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NCORE 2017 Fort Worth, TX GUIDE to Guidebook

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Hello and welcome to this quick guidebook tutorial for downloading, and using the app. The screenshots and tutorial provided will be utilizing the IOS system, but interactivity will be similar for Android users and other operating systems in which guidebook is available!

1. To begin, start by opening your App store on your mobile device. Make sure you are connected to Wi-Fi or have data available to download an application. Select the “Search” icon at the bottom of the screen.

2. Once you see this screen, tap the search bar at the top.

3. Use the keyboard to type “NCORE 2017” into the search, and press “Search” in the bottom right corner.

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4. You should then see this screen. You can then tap thelarge “NCORE LOGO” icon to select the NCORE guidebook.

5. Now select the "Get+" box on theright middle part of the screen to begin downloading theGuidebook app. Wait for the application to downloadfully.

6. An open button will appear in place of the "Get+" box; tap the open button.

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7. The NCORE application will then open and you will be prompted to enter an email and password. Please enter your email address and the password: ncore2017. Once you have dones this you will be taken to the to the NCORE 2017 Guide homepage. Select the bubble in the top right to open three options: Sign in using your Facebook account, sign in using an email account, or log in if you have already created a guidebook account. You can also skip account creation if you so choose by not selecting the bubble. If you choose tap the option of your choice, and follow the necessary prompts for account creation.

8. You will then land on the NCORE Guide splash page. Fromthis page you will have access to the rest of the featureswithin the NCORE guide. Select the three dashes in the topleft hand corner to access the main menu.

9. Now you have access to all the cool features thatGuidebook offers! Feel free to explore at this point, or continue on to learn a little bit more about some of the features. First try clicking the magnifying glass icon at the top.

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10. Once there you can search the whole guide for keywordsthat you may be interested in. Try a few out and see whatsessions come up! In the example I searched “StudentAffairs” – which is one of the NCORE keywords! After that,cancel out and click the first menu item “FAQs”.

11. Here is the “FAQs” homepage. Feel free to check anycategory for answers to questions. On the side you can see I clicked into the “About NCORE” tab. Now let’s go back out by clicking the back arrow and then the three dashes again, and this time selecting the “Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies Executive Committee Members” icon.

12. Most features in the guide display similarly, and are veryuser friendly. Here is what the new tab looks like, tryscrolling to “Jeanette R. Davidson”. Within this you canread all about some of the executive committee members,just as you would in the printed program guide. Now let’sback out to the main menu and access the most importantfeature: the “Schedule” feature!

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13. This is what the basic schedule will look like. Toaccess information on any session simply tap thesession! You can also navigate the day by clicking theday at the top, and sessions are listed in order by starttime, so by scrolling you can access the rest of theday’s sessions.

14. Once you enter a session you will see its session IDnumber, title, date & time, session type, location, and description. Tapping the location will bring up the digital map. Try scrolling to the bottom of the 1st session on Wednesday (2100) now.

15. At the bottom of each session is a box highlighting the presenters, keywords associated with the session (which can be used to link you to any additional sessions for that presenter or sessions associated with the selected keyword), and a “Evaluate this Session” button. After attending a session you can use this button to digitally evaluate it– reducing the need for paper evaluations! Now back out to the main schedule using the back arrow.

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16. Navigate to the Thursday (June 1st) part of theschedule. At this point, I want to tell you about one of the awesome features in guidebook the “My Schedule” feature. As you can see in this image, on the right next to each session is a small “+” sign. Find a session you would be interested in attending like “3100 Maximizing on Your Students’ Experience at NCORE” and tap that small “+” sign next to that session.

17. You will then be prompted to add that session to your“My Schedule” tab. You can set a reminder on anyitems you add to your “My Schedule” tab. You can justclick “None” if you would like no reminder. Try adding acouple sessions you might be interested in attendingusing this same method.

18. Once you have added a couple sessions, try backing outand then selecting the “My Schedule” tab from the main menu. Using this feature will help you organize which sessions you wish to attend at the conference!! This is an example of what a “My Schedule” may look like. Tapping the check mark will remove the session from your “My Schedule” tab. Next, I will show you examples of a few other features available from the main menu.

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19. The “Presenters” tab allows you to learn someadditional information about the presenters, and search through them. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Selecting a presenter will also allow you to see all sessions they are presenting at the NCORE 2017 Conference!

20. The “Maps” tab allows you to look at the maps of the Convention Center digitally! We have also provided a map for Downtown Fort Worth!

21. The “Inbox” tab allows you to receive messages aboutupdates! Keep an eye on this, as the staff may send out messages through this feature during the NCORE 2017 Conference.

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22. The “Information & ExhibitorHall” tab lets you see the name, booth number, and description (if available) of each booth in the exhibitor hall.

23. At the bottom you can find Twitter, Facebook, andYoutube tabs so that you can access the NCOREpages easily, and connect your twitter to tweetdirectly from the guidebook app using our preloadedhashtags!

24. If you back all the way out to your home screen, the NCORE app is now accessible on your home screen! This is so that you can access it quickly throughout the conference!

25. AND THAT’S ALL FOLKS! The guidebook has a lot of features, so make sure to explore it and use it the way that you feel most comfortable! The app was created to make the conference schedule more user friendly – not less. If you have any questions feel free to contact Corey Davidson or Jeremiah Stinnett for any questions, comments, or complaints about the app before or during the conference! cdavidson@ou.edu jerrystinnett@ou.edu