A guide to the functionality of Noddlepod. Slightly modified versions of this slide deck has been used for training both of end-users and administrators.
3. Startup Science
What is Noddlepod for?
learning communities
collaboration projects
leadership networks
expert and research networks
communities of practice
steering boards and committee work
4. Startup Science
Noddlepod combines
the community aspects of social
media
with powerful tools for knowledge
management
Its not information overload.
Its filter failure.
Clay Shirky
9. A place for everything
-and everything in its place
build a knowledge
database from the
communitys activity
see posts related to a
particular topic
(category, tags or search
words)
easy to find information
according to need
12. Get creative
format text
create lists and
tables
insert links to other
websites and
resources
embed videos
attach documents
13. Startup Science
Noddlepod group administration
Official & pinned notes
Manage categories
Invite members
Organise and moderate content
14. Highlight official content (admin only)
Separate formal from community content
Keep a post at the top of the activity stream
16. Invite people to groups
Invite existing users (from other groups in the account)
Invite new users (by email or csv file)
account admins only
Remove users from groups
Resend invitations
17. Organise and moderate
re-organise posts into
category
edit & delete users
content
delete users comments
use with care
18. Create group templates
Create a group and save as template
Can be edited as a normal group
Option to create group from template
20. Account administration
Manage account admins (can invite from
outside of account)
Allow anyone to create groups
Manage account admins
Remove users from account (all groups)