This page provides basic instructions that you can give to your crowdsourcers to get them started in the crowdsourcing module. Note that you will want to add specific transcription instructions for your collection.
First, you’ll need to create an account in the portal for which you will be crowdsourcing.
After you’ve created an account once, you will use this login information for all future sessions. Just click Login and enter your username and password.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers 2001500, 2001509, 2001394, 2001422, 2001427, 2001431, 2001299, 2001354, 2001288, and 2001345. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Additional resources about crowdsourcing in a Symbiota portal can be found below:
Katie Pearson, ed: Lindsay Walker. Crowdsourcing (Volunteer Instructions). In: Symbiota Support Hub (2021). Symbiota Documentation. https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/crowdsource/individual/. Created on 07 Oct 2021, last edited on 12 Dec 2023.