Accounts & Affiliations
Bookmarks
Comments
Contributing Content
Discussion Boards
Friends
Groups
Recommendations
RSS
Tagging
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To get started, create a free OUSports.poweredbyedmap member account.

- Complete all fields on the Join page. Click on the help icon for additional information about those fields.
The text you put in the First Name and Last Name fields is what will be displayed on the site for you and others to see. Even though your username is not widely used, you should still choose something that you are comfortable with others seeing.
Usernames are required to be at least 6 characters and should only contain letters and/or numbers. Do not use special characters in your username, such as punctuation.
- When you have completed all required fields, click the Join Now button to finish the registration process. At this point, you will be automatically affiliated with the OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com site, which allows you to contribute content, take courses, connect with other members and otherwise participate on the site.
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If you are already a OUsports.poweredbyedmap member, you may sign in using the same username and password as you have used in the past. If you are unable to sign in, select the Forgot Password link in My Account or contact sportsticketing@edmap.biz. You must be signed in to contribute content, comments or ratings; post to discussions; bookmark pages; recommend content; purchase courses; add friends; or view certain member profile information.
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Profile Viewing and Privacy Options
When you created a member account on this site, you also created a personal page called your Public Profile. This page carries information that would appear in a member directory as well as a summary of your activities on the site.
When you sign in to OUsports.poweredbyedmap.com, components of your Public Profile and Member Information will display. You can select the information that will appear to others when they view your Public Profile page. The more information you make visible to others, the more connections and opportunities for information exchange; however, we want you to choose the level of information you are comfortable sharing.
- To choose how much information you would like to make visible to others, select the Edit Account link in your My Account area after signing in. Then choose the Profile Viewing Options tab.
- The Member Information Fields grid at the top of the page customizes the information that will appear in your Member Information, which is visible to anyone who looks at your Public Profile page. The lower portion of the page includes all other Applications that are available in your Public Profile page.
- There are three categories of viewers: Everyone, Members & Friends, and Only Friends. "Everyone" refers to anyone who visits OUsports.poweredbyedmap, regardless of whether they are a member or signed in. "Members" are those who have created a OUsports.poweredbyedmap account and are signed in. "Friends" are those members with whom you have chosen to share more information.
- To change the default (narrowest) setting, uncheck the Only Friends checkbox by the field you want to change, and then check the Members & Friends or Everyone checkbox. To provide the broadest accessibility, check Everyone.
- Click Save.
- Next, customize who can see other information in your Public Profile using the Applications fields. My Account and Member Information are marked by default because they must display in order for you to have an account and use the website. However, you can use the Member Information settings in the previous step to choose how much information you wish others to see in these areas.

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Create an Avatar
An avatar is a visual representation of yourself online. On the OUSports portal, your avatar is a thumbnail-size image that appears on your Public Profile and also anywhere on the site where you interact with content or other members. If you post to a discussion board, comment on another member's profile or submit a document, your avatar will appear next to this content along with your name.
When you first create an account, a generic placeholder graphic is used until you upload a personal image of your choosing. Consider these guidelines when selecting an avatar:
- Any image file type, such as a .png or .jpg file, can be used.
- Select or create an image that is roughly 130 x 156 pixels. This is the optimal size for displaying the image across the site.
- As a general rule, photos tend to display better than line drawing/cartoons.
- Remember: the whole community will associate you with your image, so choose an image that is appropriate.
- Do not use any copyrighted image.
Upload an Avatar to your Profile Page
- Click on Edit Account in the My Account area
- Under the Profile tab, click on the Change Photo link.

- Browse your computer and select the image you would like to upload.
- Click Save. This adds the file to the image directory.
- Return to the previous page (Profle page) and click Save on the top section under Member Information. This will add your avatar image to your profile.
- Your new avatar will now appear on your Public Profile and alongside your activity on the site.
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Bookmarking Pages
You can bookmark pages on this site to make them easy to find again in the future. Bookmarked pages are saved and accessed at the top of your My Page page. If you choose to share your bookmarks with other members, they will display at the bottom of your Public Profile page.
- Find the page that you wish to bookmark.
- Look for the Bookmark icon at the bottom of the page, just above the footer.

