This is a short series of annotated screenshots, intended to give a simple guide to...loading a resource into the Engine

1. ALISS
Access to Local Information to Support Self-Management
Loading a Resource into the Engine
A collaboration between the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland, and the Long Term Conditions Alliance
Scotland…and ever so many other organisations…and people…
Making Self-Management Support more findable
contact@aliss.org

2. Drag the ALISS It
bookmarklet to your
browser toolbar, & ‘drop’
it there.

3. 2. Click on the
ALISS It
bookmarklet
1. Highlight any
text that you’d
want to include
in the resource
description on
ALISS

4. 1. Make sure you
allow this to pop-
up. It appears
with URL, Title,
and description
already there for
you. Edit the title
& description if
need be
3. Click ‘Save 2. Add tags. As you type,
Item’ to …er… ALISS will be looking out
save what for suggestions for you to
you’ve put in. accept if you like them.
But feel free to add others

5. !. The form will save
and then offer you the
opportunity to record
the geogr location of
the resource. Use a
postcode if you have
one.
2. If you are
noting an event,
put the dates in, &
3. Save item times if you have
them. Otherwise
leave these fileds
blank

6. In case the bookmarklet
doesn’t work (some
organisations don’t let staff
install such things) then you
can ‘add new resource’ via
this link and this form
comes up. But it doesn’t
grab the URL, title &
description though – you
have to add those via copy
& paste from the original
page

7. A search for
employment –
related resources
locally

8. Click on the title to go
to the original resource Free text
description: indexed
Location: indexed
tags
Resource:
original spotter
Time-stamp
Resource:
original curation
Subsequent
curations wd ‘flag’ – could be
be shown alert
here
Here is a curation in the Engine, ‘unpacked’

9. When you are logged into
your ALISS account, items
on search result listings
include a ‘create curation’
link. Clicking on this brings
up a wee form where you
can add tags of your own,
and a free text note.

10. Another access point for search results, from
across the web rather than direct on the Engine