If you are new to using a Ning Community and feeling a bit lost - Check out the How To Guide for Assistance!

The forum and discussions are where you will gain the best information so take the time to get involved with discussions and make sure you subscribe to the Forum Feed! Not sure how to subscribe to the Forum Feed? - check out this information on how to use Feed Readers!

Create your profile page so we can get to know you. In particular make sure you complete your profile so we know what is your favourite online tools and what are the main etools and tips interested in learning more about. You can create your page by clicking on the tab at the top of this page that says "My Page."

Want to get involved in the discussions? Go to the Forum Page and click on the title of a discussion to read the entire post or click on reply to write your response.

Want to start a discussion? Go to the Forum Page.

Want to keep track of all Forum posts? Grab the Forum Feed and paste it into your favorite feed reader. Not sure what a feed reader is or how to use it - check out this information on how to use Feed Readers!

If you don't have a blog yet, then feel free to use the blog feature here on Ning. You'll find it on your profile page. Scroll down to where it says "My Blog" and then click on "Write first entry." Type in your thoughts and then click "save." I encourage you to use your Ning blog to record your thoughts of what you are learning in this community. Make sure you subscribe to the blog feed from this community so you can read the communities blog posts.

And if you already have a blog, then you can add an RSS feed to your blog on your page. Just look in the left sidebar for where it says "RSS." Then click Edit, add your feed, and decide if you want to show just the title or the full feed. Then click "save."

Want to keep track of individual Forum posts? Go to the page for that post and click on the RSS feed.

Get involved with our weekly challenges to help us all continue to learn and grow. At Building a Better Blog we found the challenge format encourages interaction and provides a focus for the community. The challenges will be totally voluntary and everyone can pick and choose which ones they'd like to do. Check out the Weekly Challenges!

Want to create a smaller Community of Practice to explore particular video topics, such as a group for video podcasting or video in a particular niche? Start a group!

Want to share articles you've found on using video online? Tag them in del.icio.us with the tag "etoolsvideo" and they'll show up in the RSS feed below. Not sure what deli.cio.us is or how to use it - check out these tips on using deli.cio.us!