- Click the Bookmark icon to add a link to this page to your Bookmark list on your My Page page.
- The title of the page will appear in the popup box. Modify the title if you wish, then click Ok. Click Close to return to your page.
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Managing Bookmarks
You can manage your bookmarked pages by editing the name of the bookmark or deleting a bookmark.
- Locate the Bookmarks area on your My Page page to view your bookmarked pages.
- Click on the pencil icon (Edit) to the right of the bookmark name to edit the name of your bookmarks. Click on the trashcan icon (Delete) to remove the bookmark from your list.
You can also manage your bookmarks as you create them, by clicking on the Manage Bookmarks button.
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Comment on a Friend's or Member's Profile
The Comment feature allows you to comment on a friend’s Public Profile and on documents or courses. Commenting allows you to create your own personal discussion board on your profile and contribute to conversations on your friends’ profiles.
- On My Page, in the Friends area, click on the avatar or name of the friend whose profile you wish to visit. (Use the Show All or List Friends links to see your full list of friends).
- Click on one of your friends' names, or on the List Friends page click View Profile. Your friend’s Public Profile now displays.
- Locate their Comments Board and type your comment and click Post.

Note: Others can view whatever you post on your Public Profile or comments posted on a friend’s profile, depending on the privacy options you or your friend has selected.
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Comment on a Document or Course
Commenting on OUsports.poweredbyedmap.com content allows you to share feedback that is helpful to the community. Only signed-in members can post comments; no anonymous commenting is allowed.
Comment on a Document
- Click on the title of any document on the site. It will open up in a new page.
- At the bottom of the page, type your comment in the blank box provided. If this box does not appear, please verify that you are signed in.

- Click the Post button.
- Click Return to Full Page.Your comment will now appear with the document.
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Comment on a Course
You can comment on a course only after enrolling in and launching the course. Your comments will appear whenever a member or visitor views the course description page. Your comments can help others decide if a particular course will be valuable.
- Navigate to your My Courses page through My Account or your My Page page.
- Select the course you want to comment on and click Add Your Comment.
- Type your comment and click Save.
- Your comment will now appear on the course description page.
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Create a Document
You can publish articles, handouts, presentations and other types of content to the OUsports.poweredbyedmap.com site, thereby helping to build the community's knowledge base. Only signed-in members can post documents; anonymous publishing is not allowed.
You may post a document to any page that displays a Documents tab. Find the page most relevant to your content and follow the steps described below.
- Click the Documents tab. You should see a Submit Document button at the top of the list. If you do not, please verify that you are signed in.
- Click the Submit Document tab to begin the publishing process. There are four main steps to creating a document:
- Enter document details
- Enter content
- Set Preferences
- Copyright
STEP 1: Enter document details
- Enter a Title. This can be no longer than 75 characters (including spaces). Be sure to choose a title that will make sense when read out of context from the rest of the document, such as in search results. Avoid vague or "cutesy" titles.
- Enter the name of the document’s authors. By default, your name will appear in this field; you can change this if needed, simply by typing new text in that field.
- Write a description, which will appear on the site under the title of the document, summarizing the content. This text will also be used to aid searching, so it is helpful to choose terms that are likely search keywords. The description field is limited to no more than 250 characters.
Note: All 3 fields in this step are required; you will receive an error message if any are left blank.
If you scroll down the page, you’ll see the other three fields:
- Publication Date: Defaults to today’s date; however, you can select a different date if needed.
- Choose Topic Pages: Defaults to the page you are currently working on. This field lists all of the pages in the site and lets you add the document to other pages in the site.
- Tag this document: You may select tags from the list or add your own tags to describe your document.
STEP 2: Enter content
- You can enter content directly into the WYSIWYG editor or copy and paste content from another source, such as a Word document or text file. You can also choose to attach a downloadable file to your document. Executable files (e.g., an .exe. or .bat file) are not allowed due to the possibility of a virus. Please be aware that large files will be difficult for people with slower connection speeds to download.

