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Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial that explains how to use Forums.
00:07	In this tutorial we will learn to
00:10	Register on the Spoken Tutorial website
00:14	View forum questions
00:17	Post a new question in forums
00:21	Answer a question in forums and
00:24	Search via keyword or video time
00:28	This tutorial is recorded on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 operating system and Firefox web browser
00:38	You can use any OS or web browser of your choice.
00:43	Spoken Tutorial Forums are used to post questions on a particular portion of a specific tutorial.
00:52	Any registered learner can ask doubts related to a particular FOSS course
00:59	Offline learners can refer to the Forum questions and answers to clear their doubts
01:06	I’ll open Firefox web browser and type spoken hyphen tutorial dot org
01:15	The Homepage of Spoken Tutorial website opens.
01:20	On the menu bar, locate Forums and click on it.
01:25	We are redirected to the Spoken Tutorial Forums webpage.
01:30	On the top part of the page is a slider, which displays all the software series in graphic form.
01:38	Just below the slider, is a prominent blue button named “View all previous questions”.
01:46	On the right of this button, we can see the total number of questions posted so far.
01:53	And the total number of answers posted till date.
01:58	Below this is the Recent questions section.
02:02	Here we can view the 10 most recently posted questions, arranged in chronological order.
02:10	At the top-right corner, we can see Search, Ask Question and Login links.
02:19	We will learn about these later in this tutorial.
02:23	Now, let’s click on View all previous questions button.
02:28	Immediately, we can view all the questions that have been posted in Forums, till date.
02:35	The entire sorting is in alphabetical order of FOSS name.
02:40	All questions with FOSS name starting with “A”, is displayed first.
02:46	So, we see Advanced C questions followed by Advanced C++ and so on.
02:54	20 questions are displayed at a time on the page.
02:59	To see more questions, we can use the page selector at the bottom of the list.
03:06	Please note. We are viewing these questions without any login.
03:12	To view the corresponding answers, simply click on the Title of the question, like this.
03:19	Now we can see all the answers posted by various users for this particular question.
03:26	Click the back button of the browser to come back to the previous page.
03:31	Note the various column headers. These are clickable.
03:36	Now, let’s click on Tutorial and Title column heads, to see what happens.
03:44	Each time we see that the sorting changes to alphabetical order of that column.
03:51	Now let’s click on Min, Date, View and Answers columns.
04:01	The sorting changes to ascending or descending order of that particular column.
04:08	We can see how many answers have been given for a particular question, in the Answers column.
04:15	Views column specifies the number of views that a particular question has received.
04:22	User column displays the username who posted the question.
04:27	In the FOSS column, click on the magnifying glass icon next to the FOSS name.
04:34	For example, I’ll click on the magnifying glass next to Moodle-Learning Management system.
04:41	It shows a list of all the tutorial names on which questions were posted, in alphabetical order.
04:49	Now, click on the magnifying glass icon next to any tutorial name.
04:55	I’ll click on Admin Dashboard.
04:58	All the questions posted for the tutorial Admin Dashboard are displayed.
05:04	The order of display is in ascending order of minutes and seconds.
05:10	This helps us to check all the questions that are posted under a particular FOSS and tutorial.
05:18	Now click on any question to read the full question and the answers posted.
05:25	To return back to the question list of that particular tutorial, click on the name of the tutorial.
05:33	Let me go back to the same page once again.
05:38	To return back to the question list of that particular FOSS, click on the name of the FOSS.
05:45	Let us go to the Homepage of Forums.
05:49	To do so, click on the logo and the text Spoken Tutorial Forums, at the top left.
05:57	Next we will see how to use the Search feature on Forums.
06:03	Click on the Search link at the top right of the page.
06:07	In the Search by Keyword tab, we see a textbox with a hint to type a FOSS name.
06:15	I’ll type Arduino and click on the Search button.
06:19	All the forum questions that contain the word Arduino get displayed.
