August 1st, 2013 - The Stalin Digital Archive development team is proud to announce some important new features that will enhance both basic and advanced use of this valuable resource.
Key benefits include:
Private groups allow both local and remote SDA users to collaborate on document selection, annotations, tagging and discussions.
Multi-Doc Viewer allows users to easily compare two texts from the same window.
Website improvements including improved News & Updates and Notifications pages, the addition of a Cyrillic keyboard that can be accessed from the header on every page and more!
Private Groups Features
Private Groups – In addition to public Research Interests, the SDA now offers Private Groups. Private Groups allow groups of SDA users to share and collaborate in a closed environment, yet they are accessible to users across the globe. Any user can create a private group; invite other SDA users to join the group; and share documents, tags, annotations, and discussions with other members of that group.
MySDA menu with Private Groups Links – Users can access Private Groups Discussions, Private Groups Folders, and Private Groups Pages via the MySDA menu
Create Private Groups – Create private groups and invite members from Private Groups section of MySDA.
Notifications – Ability to Accept/Decline Private Group invitations directly from Notifications page.
Private Groups Home Page - The Private Group home page provides an overview of group members, recent discussions, annotations, tags and private folder document additions.
Document Viewer with Private Group Tags/Annotations – Users can add private group tags and annotations to documents from within the viewer.
Private Groups Discussions - Private Group members can have discussions within their group without others being able to view their work. Private discussions can be a great way to work with students in a classroom environment.
Enhanced Document Viewer Features
Multi-Doc Viewer – Users can now open two documents in the viewer at the same time, thus allowing for the comparison of images and/or text.
Home Page Improvements
Tag Cloud – a tag cloud of public user tags has been added to the SDA home page. The tags are sorted alphabetically, and the size of each word depends on frequency of usage through the site.
Cyrillic Keyboard – A Cyrillic keyboard has been added to the header of each page on the site. This will make is much easier to type in Cyrillic throughout the SDA, particularly when doing keyword searches.
