An Easy Guide
to
Knowledge Forum 4.0
Overview
Knowledge Forum is an online environment for multiple users discussions. It is better
than traditional newsgroup discussion because its features help writers to develop
their ideas.
1. The Login Page
To login the database for discussion with Canada, please go to this site
http://proxy.ikit.org/19006
Then, enter your user name and password.
Click Sign On.
Then, you will see the
Welcome View
If you have any problem on logging into the database, please contact
[email protected]
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The Main Page
Do Action Menu
Carryout various
actions in KF
Copy to View Menu
Copy objects in one
view to another view
Show By Menu
To sort the notes
in different ways
View Title
Notes
View Links
Icon
Buttons
See
Below
The Icons
Write New Note
Attachment
Views List
You can access all the Views from this window
My Reader
New View Link
Attach Movie
Search Functions
Authors
List of authors
Scaffolds
List of Scaffolds
Help
Provides online help
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2. Understanding the components of a note
In Knowledge Forum, a Note is like a piece of paper that you can read or write on it.
In addition, these notes have special features that help you to write down your ideas
systematically.
Now click on a note to open it.
Note Title
Scaffolds
Note Content Box
Reference
Keyword
Problem
Attachments
Scaffolds: the structure that guides the writer to write down his/her ideas. Also, it lets
readers know what the text is talking about.
Reference: To make reference from other’s notes or from a view
Attachments: To share files with other readers in KF
Problem: the main theme of the note
Content: the things that the writer of that note wants to say
Keywords: keywords or important ideas that are related to the topic
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3. To post a note in KF 4.0
To post an independent note:
Click the “New Note” icon
on the main menu:
Then a new note window pops out:
1. Type in the Note Title box to give a title for your note.
2. Click on the scaffold best suits your needs and then click the
button.
3. Type your information inside the > < tag. Add more scaffolds to indicate your
many ideas.
4. Then, write the keywords that appeared in your message in the keyword box.
5. Write the problem that is the theme of your note.
6. Then click
button.
To build-on to someone’s note:
1. Click to open the note that you want to build-on to.
2. Click the
button to open a new note that is linked to the original note.
3. A new note window will pop out. Follow steps 1-6 for creating a new note to
make your response.
To post a picture or to Attach files in your note
You can post a picture found in the Internet into your note. Knowledge Forum 4.0
supports JPEG and GIF format pictures.
Also, you can attach files to your notes, like text files, word documents, powerpoint
files and so on to your note in KF4.
1. In a Note, Click on the Attachment menu and choose Create New
Attachment.
2. In the New Attachment Window, type the title of your attachment.
3.
4. Press
the file in your harddisk for the file you want to attach.
to finish attaching a file
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To insert a Movie into a note:
1. In a note, click on the Movie menu and choose Create new movie.
2. Type the Title of your movie in the title box.
3. Click
to locate the movie that you want to attach.
4. Select the playback option. The default is Progressive Download.
5. Click
To annotate someone’s note:
1. Click to open the note that you want to annotate.
2. Click the
button to open the annotate window.
3. Type your message and press
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To quote someone’s idea
Sometimes you may find other’s ideas very useful and want to copy them to your own
note. You can copy and paste but it is very troublesome. To do this, you may use the
function in KF called “Quote”
To quote part of a note:
1. Select the note to reference from the Note drop-down menu in the reference
section of the new note.
2. Open the referenced note.
3. Copy the text you want to reference.
4. Position the mouse cursor between the > < symbols in the content field of your
note.
5. Paste the copied text between the > < and press
after you
have finished all.
To delete a note
Sometimes you may want to delete your note after you have posted it. In KF, you
can only delete your own notes.
1. First of all, check the check box beside the note that you want to delete.
2. Click on the “Do Action” Menu and choose Delete Selected.
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To use the ‘Rise-above’ function
Rise-above function allows writer to write an idea that 'rises above' the previous
thinking and to store the relevant notes in a collection. Rise-above note is more than a
folder which contains all the relevant notes.
To make an accurate rise-above note, you also have to wrap up the discussion, write a
summary for it and also to lead to a new direction for your work. The Notes in the
Rise-Above folder will disappear visually from the View after you have done the riseabove and become accessible only through the new Rise-Above Note.
To make rise-above note:
1. First of all, check the check box next to the notes that you want to do a rise
above with.
2. Click on the “Do Action” Menu and choose New Rise Above Note.
3. Input the note content like a normal note.
4. Press
after you have finished all.
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My Reader
The “My Reader” in Knowledge Forum 4 acts as a temporary storage area for
collecting related notes, attachments, movies, and views from multiple sources.
You can work with My Reader as you would work with objects listed in a view or
your search results.
You can open objects, create a rise-above note, create a reference note, and copy
objects to another view from My Reader.
To go to My Reader, click
.
1. To add notes, views or attachments to My Reader, check the checkbox next to
that object.
2. Then click on the “Do Action” menu and choose Add to Reader.
3. The My Reader window pops up and objects will be copied to the window.
4. You can sort the order of the notes by using the ‘Custom’ pull down menu.
Search
You can search the database for notes and objects that fits your criteria, for
example author, keyword, title and so on.
Click on the
icon to open the Search Window.
1. Choose the appropriate search criteria by the pull-down menu.
2. Add
or take
by pressing the buttons.
3. Press
to submit the search.
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