Confluence Basics 4/27/2022

Materials from the zoom training session with Esmé Cowles and Anu Vedantham

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• Why Confluence matters 
• Overview of the quadrant approach
• How accounts work at PUL - login versus public pages
• Similar to Google Docs, more structured so easier to find and connect documents over time
• What is Confluence and what is it for?
• https://lib-confluence.princeton.edu/ 
• Wiki for PUL staff to collaboratively edit documents
• Tour of Confluence
• Home Page https://lib-confluence.princeton.edu/
• Space Directory
• Sidebar navigation
• Search "Confluence Best Practices"
• https://pul-confluence.atlassian.net/wiki/display/BP/Confluence+Best+Practices 
• Examples
• An example of using Confluence to manage group records 
• An example of the meeting notes template
• An example of how Confluence connects to Google Drive
• Editing
• Tip: Don't use Firefox (a lot works, but some things do not)
• Login (Silent Duo Push)
• Personal Space
• Walk through toolbar:
• Basic formatting / Page Layout
• Links
• Insert Content
• Save / Close / Revert
• Other stuff
• Permissions (lock at top of page)
• Labels (tag at bottom of page)
• Context menu (import / export / copy / move)
• Try it out - Scratch Page! 
• Formal training on Confluence:
• Atlassian Tutorials site
• Search for Confluence in LinkedIn Learning

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