Repository Tutorials

These brief tutorials are available to assist you in learning how to use the repository. Some of the Quicktime files are large and may take a while to load.

To view a tutorial, click on the title of the tutorial.
To download a Quicktime file or Zip file, right-click on the title and select “Save As”

Logging in and Help

This Logging in and Help tutorial (Quicktime, 93 MB) provides an overview of The Orange Grove guest login, how to request an account, new user login process, changing your password, and sources for help.

Search

These tutorials provide an overview of the search features available in The Orange Grove repository.

Basic Searches: the simplest way to search the repository
(Quicktime, 103 MB.)
Guided Searches: searching particular collections within the repository
(Quicktime, 92 MB)
Power Searches: searching by specialized descriptive fields, such as FL Statewide Course Numbers
(Quicktime, 202 MB)
Federated Searching: searching other repositories and collections outside of The Orange Grove
(Quicktime, 164 MB)
Saving Searches and Setting up Feeds: how to save your searches and set up RSS and Atom feeds
(Quicktime, 168 MB)

Using Resources

Adding Comments and Rating Resources in The Orange Grove
This tutorial demonstrates how to add a comment to a repository resource and how to assign a rating (stars) to an item.
To view: Shockwave version
To download: Zipped Shockwave, 27 MB | Quicktime, 136 MB
(To download, right-click and Save As)

Contribute

The “Overview” tutorial provides information on the basics of contributing a resource. The other tutorials provide more detailed information on each contribution function.

Moderating Resources

This tutorial provides an overview of how moderators check repository resources to ensure their accuracy and quality, via the “workflow” function.

Perform a Workflow

Manage Items

These tutorials show users how to manage resources they contribute to the repository: