User:TrishaKougioulis/Sandbox/User Guidance Training Manual

Welcome to User Guidance
We are happy to have you as a new member of the User Guidance Team! The contents of this page are intended to help you understand what FamilySearch Historical Records Wiki articles are, navigate through each article section, learn the tools that are required to create the articles, upload images, and other templates you will use.

Once you start getting more comfortable finding and using templates, this page will be your first place to look for answers. Your User Guidance trainer will go through each section with you to provide more in-depth explanations about each section in this training guide. If you are unable to find what you are looking for, or do not understand the instructions, please ask your trainer or your unit supervisor for help. Asking for help or clarification will save you and your team a lot of time and editing in the future.

Take notes! Taking notes will help you become more familiar and self-sufficient when creating articles, and if no one is at their desk, you will have something to refer to.

The User Guidance Team
There are currently three full time employees on the UG Team.
 * Jeff Svare, AG, Content Manager, Historical Records, Data Analyst
 * Jeff is a jack of all trades. He specializes in Danish and other Scandanvian genealogy. He has been working on the Wiki for ___ years, and has been with FamilySearch for __ years
 * Ken Nelson, Project Manager 1
 * Ken is our Military Records guru. He works extensively in the NARA (National Archives Records Administration, www.archives.gov), and he can answer almost anything about American Military History
 * Trisha Kougioulis, Research Specialist 2
 * Trisha has been with User Guidance for three years. Trisha trains missionaries and new contractors or employees, writes articles, edits and corrects published articles, assists Jeff with projects, and she specialzes in Greek genealogy and history
 * Make no mistake, Trisha is the boss

Document Templates
Here's the templates you will use in creating Historical Records (HR) articles.
 * Document Template with instructions. Read it before you do anything.
 * Document template for HR articles that have been published in the FamilySearch Catalog and not on Historical Records
 * Infoboxes are the eye-catching stuff on the right side of the page that give users links to other helpful material

Creating a Sandbox
On the left side of the page you will see a link that says "Personal Sandbox". You will need to create this right away. Your trainer will help you if you have any questions. 1. In the right upper hand side of this page you will see a search box. Type in the following: User:yourusername/sandbox. For example: User:SvareJM/Sandbox. You can use your sandbox to create, practice, save hyperlinks, and it will not publish to the Wiki.
 * Uploading Files to the FamilySearch Wiki
 * Creating columns

Email
Check your email regularly. We suggest you leave it open and minimized on your screen. The categories that are in bold are must haves. As you begin to get more email, you can decide if you need to create more folders or elminate ones you have created. Your trainer will help you set up your folders and created the rules associated with each one.
 * The best way to keep your email organized is to create separate subfolders in your inbox. Suggestions include:
 * User Guidance
 * Wiki
 * Jeff Svare
 * Ken Nelson
 * '''Trisha Kougioulis
 * Watch Pages
 * Daily Connect
 * Special Projects

Timesheet
If you are a full-time employee, you will submit your hours every other Friday. The best way to keep an accurate time sheet is to enter your hours every day or every other day. You will recieve instructions on the timekeeping system in your orientation.

If questions arise, please email your trainer and cc Jeff. If needed, he or she will forward it to HR.