The WYSIWYG editor offers a variety of options for editing and formatting your text. You’ll find character selection and formatting tools, text search, and paragraph formatting, among others. You can add links to pages on other websites, images and tables to your own pages as well.
For more information on the editor see Using the WYSIWYG Editor to Create Content.
Upload files for download
You can also choose to upload a file such as a Word document or PDF file.
- Go to add/or upload a file beneath the WYSIWYG editor.
- Use Browse to locate the file that you want to upload. You can upload multiple files. Do not upload .exe. or .bat files, which are prone to viruses.
STEP 3: Set Preferences
- The third step when creating a document is to enable or disable other members' ability to rate the document. You do this by clicking the checkbox on the left side of the page. Rating is a five-star system for members to rank the value of content.
STEP 4: Enter copyright information
- The final step is to add copyright information. There is only one field in this step, and it is required for posting the document. You can accept the copyright notice that is provided on the page or you can provide your own. (Or you can choose not to enter a notice.) In any case, you must click the checkbox acknowledging that you are legally entitled to distribute the content in order to complete the posting process.
Once you have created your document, you can choose the following options:
- Click Post to publish your document to the site
- Click Save and Continue Editing to save the document but not publish it at this time
- Click Delete to delete your document
- Click Preview to view the page before saving or posting
- Click Cancel to exit the document editor
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The WYSIWYG editor provides a full set of tools for adding and formatting text and graphics on a page. The following illustration contains a screenshot of the editor and its toolbars:

The top two lines in the toolbar are for handling text. Many of these buttons may seem familiar if you’ve used a word processor like Microsoft Word. If you are unfamiliar with a particular button, you can hover your mouse over the button and the name of the tool will appear after a few seconds.
Text Editing Tools
This table describes all of the toolbars and their function.
| Functions | Toolbar and Buttons |
| Set font properties such as font type, size and color |  |
| Set character formatting properties like bold, italic, etc. |  |
| Undo/redo; Cut, copy and paste; paste from plain text, paste from Word; select all content; and remove format |  |
| Find and replace content and perform spell checking |  |
| Create numbered and bulleted lists; indent or outdent paragraphs; left, center, right and full justify paragraphs |  |
HTML Formatting Tools
| Functions | Toolbar and Buttons |
| View HTML code |  |
| Create and delete links and anchors |  |
| Add images, Adobe Flash files, tables, emoticons and special characters |  |
The rest of this topic will show you how to use most of the HTML formatting tools in the last row of buttons:
- Insert Link
- Remove Link
- Insert Anchor
- Insert Table
- Insert Smiley (Emoticon)
- Insert Special Characters
Insert Links
Rather than pasting a website URL into the text, it is preferable to create a hyperlink for text in your document.
To add a link to a page:
1. Select the link text you want to link from and click the Insert/Edit Link button.
2. Enter the URL for the page you are linking to and click OK.

If you prefer to display the URL in your text, watch out for long URLs that can distort the layout of the page. If your URL is long, consider using tinyurl.com to create a short version.
Remove a Link
To delete a link from a page, select the link and click the Remove Link button. This will not delete the text that was associated with the link.

Insert/Edit Table
Please be aware that tables created in HTML can create problems for readers using certain browsers or accessibility devices, and they are therefore discouraged.
To add a table to a page:
Place the cursor where you want the table displayed and click the Insert/Edit Table button.

In this window, you can set
- The number of rows and columns.
- The width of the table in pixels or percent of the window. This should be no more than 700 pixels to prevent distortion of the page layout.
- The height of the table in pixels.
- The width of the border around the table.
- Its alignment on the page – Left, Center or Right.
- The amount of spacing between cells.
- The amount of spacing between the border of the cell and its contents.
- The caption for the table.
- A summary of the table’s content.
These settings in the above image will create a table that looks like this:

Insert Smiley (Emoticon)
To insert a Smiley face on a page:
1. Click the Smiley button in the editor.
2. Select the “Smiley” character you want to use. The image will be placed on your page, in line with your text.

Insert Special Character
Special characters are those which cannot be created with your keyboard, such as diacritics and certain punctuation.
1. Click the Special Character button in the editor.
2. Select the Special Character that you would like to use. The character will be placed on your page, in line with your text.

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Insert an Image
You can add images to a document you create or edit on this site. Before you can insert an image, you need to make sure your image is stored in a place where it can be accessed from the site. A photo-sharing website such as Flickr is a good option for this. Any formatting or resizing of your image should also be done before it is inserted into your document or portlet.
The following steps show you the process of adding an image to your document:
- Locate the document you will add your image to and click the Edit link.
- Select the location where your image will be placed.
- Click the Insert/Edit Image button.
- Copy the image URL and press CTRL + V to paste the image URL into the field.
- Add Alternative Text to your image. This text will appear if the browser is unable to display your image, which is important for those users with special accessibility requirements.

6. Click the OK button and the image will appear on the page.
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Copyright and Creative Commons
On this site you have opportunities to create and share your content. As noted in this user guide, you can create documents, upload images and contribute to discussions. We encourage the sharing of community created content, and we want you to know that you have options for protecting your "intellectual property" on the site. Follow this link to view a brief video to help you understand copyright basics. The following information pertains to your options for protecting the copyright on any documents you publish on this site.
Creative Commons provides free tools that let you decide how you want to the public to interact with and possibly reuse your work. Creative Commons provides a range of options, from full copyright — all rights reserved — to the public domain — no rights reserved. The purpose of Creative Commons licensing is to provide legal protection of your work while encouraging others to use your work under defined circumstances, such as a class or presentation (a some rights reserved copyright).
Before selecting a Creative Commons license, you can find an overview of the different types of licenses available and find out which one is most appropriate for your work. Once you have selected a license, you simply copy and paste the code into the box under Step 4 of the document creation process. The license you select will protect your document under copyright and indicate to others how they can use your work appropriately.

There are a lot of great resources available on the Creative Commons website for understanding the different types of licenses available.
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My Courses
The My Courses page is your place for managing and tracking your course activity on this site. You can access the My Courses page from your My Account portlet. Once you have purchased a course, you can access and launch your course from the My Courses page.
Only the first couple of courses are displayed under each section of My Courses. Use the Show All link to display the full list of courses. Courses are listed in alphabetical order.

Scheduled Courses
- A list of in-progress scheduled courses that you are enrolled in.
- When your course is scheduled to begin, you can start the course by clicking Launch Course.
- Once you have launched a course, you can comment on it by clicking Add Your Comment.
- You can recommend the course to a friend any time by clicking Recommend to a Friend.
Recommendations for You
- Any courses that have been recommended to you by other members of this community.
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Posting to Discussion Boards
Discussions can be found on many pages of the site, including Group pages. Discussions are open for everyone to view, but you must be signed in to this site to reply to a post or create a new thread.
Create a New Discussion Thread
Be sure to familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines around discussion etiquette.
1. Navigate to any page that displays a Discussion tab, for example, Club House.
2. Click the Discussion tab.

3. Click the Post New Thread button at the bottom of the page.

4. Type a title for your message in the Subject field. Choose a title that will convey the subject matter clearly to people scanning the discussion board. For example, "What do you think about this?" is vague; "How to reconfigure your mouse" is more specific.
5. Type your message in the Body field. Formatting, hyperlinking and emoticons are available for your use.
6. Add tags if you wish to help surface the content in search results.
7. Attach files, if desired.
8. Click Preview to view your post before submitting.
9. Click Save (this will post your discussion).
Reply to a Discussion Thread
You can reply to an existing discussion thread by clicking the Reply link and following the directions above for creating a post. The image below shows the options for participating in discussions:
A. Your profile picture and name will appear each time you reply or post a new thread. You can also view the recent posts from a particular member.
B. Tag a discussion by adding your own tags or selecting tags from the list.
C. Change your view of the discussion board, post a new thread or subscribe to a thread.
D. Reply to a discussion thread. You can also choose to include a quote from the thread which you are replying to. Click Top to return to the original discussion thread.

