Tips and resources to support children birth to age five
FAQ
Fequently Asked Questions
Q:What is the Early Learning Community?
Q:Who is this community designed for?
Q:Does it cost anything to sign up, post events or blogs?
Q:Can I feature an event, blog or discussion?
Q:How do I invite people to an event?
Q:How do I ask questions or communicate with other people?
Q:Where do I find information or find resources?
Q:How do I change my email address or password?
Q:How is this different from Facebook?
Q:Can I tag faces in a photo I upload to the ELC like on Facebook?
Q:Can I share or post a product on the Early Learning Community website?
Q: What is the Early
Learning Community?
A: The Early Learning Community is a free social network dedicated
around early learning. Anyone can join, and it’s completely free.
Parents, Caregivers or anyone can exchange questions, advice, and
share useful or relevant information revolving around early
learning. People can post events or blogs as long as it follows the
posting
guidelines.
Q: Who is this community
designed for?
A: This community is designed for anyone who is interested and/or
wants to learn more about early learning. This could be a parent,
caregiver, early learning professional, supporter, volunteer, and
more. You do not have to be any of the above to join this website.
This is for any and everyone interested in early learning!
Q: How do I become a member?
A: This is extremely easy and not time consuming. You simply visit
the EarlyLearningCommunity.org website and register by clicking the
Sign-up link in the right upper hand side of
the page, fill in the relevant information, and click
“Sign-up”.
Q: How do I post an event?
A: You can do this a couple of ways. One way is to go to www.EarlyLearningCommunity.org/Events
then click “+ Add an Event” complete all relevant information and
click “update”. The second way is to hover over the “Parent”, the
“Professional” or the “Community” tabs, then go into the “event”
sub-title, select “+ Add an Event.”
Q:
How do I post a blog?
A: This is very close to the way you would post an event. You can
visit www.EarlyLearningCommunity.org/Blog
click “+ Add a Blog Post” and click “update” when you have finished
the blog. The other way is to, again, hover over the “Parent”,
”Professional” or “Community” tabs, select blog, select “+ Add Blog
Post.”
Q: Does it cost anything to sign
up, post event, or blogs?
A: No, anything offered by this website is completely free.
Q: Can I feature an event,
blog or discussion?
A: No, only the administrators of this website can feature an
event, blog, or discussion. If you would like your event, blog, or
discussion to be featured please contact info@EarlyLearning.org.
Q: How do I invite people to an
event?
A: Click the invite tab, and choose from the list of
options.
Q:
How do I add a friend?
A: Hover of the Community tab, click into members, and then click on “Add as a Friend” button. A
friend request will be sent to that person and they will confirm if
they want to be your friend.
Q: How do I join a group?
A: This is very similar to adding friends. You can go into groups by selecting “parents”, “professionals” or
“community” and then click “Join _(name of group)_” and wait for
them to confirm your request.
Q: How do I
ask questions or communicate with other people?
A: Click into the parent, professional or community tab, click
“Discussion Forum”, then click “+ Add a Discussion”. You can also
visit www.EarlyLearningCommunity.org/Forum.
Q: Where do I find
information or resources?
A: The Early Learning Community is full of information and
resources. You can access relevant information/resources listed in
events, blogs, and discussion forums. Users have the opportunity to
communicate with other community members by posing a question or
giving tips or advice on a given discussion forum. You can also
find a list of relevant topics in the Topics
& Tips section located on the homepage.
Q: How do I
change my email address or password?
A: Click on the profile tab, then click the “settings” link on the
upper right hand side of the page, then click change next to your
email address or password and change it to the accurate address.
(*if you change your email, and an error shows that you have an
incorrect password, change the password first before you change
your email address).
Q: Forgot your password?
A: Don’t sweat it! Click
here to submit your email address, and you will receive an
email shortly to reset your password.
Q: How is this different from
Facebook?
A: The Early Learning Community is dedicated to early learning, and
provides collaborative tools for people to communicate and get
access to resources revolved around increasing the awareness for
early learning. Unlike other social media, this community does not
display advertisements. The Early Learning Community is not tied
with any other social media.
Q: Can I tag faces in a photo I
upload to the ELC like on Facebook?
A: No, unfortunately this feature is not currently available on the
Early Learning Community.
Q:
Can I share or post a product on the Early Learning Community
website?
A: No, you can only post events, blogs, or discussions on this
website.
Q: Can I delete my profile?
A: Yes, it’s a little trickier than other social networks. Please
follow these steps:
- Log into the site Ning.com. You can do this by simply being logged into your social network provided by Ning, and open a new tab at Ning.com and you will automatically be logged in.
- Once you are in Ning go into your “Settings”. Click into “Social Network” tab on the left side, then click “Leave” under each network you have from Ning.
- Then go back to your “Settings” and click the Deactivate tab, and click “Deactivate” at the bottom.
Q: Don’t see your question
here?
A: Contact info@earlylearning.org and we
will answer your question as soon as we can.
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