Anyone interested in humanities research can become a member of the Townsend Humanities Lab, including undergraduates, graduate students, faculty...
Category: General
If you are not affiliated with UC Berkeley, you can join and participate in already established projects. If you are interested in creating...
Once you have created a profile on the Lab, you still need to join a project! Anyone can join an "Open" project: simply navigate to the project on...
When you create a project, you are automatically made the manager of the project. That role gives you the greatest amount of control of your...
"Content" is the name we use on the Lab for anything you add to your project. Different kinds of content include news blogs, events listings,...
The THL is designed for collaboration. Using the Toolbox, any project member can add content to the project, including news blogs, events listings...
Your project will not show up in the project directory if it is still set to "Staging" mode. If you are a project administrator, you can change...
The short description appears on the THL projects directory, unless your project is in "...
On the right-hand side of your project's home page, you will see the "Toolbox," which lists all of the content that you can add to your project....
Category: Privacy
Yes, when you create your project, choose "Staging" mode. This means the project and its content will only be visible to you and other members...
"Public" projects are accessible in the same way as ordinary websites and can thus be used to provide public information about events and...
You can control the privacy settings for each piece of content that you upload to your project. In "Public" projects, new content is public by...
Yes, when you create the content you would like to keep private (for example, a share file meant only for project members), simply uncheck the "...
Click on "Project Information" in the "Manage" section of the Toolbox (this section only appears when you log in as an administrator), and change...
If your project is set to "Private," your project will only show up in THL searches for users who are logged in as project members. Neither the...
All other THL members can see your THL profile, which displays your name, affiliation, research interests, bio, and "why you joined the site"...
Category: Profiles and Notifications
We strongly encourage you to choose to at least receive "Weekly" notifications so that you can be updated about activity on your projects. If,...
Project administrators should sign up for immediate notifications, so they can monitor new content that is posted to their projects. Project...
Upload a profile image of your own, and the default image will disappear!
You can only send messages to fellow project members. In the Toolbox, under "Collaboration," click on "Email." You can then chose to email all the...
Category: Project Layout
Only project administrators can make these changes. If you are an administrator, you can change the description by clicking on the "Project...
When you create a new project, the project has one page: the home page. Project administrators can add additional pages to their projects. Each...
This can be done in two different ways: 1. creating a text box when you add or edit a project page, or 2. using content that has already been...
To change the title of a page in your project, simply click on the "Advanced:Pages" tab in the "Manage" section of your project's Toolbox, and...
Click on "Advanced: Pages" in the “Manage” section of your project's Toolbox and drag the directional tool icon on the far left column into the...
Click on "Advanced: Pages" in the “Manage” section of your project's Toolbox and then click on "Edit Page." A grid of page regions will appear....
Pages on the THL must use one of the available layout templates. Within the template, you can rearrange content however you like. Your home page...
Click on the "Search" tab that appears underneath the project title on your project's home page. Here, you can search through all content that is...
Category: Project Management
When your project is ready to go public, click on "Project Information" in the "Manage" section of your project's Toolbox. Towards the bottom of...
There are three membership settings available for THL projects: "Open," "Closed," and "Moderated." Anyone can join an "Open" project simply by...
For "Moderated" projects, all membership requests must be approved or denied by a project administrator or manager. To approve or deny requests,...
If someone posts a comment on your project directing users to an unrelated website, you can delete it immediately if you are a project...
You can send a message to members in your project by clicking on the "Email" link under "Collaboration" in your project's Toolbox. You will have...
Only a THL web administrator can change the designated Project Manager for an existing project. If you need to cede this position to someone else...
To leave a "Closed" project, you must be manually removed by a project administrator. If you are not a project administrator, use the "Email" tool...
Category: Working with the Toolbox
Keywords are a versatile tool that allows you to manage and describe content within your project. You can use keywords in a purely descriptive way...
Click on the "Advanced:Pages" link in the "Manage" section of your project's Toolbox (project administrators only). Locate the page you wish to...
The image annotation tool is useful for collaborative commenting on an image. When viewing an image for annotaion, annotate by clicking "Add...
The text annotation tool is useful for collaborative feedback on a text document. When viewing a text for annotaion, highlight any section of the...
You can instruct the THL to send automatic reminders to all project members signed up for an event. When you create or edit the event, expand the...
All locations you add to your project will show up by default on one map on your home page. To create multiple maps, use a keyword filter to limit...