Welcome to the Out of School Time Professional Development Center! Please follow these steps to create your individual account.

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1 Welcome to the Out of School Time Professional Development Center! Please follow these steps to create your individual account.

2 Open a browser and enter this url: - Note - These instructions are for people establishing individual memberships in the National Out of School Time Professional Development Center if you are part of an organization that will have its own private OSTPD site you will be given different instructions. Click the SIGN UP button if you are not already registered on the site.

3 Click the Member button. Click the National OSTPD button.

4 Click the Register Now button. Click the I want to create an account button if you are not already registered on another CollaborNation site. (If you already have an account, please enter your address and password and click the I have an account button and then the Enter button.)

5 To create a new account, please fill out all the information requested. (Don t forget to write down your password!) Check the two boxes at the bottom to complete your registration. (Because the membership is free, your credit card information is not gathered and so checking the second box will not cause anything to happen with your credit card.)

6 Congratulations on successfully joining the Out of School Time Professional Development Center! You will receive an confirming your registration. Click Enter to start setting up your profile. Set up your personal information start by going to Edit my settings in the box on the left where your photo will be.

7 System Requirements Please visit our system requirements page to make sure your system is up-to-date:

8 Support Hub Information Please join our support hub at

9 The following pages will give you a quick tour of the initial set up of your account. Note - you can get more instructions on using the site s features by clicking on Resources and selecting the Learner Tutorials link. Click Click Click

10 Member Info tab This is a portion of the first page you will see after clicking Edit my settings on your My Home page. This page is for your Name, Title and Address information. Please include your title if appropriate. Do not share any information that you do not want the entire community to view, and click Save Changes when done.

11 Community Profile tab Click the Community Profile tab to enter any personal bio information you wish to share with all members. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page when done. Photo tab Instructions for changing your photo are at the end of this document. You can either hover your mouse over your picture on your My Home page or click the Photo tab to change your photo.

12 Notifications tab This is a portion of the notifications page. Change any of the default settings to suit your needs.

13 Privacy tab This is a portion of the page. Click Save Changes when done.

14 Set up your Content Alerts On the menu at the left on your My Home page, click on My Content Alerts. Choose areas that interest you from The drop down list. Click to subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time. (You can also go to the middle section of your My Home page to the section labeled My Content Alerts and click on manage content alerts to get to this same spot.)

15 Member Matching Start at your My Home page. Scroll down and toward the bottom left you will see: Click on Edit responses You will be taken to a list of questions that you should answer and then click Save. Note -- for the fourth and eighth questions, if you hold the control or command key when you click a category you will be able to select as many categories as you want (there is a note repeating this in light gray at the top of the question list). After you have clicked Save other members with answers compatible with yours will populate a page. You can hover your mouse over each one to see why they were "matched" with you. If you want to add them as a contact, click on the envelope icon under their name to send a message requesting permission to add them as a contact. You can change your answers at any time. Once you have answered the questions, the Member Matching box on your My Home page will have a View my matches button at the bottom instead of Edit responses. Click that to view your matches or edit your answers whenever you'd like.

16 Click the My Courses button on the top menu bar. How to Change your Password Click on Edit Account Details from the menu at the left edge of your screen and you will be taken to a form for changing your password. Complete the information and click Save at the bottom of the form. Click the small white X at the bottom right corner of your screen to return to the My Courses page.

17 If you are a member of more than one nation: Click the My Courses button on the top menu bar. Click the down arrow in the Select a Nation box at the top right of the page. From the drop down list that will appear, select the nation you want. You can change your default nation any time by clicking Set as Default when you are in the desired nation. Note each time you want to switch nations you will need to begin on the My Courses page.

18 Finally, on the lighter side Save Our Site from an avalanche of blue, blah members! Go to My Home page and hover your mouse over your picture icon until you see change photo and click. Click the Browse button and find a picture. Click on the picture and it will be brought up into a window that lets you get it to the correct size and then click Save. Thank You!

19 Welcome to the Out of School Time Professional Development Center! Please follow these steps to take courses.

20 Using the Course Catalog To view courses in the catalog, click on the My Courses button on the top menu bar. Then click on My Catalog and click on a category or search a topic to view courses/webinars. Here is an example of how course listings look, using the OST Certificate Series category as an example:

21 Using the Course Catalog - taking Courses Click the My Courses button on the top menu bar. Click on the My Catalog bar. View the course categories or search a topic to view courses/webinars. Click the Learn More button on a course that you are interested in. Click Learn More. Click the Add to My Courses button. You will then go through a shopping cart process to obtain the course unless the course is a free course. Click the My Courses bar to see the course and click Take Course to begin.