Logging into EdShare is really easy – you just need to use your username and password confirmed to you as part of the registration process. If you do not currently have an account please contact BRIDGES-EdShare@eprints.org in the first instance to request access.
You can find resources in EdShare by using:
1. The search facilities – you can do a simple search in EdShare by typing a word, phrase, course code or name into the box on the home page. Click on "Search" and you will retrieve the shares which satisfy your search.
To reach the Advanced search click on the 'Search' link in the top navigation bar and you will be presented with a number of search boxes. Each search box relates to a field in an EdShare and enables you to search in a very precise way.
2. Browsing is a way to access shares if you are interested in exploring what has already been added to EdShare. There are several ways of browsing, and more will be added as EdShare content grows:
To browse resources select Browse from the navigation bar at the top of the screen. Then choose which area you wish to browse by eg. "Tags".
On the resource page, you should be able to see what Tags are pertinent to the current document. Clicking on one of them will take you back to the relevant browse by Tags view to find related resources.
3. or the Latest Additions which are available from the front page.
Adding content to EdShare is really easy. First, decide which of these things you want to do:
Once logged in, access your 'Resource Manager' from the user menu (at the top right of the screen). From here you can click on "New Resource" if you wish to add a single file or make a bulk upload of individual files to separate shares.
To add a new file, browse in the appropriate file on your PC and then highlight it to add it to EdShare. To complete the upload, you just need to click on the "Upload" button.
Work through the full screen of fields to provide as much information about what you are adding as possible. This information will help you to find the item again as well as helping other people to find your materials.
A red star indicates where EdShare needs some information to be provided.Please add your own title – this might be the title of the file you are adding – the Word document, Powerpoint slides or PDF that you have created.
In the description field, it would be helpful if you provided an abstract for the file, and the kind of context in which it might be used – e.g. as a lecture, a case study, some guidelines or information for individual students to use in a particular task.
The Advice for re-use field is provided for you to give information to others interested in modifiying, adding to or simply using as is, the material that you have added to EdShare.
Tags are a way to provide simple words or phrases which describe the content, intended audience or other useful aspects of the resources which will help others to understand what they are, and help you to remember what the item is.
Viewing permissions: the default for all added material is "World" – you are making the resources available to anyone in the world, with or without a login to EdShare. There are other levels of permission which you can select, including sharing with 'University' which means all others with a login account to this EdShare. You can also restrict access to a group of individuals whose ids you already know (and others).