Subscribe to a Discussion Thread
You can subscribe to individual discussion threads to follow the activity on a particular discussion. Each time a member posts a reply to the discussion, you will receive an email with the text of their post.
1. Click on the Discussions tab.
2. Click on the Actions button next to the thread you want to follow.
3. You have two options for following a discussion thread: RSS and Subscribe.
4. Click Subscribe to receive updates to a discussion thread by email. These subscriptions will also be listed on your My WebJunction page. You can delete a subscription in that area.
5. Click RSS to receive updates to a discussion thread through an external RSS reader. (For more info on RSS, see the RSS section of the User Guide.)

Find and Add Friends
The OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com site helps you build your own professional networking community and increase knowledge exchange among your peers. Collaborate more directly with your peers by accessing and commenting on a friend's Public Profile.
1. Select My Page on the top banner navigation.
2. Click Find Friends under the Friends section of the page.

3. Search for members by name, email address, place of work or geographical location. This will search the entire OU Sports portal member directory for matching results.
4. In the search results, find your friend and click Add as Friend
5. A confirmation message will display: “Your friend request has been sent.” This will add a friend request to the invitee's My Page, as well as send a system-generated email to the address associated with their member account.
To respond to a friend request:
1. Return to My Page and select Friends Requests.

2 For each Friend Request, you are provided three options: View Profile, Accept Friend Request, or Remove Request.

8. Select Accept Friend Request to add the member to your list of friends. Use the View Profile link to learn more about the member first. Click Remove Request if you wish to delete the request rather than accept it.
You have now added this member to your Friends.
Note: Once you have added a friend you can see more of their profile, including their other friends!
Create a GroupWhat Makes a Good Group?Groups help you connect and share resources and discussion with colleagues around a common interest. For example, you can connect with colleagues who are: - Interested in a specialty not addressed in a topic area
- In a certain geographical locale
- Working on a project together
- Enrolled in a common course, to share as a learning cohort
- Attending a conference
- Alumni of an specific school
- A staff member of a sports team
Determine if your interest is already covered in an existing topic page by browsing or searching the various pages on the site. If you find an existing topic, share your documents and discussions there. Create a Group1. Click the Create Group link. 
2. Enter Name and Description information. Note: In naming your group, please use this naming convention: Group: name of group (e.g., Group: Baseball Fans). You are required to add or select at least 3 tags. This helps ensure that groups are created to address topics and interests not yet represented on the site. 3. Click Continue. Browse the existing groups displayed to determine if your suggested group is unique to the site. 
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page. 5. Click Yes to continue the group creation process. Clicking No will cancel the process. 
By default, this group will be associated with the topic page you were viewing when you selected Create Group. 
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click the checkbox to the left of the “I accept that OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com has the right to move or delete the Group and all members within the Group” to enable the Save button. 7. Click the Save button. 8. Exit the Create Group procedure. You have two options for exiting the Create Group Procedure: either by clicking the “Take me to my new group page” button or by clicking the Return to Full Page option. 
Join the GroupNow that you have created the group, you need to join it.
1. Click your new Group link. 2. Click the Join Group link. 
Your display will "grey out" and you’ll be asked if you are sure want to join the group. 3. Click the Confirm button. 
You will see a confirmation that you have been added to the group. You can now invite other members to the group. 
Invite People to Join Your Group1. Go to your Group page. Make sure you have joined the group; your avatar will be displayed in the Group Members area. 2. The Invite People and Leave the Group links will display on Group Members.
3. Click Invite People.
4. Enter one or more email addresses. 5. Click Send. A standardized email will be sent to the recipients to invite them to join your group. Those who are not already OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com members will be invited to register in order to join the group. Return to Top Recommend Content & CoursesRecommend ContentYou must be signed in to use this feature. 1. Select the title of a document to open it up.
2. Click the Recommend to Friend button at the bottom of the page.

