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1. Go to [|Infectious Support]
2. Sign in at the top right. Here you will need to create a user and password. We will be using the **same sign-in name** that you do for the **yarmouth** **googledocs**, following the format of **//y2016 (1st 3 letters of first name first 3 letters of last name//**). Choose a password that is familiar to you as you will be entering this site many times.

3. You will be asked to make a **profile**-certain items are required. __Do not give any more than that.__ Use the school email of yarmouthschools.org. DO NOT put a personal picture in the place provided- we are not putting personal information about you on the web from this site. DO put in the provided box what disease you have and your teacher.

4. There will be a place to choose **settings** (on the right side bar)- go there, choose email and **uncheck being notified** by email when new posts are made, etc. and it is recommended that you uncheck everything or you will be constantly annoyed with extra notifications.

5. Go to the **Main** page (a long box may pop up across it-close it out). You will notice the **events** listed. These are the **due dates** for certain parts of this project and explanations of them. Watch this space for any more additions. Reminders will be posted on our homework page but details are here.

6. Look on the right side. There are links posted there for some helpful **resources** to links for your research- you may click on any of the links or scroll to the bottom of that section and see __view all__- there are others not visible directly on the side bar.

7. Scroll beyond the groups and see a section to ask **questions** and another for help in **citing sources**, plus some more helpful links.

8. Now that you have seen some of the resources, it is time to **find your disease group** in the middle section of the main page and click on it. Choose **join** this group. You are now a member of a support group for your disease. Scroll down to find your assigned topics(s) and click on it to see the questions you need to answer for your **primary post**. These will be the **bolded** items. You will be putting your information in the space below where it says __**reply to this.**__ For **your responses** you will be visiting the other categories of your group's disease and add your input based on the additional unbolded items as well as the primary post info placed there by a member of the group as their primary posting. See the descriptor and [|rubric].

9. For an example of how to do this, see the Black Plague group and click on the various categories. Read the Backstories of Mrs. Raines and Ms. Wooten for examples of those assignments.

10. You are now ready to work on your first assignment. See the Research process for the guidelines.