Tutorial

Signing Up for

the Smart

Crowd:

Step-by-Step

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In this Tutorial you will learn:

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Welcome to the Smart Crowd Tutorial Series

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How to navigate the sign up process

What to expect after each step

About the evaluations

Go to https://thesmartcrowd.lionbridge.com

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Click on the Join

Now button and follow the wizard.

Sign up

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Enter your name,

email address,

choose a password

and Sign Up.

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A window will open

confirming we received

your information. Click

OK and check your email client.

Sign up Succeeded

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Confirm Email Address

Click on the link Confirm

your email Address

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The link will take you

to the Service Level

Agreement. Please

review, and pay special

attention to the

‘Confidentiality’ section.

Service Level Agreement

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Click on I Agree to move to the next step.

This is a requirement

to be a member of the

Smart Crowd.

I Agree

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We ask some questions

about yourself. Your answers

help us understand what

type of tasks most suits

your talents, and if you

meet the task requirements.

After submitting this

information, you will be

directed to the Skills

Evaluation page.

Tell Us About Yourself

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There are many evaluations you

can take. Each evaluation

matches a type of task we

usually work on. You need to

take at least one to be a

member. You will only be

contacted for the tasks related

to the evaluation you took.

Skill Evaluations

If you can read and write in

different languages, please make

sure you take the reading

comprehension evaluation for

the languages you know.

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Evaluation Instructions

When you select an

evaluation, a window will

open with instructions

on how to complete the

evaluation.

Read them carefully to

ensure a good result.

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Task Example

This is an example of an

evaluation – Translation -

English to Portuguese (Brazil). The evaluations, in most cases,

mimic the tasks types we have.

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Submit to Move to the Next Task

Complete the task and

click on Submit to move to the next task.

You can

refer to the

instructions

at any time

during the

evaluation

Attention to details is

important. Typos will deduct

points from your score.

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Check your Score

When you

complete the

evaluation, click

on Evaluations to return to the

Evaluations page

and see your

score.

You can take as

many evaluations

as you want. Each

successful

evaluation will

qualify you for

that type of task.

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Next Step

You will see this

page until you

receive an email

notifying you of

your qualification

to work in the

Smart Crowd. It

could take up to

2 weeks.

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Information for Payment

Click on the link

View Confirmation

At this step you will be

required to provide information

necessary for us to issue

payment to you. The type of

information requested depends

on your location (country),

determined by your IP address

at the time you open the form.

For details about

payment, visit

the Smart Crowd

Support Desk

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Ready to Work

After you enter the

information for payment,

you are ready to start

working. You will be

directed to this page

every time you sign in.

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About the Dashboard

The top table is

your work

dashboard. It keeps

track of the work

you do in a day,

week and month,

per number of

tasks.

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About the Dashboard

The bottom table is your

task dashboard. It lists

the tasks that match

your profile and skills. An

empty dashboard means

that there are no tasks

available to you.

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About the Dashboard

If there is no task dashboard

it means that there are no

tasks available to you.

When tasks matching your

profile and skills become

available you will receive an

email notification.

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Start Working

When you get the

notification, sent to the

email address in our

records, please sign in

and click on the task

type you want to work

on.

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No Tasks?

The goal in the Smart Crowd

is to complete a large project

in the shortest amount of

time possible by gathering a

large number of people to

work at the same time.

Thus, it is quite possible that

if you do not sign in right

away you will not find tasks

available anymore because they

have been completed by other

people with the same profile,

interests and qualifications..

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Support

During the entire

process, if you have

questions, please search

our FAQ for immediate

answer or ask us if your

question is not listed .

Just click on the

Support tab.

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Summary

It takes less than 10 minutes to sign up.

At sign up, you will have to confirm your email address. Check or junk mail

in case you don’t receive a confirmation within the hour.

To be part of the Smart Crowd, you must agree to our service level

agreement. Please pay special attention to the confidentiality section.

It is also required that you take at least one evaluation that will allow us to

assess your ability to complete a task type.

Before you can work on a task, you will have to submit the information

necessary for us to issue you a payment.

On your personal dashboard you can see the work that you have done and

the tasks available for you to work on.

If you have any questions, check out Support Desk .

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