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Advantages of a oneFish Virtual Office:

  • a Virtual Office is a customised topic tree relating to the activities of an organisation, project or network/group.
  • it permits the rapid global dissemination of research and development outputs.
  • it is complementary to an organisation's own website, but can be used as an Intranet.
  • information can be added or uploaded in any electronic format from any location.
  • the information becomes part of a global searchable virtual library.
  • staff, project or group members can use any PC with Internet access to access the Virtual Office.
  • they will not need remote access to their organisation's email system.
  • dispersed staff can take part in virtual discussions and add comments to existing documents or other knowledge objects.
  • staff working in the field can update their contact information.
  • access can be open or restricted.


Set up a Virtual Office for your organisation...

  • register as a member of oneFish via the Join link on the homepage or elsewhere in the system.
  • include information in your membership form about your own experience and qualifications and about the organisation to which you are affiliated.
  • when you have received your username and password, go to the Virtual Office worldview.
  • click on the suggest sub-Topic link.
  • complete the required and optional fields in the add topic form, then click on submit.
  • the Chief Editor will review your submission along with your member information and may contact you for further details.
  • following the Chief Editor's review, you will receive a posting in your oneFish Inbox informing you whether your request to set up a Virtual Offices has been accepted or rejected.
  • if accepted, the Chief Editor will assign you as the topic editor for your Virtual Office.
  • email the Chief Editor if you wish to restrict access to your Virtual Office to specific groups.
  • you can now add additional subtopics to your Virtual Office as required.
 

Set up a Virtual Office for your project...

  • add the project Virtual Office as a subtopic within the Virtual Office of the project lead or donor organisation or directly to the Virtual Office worldview.
  • create subtopics according to the needs of the project.
  • add full details of the project as a project knowledge object.
  • inform the Chief Editor about who you wish to appoint as editor to manage your project Virtual Office.
 


Add information to your Virtual Office...

  • in the bottom section of the Virtual Office topic screen see the +add link next to a drop down list of add forms. Click on the type of knowledge you would like to add and it will move to the top of the list, then click on the +add link and the appropriate form will appear.
  • following the examples provided, and the guidelines in the Help?, enter the information requested in the fields provided, ensuring that you complete all of the Required fields, and as many of the Optional fields as appropriate, and then click on Submit.
  • after indexing (short delay) the knowledge object will be displayed under your Virtual Office topic and any other topics you suggested linking it to.
 

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March 2006
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