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On June 8, 2014, Geni curator Adam Brown kicked off the grand re opening of the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History in New York City with the presentation:
Making History come alive with Geni Projects
The presentation is an overview of creating and editing a Geni project and comprises a Step by Step explanation of each of the modules that are illustrated by diagrams or the utilization of actual screen shots.
See the full document:
OR, if you don't use Dropbox.... http://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000026426436903.
You will need to click on original PDF button above the image that opens.
Specific modules covered in the full document:
- Creating a project
- Adding profiles
- Editing and formatting
- Adding photos and documents
- Collaborating, following and hypertext linking
- Tagging the project to other projects
- Finding your personal projects
- Jewish Genealogy Portal on Geni, Town projects
Step 1
How to create a project in Geni - a simple introduction to starting a project featuring a screen shot of an umbrella project.
Starting your project
- *Watch Video Starting a project Writing the narrative (the description): Template
Step 2
Joining or collaborating on a project. In order to add profiles you need to have joined that project or already be a collaborator. Supported by screen shots of where to start and how to fill in the details. This is the step that causes the most difficulty. Do not just follow a Project as that does not give you any power. You must Collaborate on a Project by using the Join button and select the Collaborate option.
Step 3
Adding profiles to the project once the profiles have been added to Geni.
Step 4
Adding documents or photos to the Project - with explanation to Upload and tag a photo in a profile.
Video - http://help.geni.com/entries/21209981-How-to-Add-Photos
Uploading and tagging a photo in a profile. http://www.geni.com/entries/461155-How-can-I-upload-my-photos
Accessing photo albums. http://www.geni.com/entries/461155-How-can-I-access-photo-albums
Step 5
Following a Project - http://geni.com/projects. The difference between Following and Collaborating is the main problem people have. Go to Join and select Collaborate.
Creating a Hypertext Link
Three simple Steps with examples of how to insert a clickable hypertext link in a project (or any other internet site). Refer to the full document to view the detailed instructions.
- Copy the internet address
- Inserting a hard bracket at the start and end of the address [xxxx xxxxx]
- Adding the text you wish to display (skip a space between internet address & text, ie title of site or article, then put ] at the end.)
Other help sites:
http://help.geni.com/entries/21834028-How-do-I-create-a-Project-
http://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Start-Here-Basics/17603
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-QS5G64gcI&list=UUzjBojUHLY0wZLdU-...
http://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Wikitext-Unicode-and-images/8404
http://help.geni.com/entries/21209981-How-to-Add-Photos
http://www.geni.com/entries/461155-How-can-I-upload-my-photos
http://www.geni.com/entries/461155-How-can-I-access-photo-albums
http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-of-Krakow-Poland/12917 (Town project)