1) Landing Page Video: Desktop
1: Welcome to the EnableMe Community
Welcome to the EnableMe Community! We are your online forum around disabilities, chronic illness and mental health challenges. This space is for you to ask a question to a supportive community of peers and contribute responses based on your own experiences and knowledge. In this video, we will introduce the community to you!
2: Structure of the EnableMe Community
Once you have registered, you can see the home and landing page of the EnableMe Community. It should look like this.
Edit your profile information and picture:
When you are logged in, you can find your profile icon in the top right corner of the EnableMe Community website. Click this icon, and a drop-down menu will open. To edit your profile information, choose ‘Edit Profile’, the second option from the top. You will now be forwarded to a form in which you can change your profile picture, your username, your email address, privacy settings, as well as more detailed information about yourself.
Categories and structure:
When you are on the main page, you can find the general categories of the EnableMe Community on the lower right side of the page. Here, you will find the three main categories ‘Community’, ‘Health’, and ‘Living’.
The ‘Community’ category is the one focused on the community exchange and socializing. Within the ‘Community’ category you will find subcategories such as Welcome Posts and Introductions, the Coffee Lounge to chat about anything, the Search & Offer hub, as well as local community hubs, and editorial posts from the EnableMe Community Managers. If you have feedback for us, it will be most helpful to share in this category.
Within the ‘Health’ category, you can scroll through or pose concrete questions about specific disabilities and chronic illnesses, to find disability- and illness-specific communities, posts, and tips. This includes separations between physical, sensory, psychosocial, and intellectual disabilities, as well as chronic illnesses, and assistive technology and therapy.
The ‘Living’ category includes a variety of topics that cover the areas of life that may be affected by disability and illness. Here you can ask and answer questions about, for example, ‘job and profession’, ‘education’, ‘travel and mobility’, ‘relationships and sexuality’, and many more.
3: Landing Page Introduction
To go back to our homepage, click on the EnableMe logo in the upper left corner. You will see three boxes.
The first box contains resources and materials for new community members and links to our experts.
The second box focuses on seasonal topics and featured articles.
The third box is a selection of community posts of the editorial team.
Underneath these three boxes, you will find the most recent discussions. Here, posts that have recently been made or commented on, will appear in order of most recent activity.
4: Asking Questions, Starting Discussions, Commenting on Discussions
Ask a question / start a discussion:
When you are on the EnableMe community homepage, scroll down until you find the blue ‘Ask A Question’ button, right above the categories of questions. You can either press the middle of the button to directly ask a question, or click the downward arrow on the right side of the button to open the pop-up menu. Here you can select whether to ask a question or start a new discussion. You can also find this button when you are reading other people’s posts, on the right side of the website.
If you want to find a specific answer, ask a question. In this way, you can mark your question as answered when you receive a comment that you deem an answer to your question. If you are looking to hear about other people’s opinions and ideas, start a new discussion. Select the category in which you would like to post your question or discussion, choose a title and write down your question or your discussion prompt.
Comment on a question or discussion:
When you are on the page of the discussion or question that you would like to reply to, you will be on a page that looks like this. Scroll down to the end of the post. You can react to the post by liking it, but you can also type out your own specific thoughts and ideas. To do so, type your comment into the ‘Leave a Comment’ box, which you can see here. If many other people have left comments before you, you might have to scroll down a bit longer before you see this box. You can then either save your draft or post the comment directly. To save your draft, press the white ‘Save Draft’ button. To directly post your comment, press the blue ‘Post Comment’ button.
Accepting responses:
When you have posted a question and received comments, you will see that a question below the comments asks you: “Did this answer the question?” and your options to respond are “Yes” and “No”. Indicating “Yes” lets the community know that there was a good answer to your question, and will shift the answer upwards, whereas indicating “No” lets the community know that you have not found a helpful answer to your question yet. Indicating this is helpful for other community members and the community moderators.
Y
5: Private Messages
Send a message privately
To send private messages, click the envelope icon between the bell and star icons next to your profile button on the top right side of the community page. On the right next to ‘Inbox’ you can click the icon that shows a pencil on a paper to start writing a private message to someone. A form will open up where you can type in the recipient of your message and the message you would like to send itself. You need to know the username of the person you would like to send a message to. Once you are done writing your message, you can click on the blue ‘Post Message’ button on the bottom of the page, or, if you’ve changed your mind, cancel the message.
Send a message to multiple persons
If you would like to send a message to several people, add several recipients in the recipient field. You need to individually type each username of the people you would like to send your message to.
We hope this short video has given you a good introduction to the community! We are excited see you online!
