HOW TO USE THE COLLABORATION CENTER?
The AYV Collaboration Center is a place to find support and AYV resources, meet your fellow partners, engage in dialogue about creating media for social change, review each other's work, and foster community among youth participants across the globe.
STEP ONE: GETTING STARTED
Login and manage your account. Register students, upload your picture, change your password, and update your teacher profile.
Log In
- Go to www.adobeyouthvoices.org
- Click LOGIN at the top right corner of the screen.
- Enter USER NAME and PASSWORD (in most cases the user name is your first name_last name, and password is your first name). **
**PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE NEVER LOGGED IN BEFORE, IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 MINUTES TO DIRECT YOU TO THE AYV COLLABORATION CENTER.
Manage Account
- After logging in, click “Manage Account” at the top right corner of the screen.
- To add students, click “Add Students” on the left side menu. You can give your students their own user names and passwords to enter discussions and project forums. Student User Names become active in about 15 minutes from when you "submit" them. These can be updated, changed, or deleted by clicking on "My Students." Please note, information on students cannot be searched or accessed by iEARN members or anyone outside of iEARN. It only appears on the "My Students" page, to which only their teacher has access.
STEP TWO: EXPLORE
Explore and learn about other AYV sites in your community and other regions around the world. You can also find colleagues worldwide who share common interests.
Get to Know “Participants”
After you log in, click “Participants” on the top navigation bar. You’ll find a Google Map locating AYV sites around the world. Scroll down and find a complete listing of sites with descriptions about each participant. For a wider search of educators within iEARN, you can also visit the iEARN Collaboration Center People Section
STEP THREE: SHARE YOUR VOICE
Connect to AYV participants by joining discussions relating to your project work, upload or view media including rough cuts and completed works, share successes and challenges, and find resources and support.
Gallery “Upload and Explore/Search Media”
- Click “Gallery” at the top navigation bar and upload or browse students’ media work. Media is only viewable to a wider audience if educators choose to release it for public viewing.
- To upload media, click on “Upload Media”. Follow directions, complete necessary fields, and click “Save” at the bottom of the page. Please note, in addition to uploading your media, consider joining or adding a discussion in the “Forum” explaining your media work
- To browse media, click “Browse AYV Media”. Media (i.e. print, video, audio, and image) is sorted by most recently posted. You can also search for media by keyword(s), media type, country, creator, or teacher name. Please note: media is only viewable to a wider audience if educators choose to release it for public viewing.
Online Forum “Join and Add Discussions”
- Click “Forum” at to top navigation bar and join a discussion. The forum is organized by folders, with each folder holding discussion threads on a variety of topics including project themes, resources and support, student introductions, and completed media works.
- To join a discussion, click on the “Title” of the folder holding the topics/themes of your choice. On the next screen, click on the discussion you wish to join. Please note, like a discussion thread, after you click on a specific discussion, you’ll be directed to a screen with all the postings related to this topic.
- To post or respond to a discussion, scroll down to locate a navigation box with options to post a message, sort discussions, and or subscribe to the discussion/forum.Please note, to encourage dialogue please respond to at least 3 other entries, before submitting your own posting.