GBIF community forum & helpdesk

Overview

Teaching: 30 min
Exercises: 0 min
Questions
  • What is the GBIF community forum

  • What is the GBIF helpdesk

  • What is the Technical support hour for GBIF nodes

Objectives
  • Learn more on how the GBIF community is ready to help

Presentation: The GBIF community forum

Excercise : Browse the Community forum

  1. Create an account on the community forum
  2. Check this post and check this out on gbif(www.gbif.org) extra_info
  3. Browse the forum a bit

SOLUTION

  1. That was easy

Presentation: The GBIF Helpdesk

GBIF portal ‘Feedback system’

Instructions

  1. Create an account on Github
  2. Instead of sending bugs or ideas to helpdesk@gbif.org you can also use Github issues
  3. On the right upper corner of the GBIF portal clik here: portal You can choose different options
    content
    Bug
    Idea
    Helpdesk

SOLUTION

  1. That was easy

Key Points

  • You are not alone in this world