American Braintrust Tutorial

AMERICAN BRAINTRUST NAVIGATION TUTORIALS

ALL TO SUPPORT LEARNING, PROMOTE CIVICS, CAUSES, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND TO PROVIDE HELP

THE AMERICAN BRAINTRUST WEBSITE IS THE PORTAL, OR ANCHOR. LINKS TO THE RESOURCES OPEN IN A NEW BROWSER WINDOW. THE LETTER AND SYMBOL LINKS ARE DESIGNED TO SPUR CURIOSITY, INSPIRE LEARNING, AND PROMOTE DISCOVERY. LETTERS LINK TO CAUSES, VOTER INFO, OR COOL STUFF ABOUT AMERICA - WHILE STARBURSTS LINK TO WATCHDOG GROUPS. LOG ON TO AMERICAN BRAINTRUST 50 STATE BLOGS AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS, RESEARCH, AND SOLUTIONS. PLEASE, JOIN THE DISCUSSION.

NAVIGATION OF AMERICAN BRAINTRUST IS STRAIGHT FORWARD AND INTUITIVE. THE ISSUE SPECIFIC RESOURCES ARE VETTED WEBSITES FROM GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC, AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES; I.E., ASSOCIATIONS, ARCHIVES, MEDIA, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, INDUSTRY LEADERS, INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES, ENTREPRENEURS, RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, CORPORATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS.

AMERICAN BRAINTRUST LINKS TURN RED TO EASILY PLOT COURSE FOR EACH SESSION.

CLEARING BROWSER COOKIES RESETS PAGES FOR FRESH SESSIONS AFTER (F5) REFRESH.

GOOGLE SEARCH

BOTTOM OF EACH MAIN ISSUE PAGE AND ON EVERY STATES PAGE IS A GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH BOX (EXAMPLE BELOW). ENTER TERM YOU SEEK AND PRESS SEND. RESULTS WILL DISPLAY BELOW THE SEARCH BOX. TRY SUGGESTIONS TO BEGIN. REFINEMENT SEARCH TABS APPEAR FOR EASY QUICK ACCESS TO STATE OR ISSUES RESOURCES AND RESEARCH.

CLICK "X" TO THE RIGHT OF THE SEARCH BOX TO CLEAR RESULTS AND SHRINK THE RESULTS WINDOW.

CLICK "MORE RESULTS" AT THE BOTTOM OF SEARCH RESULTS TO VISIT AB SEARCH IN A NEW WINDOW.

NOTE: TOP LEFT CORNER OF EACH AB PAGE: "FLAG PAGE" GRAPHIC NAVIGATES TO AB FLAG PAGE (ALL AB PAGES)

SPLIT-SCREEN WORKSPACE TIPS

SCREEN IS TOO SMALL TO SPLIT?

1) TILE YOUR WINDOWS

2) XP/VISTA SIDE BY SIDE

3) FIREFOX MULTIPLE WINDOWS

4) ADVICE FROM WINDOWS

MAXIMIZE AND TOGGLE TASK BAR

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:

F11 = FULL SCREEN

F5 = REFRESH SCREEN

USE ZOOM TO ENLARGE SCREEN TEXTS

DESKTOP SPLIT SCREEN EXAMPLE

BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SPLIT SCREEN. IT IS SHOWING A DESKTOP EXAMPLE WITH THE AMERICAN BRAINTRUST CIVICS ISSUE PAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND THE RESOURCE LINK (WJMI ORG) OPEN ON THE LEFT.

ONCE YOUR DESKTOP IS SET UP TO A SPLIT SCREEN ENVIRONMENT, ALL OF THE RESOURCE LINKS WILL OPEN TO THE LEFT, WHILE THE AMERICAN BRAINTRUST PORTAL PAGE REMAINS ON THE RIGHT.

CLICKING EXAMPLE BELOW TOGGLES 3 FULL SIZE 1920 x 1200 SPLIT SCREENS. TO GO FULL SCREEN (F11)

GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH TRY: AMERICA, CANCER, RIGHT

S, RESEARCH, LAW, FREEDOM, CIVICS, ENERGY, CRIME

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