3. A new window will open on top of the greyed-out page.

6. Enter one or more email addresses of the people (members or nonmembers) to whom you would like to send this recommendation into the Email Address field. You must use commas to separate the addresses (do not use semicolons). You can enter up to 5 addresses.
7. Click Send. A standardized email will be sent to the addresses that you entered, with a link to the content you are recommending. Recommend CourseYou may come across a course description and want to recommend it to someone on OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com (or even someone who might not be a member). You can recommend a course to a friend or OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com member, even if you have not enrolled in the course. However, you must be signed in to use this feature. 1. Locate a course by browsing the catalog under the Courses tab or through search. 2. Click on the course name to view the course description. 3. On the course description page, click Recommend to Friend. 4. Enter the email addresses of the people you want to receive your recommendation. 5. Click Send. A standardized email will be sent to the addresses that you entered, with a link to the course you are recommending. 
Your recipient will receive your email message with a link to the course description in the WebJunction course catalog. Return to Top Create an RSS FeedYou can set up an RSS feed to keep up to date with new content posted to the site. Any page that displays the orange RSS "chicklet" can be fed into an external RSS feed reader. 
Before you beginAn RSS feed reader is a third-party tool that WebJunction can interact with. Most are available for free and are easy to set up. Some commonly used feed readers are Setting up a Feed for a Topic Page1. Locate the page you want to add to your feed reader. 2. Click on the orange RSS chicklet. 3. A new page will open with code that you can copy and paste into your RSS reader. 
Setting up a Feed for a DiscussionYou can also set up RSS feeds as a way to follow discussion posts. You can receive updates on all of the discussions on the page, or you can follow an individual thread. Follow All the Discussions on a Page 1. Locate the discussion page you want to follow. 2. Click on the orange RSS chicklet in the upper right corner of the page. 3. Copy and paste the RSS code into your feed reader. 
Follow a Single Discussion Thread 1. Locate the discussion thread you want to follow. 2. Click on the Actions button. 3. Click on the orange RSS chicklet. 4. Copy and paste the code into your RSS feed reader. 
SearchYou can search for content, courses and OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com members using the global search box at the top right of every page on this portal. You can also search the course catalog using the search box built into the catalog. A global OUSports.poweredbyedmap.com search will look for your search term where it is found within Content (which includes documents and discussions), Courses, Members and Groups. The most common search is a keyword search. A keyword search looks for terms in the title, author, description and tags, as well as where your term(s) appear in the content on Public Profile pages of other members. Search results and the number of items returned are displayed across the Content, Courses, Members and Groups tabs. 
Advanced SearchBelow is information about some advanced search parameters from our current site. All the operators should be the same in the new Search (although indexing and relevancy will be improved): To narrow your search, use the following methods: Phrase search - To match an exact word or phrase, use quotes around the word or phrase. Example: "public access computing"
To find results that contain all of the search terms: - Use AND between each of the terms. Example: immigrant AND patrons (note: AND must be in all caps)
OR - Precede each word with a plus sign (+). Example: +immigrant +patrons
To eliminate a term from the results: - Use NOT between each of the terms. Example: patrons NOT immigrant (note: NOT must be in all caps)
OR - Precede the term to be eliminated with a minus sign (-). Example: patrons -immigrants
Field Search - You can limit a search to a specific field in the index by placing a colon between the fieldname and a single word.
- The fields available for searching are: keywords, description, author, title, and reference
- Example: title:wiki
- This search will find items in which the title contains the word wiki.
- If you include additional words in the search, Search looks for these added words in the content.
- Example: title:wiki public software
- This search will find items in which the title contains the word wiki and may contain the words public or software.
TaggingCreating Tags and Tagging ContentA tag is a keyword or term that describes an item. Tags also help others find items through browsing or searching. You can create your own tags or select them from the list. You have many options for creating tags and tagging content on the site. You can add tags to the following content on WebJunction: - Your public profile page under Select Interests
- Documents
- Discussions
- Groups
- Courses
A lot of tags have already been populated; however, we encourage you to add your own tags to this list. Tag Documents, Groups and CoursesYou can add tags to documents, groups and courses. Tags help to describe content, make it more searchable and link to related content. The following example will show you how to tag a document. Adding tags to other types of content follows a similar process. - Click the title of any document.
- Look for the text box alongside the Add Tags or Select Tags button.
- To select from a list of tags that already exist, click on the Select Tags button.
- Check the boxes beside the tags that you want to select; you can select more than one.
- Click Save.
If you don’t find any existing tags that you want to use:
- Type the tags you prefer in the text box, separated by commas, and click Add Tag.
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