I like Ricardo's idea. We can link the tutorials to their User page when they log in or provide a link in the message itself to o directly to the tutorials. We can even go to HTML welcome messages if we want to provide for adding an intro photo or link. <br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Lorrie LeJeune <<a href="mailto:moltogatti@gmail.com">moltogatti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Maybe we ultimately have both? That way people who can't dial in at the prearranged time can still access tutorial material. Either way, it'd be worth trying the live version just to see how many people actually join. The live tutorial could then be captured via screencast and edited into a finished archive...</span><br>
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<div><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Ricardo Vidal <<a href="mailto:rvidal@gmail.com" target="_blank">rvidal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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This could also be a package of tutorials lined up with the different steps. Make a screencast of each step and put them online on a nice page that could be emailed to new users. A starters pack, so to say.<div><div></div>
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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It kind of defeats the purpose if it's pre-recorded but there<br>
could be some standard script, e.g. everyone go edit their user<br>
pages now. Everyone go look at the recent changes, hit diff to see<br>
what people changed, etc.<br>
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> Would this virtual tour be something pre-recorded or is this something more<br>
> like e-learning with interactivity?<br>
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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>><br>
>> This is a random suggestion from something I just saw another site<br>
>> have. We have weekly training calls ~1 hour, probably led by<br>
>> Lorrie or someone else in the community. All new members from that<br>
>> week are sent an email letting them know about it. They log in<br>
>> online or via teleconference and get led through a virtual tour of<br>
>> OWW. It would be an opportunity to chat with new users just as<br>
>> they get on also.<br>
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--<br>
Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> (617)253-5899<br>
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