Governors Clerks Forum

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First Steps
Click on the forum link situated at the bottom of
the Clerk Forum page found in the School
Governance pages.
The forum will open in a new browser window
displaying the current topics posted. To read a
message simply click on the chosen topic.
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Creating a Message

• To reply to a post you need to create a message.
  To do this scroll down to the box labeled Add
  your message Here

• To be able to post the message you do not need to
  add a password or user name. Just add your name
  to the Username box.

• Once you have finished typing your message, click
  Preview/Post Message.
• The Preview Screen is for you to amend any
  errors in spelling or formatting within your
  message before you publish it to the forum. The
  box at the top of the screen shows you how your
  finished message will look when published. If you
  are not happy with your message, use the box
  below to edit it and then click Preview again
  to show the changes you have made. You can do
  this as many times as you like.

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Changing appearance of message

• Text Formatting MUST be applied before any text
  is input. Inputting text and then clicking to add
  formatting will simply overwrite any text with
  the formatting tag and your message will be lost.
  For example
• For bold text, click the B button. This will
  automatically input a formatting tag for bold (
  \b ) into your message box. You may now type
  your message after this formatting tag. The same
  applies to the italic and underlined options.
• You can also pick other options size, font and
  color of text, for example
• For large bold blue text, click B, Color, select
  blue, size, select size, and then type your text.
  
• Remember that formatting must be applied before
  adding your text.

Example of how your message will appear
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Adding documents and images to message

• The option to add pictures and documents to your
  message is also available. Add to your message by
  clicking on the button for Upload Attachment.
  The following window will appear

• Follow the onscreen instructions and choose your
  document or image from its location on your
  computer.

• Once you have added your attachment, a line of
  code that represents your document or image will
  appear in the message box. Click on Preview/Post
  Message and continue posting as before.
• Images will appear in full within your post
  documents will appear as a link for other users
  to download.

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Posting Your Message

• Once you are happy with the way your message
  appears on the Preview Screen, click Post This
  Message and your message will be added to the
  thread. Without doing this your message will not
  be displayed.

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Acceptable Forum Use and Forum Etiquette
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Acceptable Forum Use and Forum Etiquette

• Do not post any images or documents that may
  cause offence to other users.
• When writing your messages, please use the same
  courtesy that you would show when speaking
  face-to-face with someone. Flames, Insults,
  Personal attacks will not be tolerated. It's fine
  to disagree strongly with opinions, ideas, and
  facts, but always with respect for the other
  person. Posts with content of this nature will be
  deleted and banned from using the Forums.
• If you feel another user is harassing you, do not
  retaliate. Inform your Moderator.
• Please confine discussion relating to your
  Cluster within your own Cluster Forum. If you
  feel a particular subject may be of interest to
  all Clusters, post it within the Cross Cluster
  Chat area. Do not create multiple identical posts
  in other Clusters Forums, as this will be
  considered spamming and your posts may be
  removed without warning.

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Acceptable Forum Use and Forum Etiquette

• Please note that messages express the thoughts of
  the writers, not the board or its moderators, or
  KCC as a whole.
• Forum Moderators reserve the right to remove or
  edit any post without warning.
• Please remember that the ClusterWeb Forums are an
  open internet discussion and resource areas could
  be accessed by any internet user. Do not use
  actual names of children/parents/teachers/or any
  individuals /departments when discussing in areas
  that require confidentiality as this may cause
  offence.