions

Connexions is a Web-based document creation and management system for education and research materials. There are two parts to Connexions: a Content Commons that contains these materials and the software tools necessary to create, manage, and access these materials. A tour of the workings of Connexions and its parts appears on the Connexions Web page (http://cnx.rice.edu), under the "About" tab.

From its inception, Connexions was designed to allow the collaborative development and free availability of material. Instructors and authors can use and reuse the material in Connexions for any educational purpose. Connexions offers Free/Open Source software tools to help instructors and authors manage these information assets for sharing and advancing knowledge to benefit of students in the global educational community. All of this is accomplished through the use of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).

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