Questions and Answers

You may click here to go directly to the SPOT!'s "Questions & Answers" online discussion board or take the next 5 to10 minutes to read through this section. The following steps will guide and offer tips on how to use the SPOT!'s new online, interactive, conferencing tool with World Crossing.

Students must first register with World Crossing to participate. This is a free service. No purchase is required. No information will not be sold or used for any marketing purposes.

If you are already registered then get started with step (1) Getting around. If not, register with World Crossing now, then return to the guided tour provided below.

Guided Tour
(1) Becoming a registered user
In order to take full advantage of this conference, you need to be a registered user. Registered users can quickly check for new messages, can keep their picture and other settings at the server, and can login more quickly.

Just click on "Register" and fill out the form (there are only three items), and click "OK". Then click "OK" in the confirmation page, and you will be a registered user.

(2) Getting around
Every forum has a number of titled discussions. To enter a discussion area click on the title. Sample below shows 3 discussions listed to the left. To the right is a sample of a posting. To return to the main forum click on "Questions & Answers" in the banner area just above the posting at any time.

(3) Posting a message
To post a message, just scroll down to the message form at the end of each discussion. Fill in the form, and then click on the "Post Message" button following the form.

(4) Starting a new discussion
To start a new discussion you click on the "Add Discussion" button in the banner toolbar. Then you fill out a form with the title and any heading for the discussion.

The heading for a discussion can be left empty if the title is descriptive enough, or it can be used to define and expand on the title.

(5) Checking for new messages
The conference automatically keeps track of messages as you view them. When you see a discussion, the listing includes how many messages are in the discussion, and how many are new messages. This means that you can browse through a conference and check for new messages as you go.

As you view new items, you can post messages, create new discussions, and browse other items. When you're ready to find the next new item, you just click on "Check Subscriptions" again.

(6) User preferences
User preferences let you change your name and/or password, determine whether you want see user pictures or not, and allow you to enter your own picture (instead of getting the default picture provided by the conference manager), and so on. Click on the "Preferences" button in any toolbar to update this information.

(7) That's it
Thanks for taking the time to read through this section and learn how to use the conference. You've covered all the basics needed to get full value from the time you spend in the SPOT!'s new online "Questions and Answers" forum.