EPALE - Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe

1 Welcome

Thank you for creating an EPALE Community of Practice. You can access it via: 

1. The My Groups section

   

2. The Communities of Practice page 

   
   

2 Community of Practice Overview

When accessing the group, you land on the overview page of your community (1). Each Community of Practice has a title and description which you provided. From the overview page, you can: 

• View, upload and edit events, news, documents, and discussions (2)
• Moderation panel for content published by group members (3)
• See members of the community (4)
• Administer members of the group (5 - 6)
• Edit the title and add an image of the community (7) 

3. Content Approval 

It is important to note that the administrator of each Community of Practice is responsible for moderating it and ensuring that spam, inappropriate or offensive behaviour is not tolerated. 

All content posted by users remains pending moderation by the group administrators. This content can be found in the content awaiting validation section.

Once you open the content to be approved, make sure to select ‘Publish’ and then click on ‘Apply’.

4. Spam content

When moderating content, thoroughly review all elements before publishing. Pay close attention to: 

• Suspicious email addresses or contact details.
• External links redirecting outside the platform.
• Attached files (e.g. PDFs) or other media that could contain spam or malicious material.

Any content displaying spam indicators, inappropriate material, or offensive behaviour must be immediately reported and not published. Always ensure published content complies with platform security and quality standards. 

5. Getting started 

5.1. Create Content

Communities of Practice should be about sharing, exchanging, and discussing important and relevant topics. Getting started is easy!

To create content in a Community of Practice, you only need to click on one of the content types on the menu bar and click on ‘Add new post’.

This takes you to a screen which allows you to start creating content: 

1. Add a title – make it informative but concise.
2. Select the post type you are creating from the drop-down menu – this could be a news item, event, discussion topic or document. It is important to select the correct category to ensure that other community members can find what they are looking for when browsing the Community of Practice.
3. Enter a small summary (teaser) of your content
4. Enter your description (text and images) into the box titled Body.
5. Add any documents or multimedia by clicking on Add a new file.
6. Click Save 

5.2 Comments and Ratings 

You can like a post by clicking on the thumbs-up icon. You can also comment on any published item of content.

5.3 Edit Content

As administrator of the community, you will be able to edit or delete any of the content items published by you or by any other member of the community.

5.4 Administer Members

Please note that in the Communities of Practice, any EPALE user can choose to subscribe without needing approval from the administrator. As administrator of the community, however, you will always be able to add or remove members.

6. Further assistance 

If you have any problems or require any further assistance, please contact the EPALE helpdesk at: helpdesk@epale-support.eu