2) Landing Page Video: Mobile
1: Welcome to the EnableMe Community
Welcome to the EnableMe Community! We are your online forum around disabilities, chronic illness and mental health challenges. This space is for you to ask a question to a supportive community of peers and contribute responses based on your own experiences and knowledge. In this video, we will introduce the community to you!
2: Structure of the EnableMe Community
Once you have registered, you can see the home and landing page of the EnableMe Community. It should look like this.
Edit your profile information and picture:
When you are logged in, you can find your profile icon in the top right corner of the EnableMe Community website. Click this icon, and a drop-down menu will open. To edit your profile information, choose ‘Edit Profile’, the second option from the top. You will now be forwarded to a form in which you can change your profile picture, your username, your email address, privacy settings, as well as more detailed information about yourself.
Categories and structure:
When you are on the main page, you can find the general categories of the EnableMe Community on the lower right side of the page. Here, you will find the three main categories ‘Community’, ‘Health’, and ‘Living’.
The ‘Community’ category is the one focused on the community exchange and socializing. Within the ‘Community’ category you will find subcategories such as Welcome Posts and Introductions, the Coffee Lounge to chat, the Search & Offer hub, as well as local community hubs, and editorial posts from the EnableMe Community Managers. If you have feedback for us, it will be most helpful to share in this category.
Within the ‘Health’ category, you can scroll through or pose concrete questions about specific disabilities and chronic illnesses, to find disability- and illness-specific communities, posts, and tips. This includes separations between physical, sensory, psychosocial, and intellectual disabilities, as well as chronic illnesses, and assistive technology and therapy.
The ‘Living’ category includes a variety of topics that cover the areas of life that may be affected by disability and illness. Here you can ask and answer questions about, for example, ‘job and profession’, ‘education’, ‘travel and mobility’, ‘relationships and sexuality’, and many more.
3: Landing Page Introduction
To go back to our homepage, click on the EnableMe logo in the upper left corner. You will see three boxes.
The first box contains resources and materials for new community members and links to our experts.
The second box focuses on monthly topics and featured articles.
The third box is a selection of community posts of the editorial team.
Underneath these three boxes, you will find the most recent discussions. Here, posts that have recently been made or recently been commented on, will appear in order of most recent activity.
4: Asking Questions, Starting Discussions, Commenting on Discussions
Ask a question / start a discussion:
When you are on the EnableMe community homepage, scroll down until you find the blue ‘Ask A Question’ button, right above the categories of questions. You can either press the middle of the button to directly ask a question, or click the downward arrow on the right side of the button to open the pop-up menu. Here you can select whether to ask a question or start a new discussion. You can also start a poll or share an idea. You can also find this button when you are reading other people’s posts, on the right side of the website.
If you want to find a specific answer, ask a question. In this way, you can mark your question as answered when you receive a comment that you deem an answer to your question. If you are looking to hear about other people’s opinions and ideas, start a new discussion. Select the category in which you would like to post your question or discussion, choose a title and write down your question or your discussion prompt.
Comment on a question or discussion:
When you are on the page of the discussion or question that you would like to reply to, you will be on a page that looks like this. Scroll down to the end of the post. You can react to the post by liking it, but you can also type out your own specific thoughts and ideas. To do so, type your comment into the ‘Leave a Comment’ box, which you can see here. If many other people have left comments before you, you might have to scroll down a bit longer before you see this box. You can then either save your draft or post the comment directly. To save your draft, press the white ‘Save Draft’ button. To directly post your comment, press the blue ‘Post Comment’ button.
Accepting responses:
When you have posted a question and received comments, you will see that a question below the comments asks you: “Did this answer the question?” and your options to respond are “Yes” and “No”. Indicating “Yes” lets the community know that there was a good answer to your question, whereas indicating “No” lets the community know that you have not found a helpful answer to your question yet. Indicating this is helpful for other community members and the community moderators.
Y
5: Private Messages
Send a message privately
To send private messages, click the envelope icon between the bell and star icons next to your profile button on the top right side of the community page. On the right next to ‘Inbox’ you can click the icon that shows a pencil on a paper to start writing a private message to someone. A form will open up where you can type in the recipient of your message and the message you would like to send itself. You need to know the username of the person you would like to send a message to. Once you are done writing your message, you can click on the blue ‘Post Message’ button on the bottom of the page, or, if you’ve changed your mind, cancel the message.
Send a message to multiple persons
If you would like to send a message to several people, add several recipients in the recipient field. You need to individually type each username of the people you would like to send your message to.
We hope this short video has given you a good introduction for the community! We are excited see you there!