We’re moving!
Yes, the long-awaited migration from the old P2PU site to our lovely new home is almost upon us, and we’re really excited. Our new site is sleeker and better looking, but more importantly, it’s better geared to facilitating peer to peer learning. (how?) (why is it good?)
We’re hoping that this new site will be the base from which the P2PU community can continue to leverage the internet and educational materials openly available online and enable high-quality, low-cost education opportunities for as many people has we can reach.
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How to get started
If you’re new to P2PU, the best way to get started is to create an account. If you’ve already registered, even on the old site, then you should have an account already set up.
Once you have an account, you can use the My P2PU link in the top right corner of the page to manage your profile and view any messages you may have. We recommend that you add a photo and plenty of detail to your profile, so that people can see who you are and what you’re interested in learning.
What happened to the Front Page?
Like Facebook or Twitter and many other sites, the new P2PU site doesn’t have a front page, like the old one did. Instead, every time you log on, you will find yourself on your dashboard. From here you can track the activity in groups that you are a part of, or you can use the Learn, People, Schools and Blog links across the top of the page to find groups, view people’s profiles and follow them, explore the Schools that are part of P2PU or visit our blog.
Join the Help Desk
Think of the help desk as a 24 hour, 365 day a year orientation. This is the place where all the “how to” info about the new site is kept, and shared, and where you can ask any questions you may have. Have a look in the Tasks section of the helpdesk for some great screencasts and discussions on the best ways to start learning.
Find a course or study group
Now that you’ve got your account all up and running, it’s time to learn! Your can browse all the current courses and study groups that are under development, newly open, and already running by clicking on the “Learn” link at the top of your dashboard. This will show you all the courses and groups, and their status.
Create your own course or study group
If you’d like to create your own course or group, have a look at this great screencast how-to.
Find materials from old courses that ran on the previous site
If you were a participant in, or organiser of a course on the previous site, and you can’t find it on the new one, never fear! You can import the material directly using this great tool: http://new.p2pu.org/en/groups/import/