Submitting Resources

Submitting Resources

*You need to be a registered member of VTCITE to submit resources.

Submitting resources is an important feature of VTcite and is part of our original mission.    

Before submitting your resource:

• First check to see if the resource or something similar already exists. We have tried to organize resources by the name of their website.  
• If this is a new resource, submit it, but when doing so, be very thoughtful about the tags you associate with a resource. Quality tagging helps others find resources and makes overall organization of the site more efficient.

To submit your resource:

• After logging in, click on the resource link and scroll to the bottom of that page. There you will find submit a resource.
• Please make sure to use the NAME OF THE SITE, not the subject, as the TITLE unless this is a reference to a subject in a specific blog or uploaded document.
• Weblink TITLE should reflect the name of the particular page
• Weblink URL: can include http://   The easiest way is to copy the URL from the website and paste it in.
• Field Tested: Please indicate if you have personally applied what you learned from using the site you are adding as a resource.
• Description: This is where you describe your resource and how you used it, if applicable.  Please try to be specific in describing the recommended resource
• Click on Categories to add selection attributes to help users find your resource. To select more than one item in a pull down menu that are not necessarily contiguous
• in a MAC, hold down the APPLE KEY for non-contiguous items. To select contiguous items hold down the SHIFT KEY.



• On a PC, hold down the CONTROL Key to select non-contiguous items and the SHIFT KEY to select contiguous ones.
• Attached Images lets you easily browse and attach an image to help illustrate the recommended resource in your description.

  

• File Attachments enable you to browse for a document(s) on your computer and attach it for others to download. You can attach most of the standard file types: .doc, .ppt, .pdf, .mov, etc…
• Submit Just click and submit and your new resource will be added to VTcite.