Experts Directory: Video Tutorials

Six Steps to get Started with Experts Directory (9:59)

A simple explanation of six steps you can take to get started with Experts Directory:

• Upload a profile picture

• Ensure your appointment is accurate

• Confirm automatic claiming identifiers

• Confirm name-based search parameters

• Look at your Pending Queue for any scholarly and creative works to claim

• Make your profile public

Overview and how to login (2:40)

An overview of the Oklahoma State University Experts Directory system: what it is, what faculty can do with it, and how it operates. Also, a short tutorial of how to login and access your profile.

Adding a Profile Picture (3:00)

How to change your Experts Directory profile picture including uploading and cropping. Also, a short discussion of the characteristics of a good profile picture.

Committee Membership Role (5:13)

How to add a Committee Membership to your Experts Directory Professional Activities.

Professional Activity: Peer Review Journal (3:39)

How to add a Journal Peer Review to your Experts Directory Professional Activities.

Profile Privacy (2:56)

How to change the privacy level of your Experts Directory profile from Internal to Public, and a short explanation of the differences between those two options.

Item Privacy on Profiles (3:22)

How to change the privacy level of individual items on your Experts Directory profile from Private to Internal to Public, and a short explanation of the differences between these options.

Adding Appointments (5:08)

Editing your Appointments data including Academic and Non-Academic, and how to get help and support if your OSU Appointment is not listed properly.

Favoriting a Record (4:21)

How to make a record appear at the top of your Experts Directory profile by marking it as a Favorite. Also, how to set multiple favorites, sort records, and change privacy settings of favorites.

Fields of Research Labels (4:40)

Understanding the Fields of Research options that you can add to your Experts Directory profile, and how to use the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification scheme to locate Fields of Research.

Adding Profile-Level United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2:40)

Understanding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and how you can add them to your Experts Directory profile to show the global impact of your work and research.

Adding Item-Level United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (3:31)

Understanding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and how you can add them to individual items on your Experts Directory profile.

Impersonating a User (2:21)

Using the Delegates feature to impersonate another Experts Directory user who has added you as a Delegate to their account.

Adding Delegates (2:23)

Adding a Delegate to your Experts Directory profile, who can assist you with tasks such as claiming publications, adding UN Sustainable Development Goals, and editing almost anything on your profile.

Adding Videos to Your Profile (4:33)

Adding videos such as conference presentations, lecture recordings, or media appearances to your Experts Directory profile in order to showcase your work in a media-centric fashion.

Adding External Links to Your Profile (4:50)

Adding external links such as LinkedIn pages, personal portfolios, Google Scholar citations, and more to your Experts Directory profile.

Using the Research Network Visualization Tool (6:55)

Using the Research Network Visualization tool to see everyone who you are connected with as well as the connection network of others on campus.

Availability Labels (2:57)

Adding Availability Labels to your profile, to indicate your availability for research, collaborations, media inquiries, and more.

Publications: Name-Based Search Parameters (6:22)

Setting your preferences for how Experts Directory searches for your name in services like ORCID, Scopus, PubMed, and Dimensions. Also, an overview of how these external services operate and how they interface with Experts Directory.

Creating an ORCID iD (4:33)

Using the ORCID service to create an ORCID iD, which can be used to help build your sholarly reputation and connect you to your research and creative works on multiple platforms.

Add your ORCID iD to your Experts Directory Profile (4:33)

Linking your ORCID iD to your Experts Directory profile, which can assist with automatic claiming of publications and scholarly works.

Automatic Claiming Parameters (8:13)

Setting your parameters for how publications are automatically claimed or added to your Pending Queue. These steps help ensure that your profile is always current and up-to-date.

Sorting and Filtering Scholarly and Creative Works (4:35)

Sorting and filtering scholarly and creative works such as publications, conference presentations, book chapters, reports, and more. These tools can help you locate specific entries in your Claimed Publications as well as your Pending Queue and Rejected items.

Scholarly and Creative Works Sources (4:29)

Locating the sources for your Scholarly and Creative Works (Scopus, Dimensions, Crossref, PubMed, etc.) and performing actions such as setting a Preferred Record as well as splitting records.