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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. |