06:25	Next, click on the Search by Time tab.
06:30	4 drop-down menus are displayed on the page.
06:35	In Select Category dropdown, we have to choose the FOSS. I will select Scilab.
06:43	In Select Tutorial dropdown, choose the tutorial. I will select “XCOS Introduction”
06:51	Then select the minutes and seconds range in the respective dropdown menus. And click on the Search button.
07:00	If the selected minute and second has any questions, then they will be displayed.
07:06	This is how we can view questions and answers on Forums.
07:11	What should we do if we want to post a new question?
07:15	First of all, we have to be a registered user in Spoken Tutorial website to post a question.
07:23	Click on the Login link at the top right of the page.
07:28	If you are a registered user, type the username and password and click on the Login button.
07:35	If you are not a registered user, please read the information given under Rules and Regulations. Then click on the Register button.
07:45	Register Yourself window appears.
07:49	Type in all the details as requested in the form. And then click on the Register Me button at the bottom right of the window.
08:00	You will get a notification email in your registered email id.
08:06	Locate this mail in your Inbox, Spam or Junk folders.
08:12	Move it to your Inbox and click on the link given in this mail, to activate your account.
08:20	This is a self-authentication process.
08:24	Now, let’s come back to the Forums homepage. And login with our registered username and password.
08:33	Next, we will see how to post a question.
08:37	Click on Ask Question link at the top right of the page.
08:42	Click on Select a Category dropdown.
08:45	Select the Foss in which you want to ask the question. I’ll select Moodle-Learning Management system.
08:53	Next dropdown is to select which particular tutorial you want to post a question on.
09:00	So, I’ll click on Select a Tutorial dropdown and select Users in Moodle.
09:07	Next select the minute range at which we have a doubt in that tutorial.
09:12	We can also specify the exact seconds range from the tutorial.
09:17	For example, while watching the tutorial, I have a doubt in between 6-7 min and 20-30 secs.
09:28	Next, type a proper title for the question.
09:32	This will help other users to search for the same kind of related questions.
09:38	I’ll type ‘Create CSV file’ in the title textbox.
09:44	Question text part: I’ll type the question as shown here.
09:49	Then click on Submit Question button.
09:52	Immediately, the question is posted on the Forums page.
09:57	Next we will see how to answer a question.
10:01	Domain experts, Spoken Tutorial team members or anyone who knows the answer can reply.
10:09	But one has to give relevant answers and use a friendly tone.
10:14	Also, avoid posting any obscene, hateful or nasty comment.
10:21	The questions and answers posted on Forums are moderated at regular intervals.
10:28	Any of the above mentioned content will be purged.
10:33	Now I’ll login as another registered user Nirmala Venkat and post an answer to this question.
10:41	In the Question column, I’ll click on the question title ‘Create CSV file’.
10:47	It will open a new webpage.
10:50	In the Answer textbox, I can type the answer. I’ll type as shown.
10:57	Then click on the Submit Answer button.
11:01	So, this is how we can post questions and answers on Spoken Tutorial Forums.
11:08	Forum questions and answers are displayed on the Video Player page of each tutorial.
11:15	This applies to online as well as offline content.
11:20	Let us summarize.
11:22	In this tutorial we learnt to
11:25	Register on the Spoken Tutorial website
11:29	View the forum questions
11:32	Post a question in forums
11:35	Answer a question in forums and
11:39	Use the Search feature of forums
11:43	Login is not required to view the questions that are posted in Forums
11:50	To post a question and to answer a question, login is mandatory
11:56	Don’t post irrelevant questions in the forums
12:01	Make use of the Forum discussion as instructional reading material
12:07	The video at the following link, summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it.
12:16	The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops and gives certificates. For more details, please write to us.
12:27	Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
12:34	This script has been contributed by Nancy and Nirmala Venkat.
12:40	And this is Nancy Varkey along with the Spoken Tutorial team signing off. Thanks for joining.

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