INCLUDES National Network Online Community User Guide
Accessing the site
The NSF INCLUDES online community platform provides both public content that is accessible to anyone, and private content/functionality that requires people to have an account and sign-in to use.
Registering for an account
Anyone can join the National Network! Please visit https://www.includesnetwork.org/register in order to sign up.
After you submit the registration form you will be sent an account confirmation email with a link. After you click the link your account will be active, and you can proceed to login and use the site!
Signing in
If you already have an account, you can sign-in at https://www.includesnetwork.org/login using your username and password.
Your account will be locked for four hours if invalid login credentials are submitted 20 times over a four hour period.
Login sessions last for a week, unless you manually sign-out or clear your browser cookies.
Resetting your password
You can reset your password by visiting https://www.includesnetwork.org/password-reset/ and entering your WordPress username or email address. You should receive a password reset email shorting after submitting the form.
Your account will be locked for four hours if 20 password attempt requests are submitted over a four hour period.
Migrated content
We did not have the resources to migrate everything from the previous version of the National Network to this one. We are doing our best to deliver a platform that promotes collaboration within the community, and appreciate your patience during this transitional period.
The content (e.g. library resources) that was migrated is starting off attributed to one of the people on the National Network team. After you re-create your account, if you recognize something that you authored, please email nsfincludeshub@sri.com and we will restore you as the author.
Job board
Please use the dedicated job board for posting or searching for job opportunities.
Searching for Jobs
The main jobs archive is located at https://www.includesnetwork.org/jobs/, which contains all active job listings.
User profile pages also include two tabs for job postings. For a given person’s profile page, the “Jobs” tab displays all of the jobs that they have posted. If you are looking at your own profile page, you will also see a “Job dashboard” tab which gives shows more detail and allows you to edit, mark as filled, or delete jobs.
Posting Jobs
The recommended way to post jobs is to use the form at https://www.includesnetwork.org/job-post/ to fill out the job details. You can see and manage all of the jobs that you have posted by visiting https://www.includesnetwork.org/jobs-dashboard/.
Resource library
The new National Network online platform has a reorganized resource library. Affinity groups will no-longer have separate resource libraries – all resources are located in the central library at https://www.includesnetwork.org/resources/.
To organize the resource library, we have set up two separate taxonomies: resource subjects and resource types. An example of a resource subject would be English as a Second Language (ESL), whereas an example of a resource type would be Conference paper. You can filter by subject or type using the drop-down menus below the search bar.
If you would like to submit a resource to the library, please use the form at https://www.includesnetwork.org/user-resource-submission/. A staff member of the Online Community will review your submission and either directly publish it or request edits to improve qualities such as search-ability.
To help us save on storage space, we would prefer if you linked to YouTube video uploads instead of directly uploading the files to the website. Uploads have been capped at 100Mb, so large videos will not be able to be uploaded at all.
Member directory
Network members can be found using the directory at https://www.includesnetwork.org/members/. If you do not wish to be listed in the directory, you can set “Hide my profile from directory” to “Yes” in the privacy section of your account settings.
RSS Feed
Users can subscribe to the RSS feed by pasting the following URL https://www.includesnetwork.org/feed/ into their RSS viewer of choice. The RSS feed will provide the 30 most recent public posts. The feed includes posts from the bulletin board, podcasts, research, blogs, and more!