Preparedness Toolkit

Introduction

Communities provide PrepToolkit users with areas to collaborate on specific areas of interest. Within a community, users may chat, share ideas, post files, and more.

Features

Communities contain the following features:

• Documents and Media: The Documents and Media feature provides file storage, organization, and versioning. Files can be stored in a hierarchical folder structure, similar to the files stored on your local computer.
• Message Boards: The Message Boards feature provides an online discussion are where people can post and respond to messages. Messages can be organized by categories and sub-categories.
• Web Content: The Web Content feature allows managers to control the content of their community (text, images, etc.). All edits to a portion of web content are logged, and thus a full history of content revisions is maintained.

Individual user guide pages are provided for each of these features. Visit these pages for further details.

Access

To access Communities, select Communities from the main menu on the homepage.

By default, all communities of which you are a part will be shown. To explore new communities, select the Available Communities tab, as shown below. Communities that are not private may be explored by selecting their name. If you would like to gain access to a restricted community or extended access to an open community, select the hamburger menu beside the community's name and select "Request Membership," as shown.

Provide your reason for access and select "Save."