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Getting Started:
Go to the Writing Program's forum site (http://www.classguide.net/rutgers/forums/).

If this is your first time visiting these forums, you may want to read the FAQs. These cover some basic issues about registering and using the forums. You can read them by clicking on the FAQ button located near the top-right corner of the page. To return back to the main page, click on the "home" button, which you can find near the top-right corner of the page.

Once you have read the FAQs, you can register to become a member of the forums To get to the registration page, "Register" button located near the top of the page. Read over the rules of the forums, and proceed as directed.

After you agree to follow the rules of the forums, you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to input some information. The first section is for registration information, so you will be required to fill out all of the fields:

1. First, choose a user name for yourself. This will be the name that will appear on the forums every time you make a post, or reply to someone else's post.
2. Then, make a password that you will be sure to remember. In the event that you lose your password, you can send a request to have your password emailed to you.
3. After you create a password, type in your e-mail address.
4. When you have entered the required information, you can type in optional information about yourself, such as an URL to your personal web site, your ICQ number or AIM screen name, location, interests, and whatever other fun facts about yourself that you want to include for other members of the forums to see.
5. The last section on the registration page is for forum preferences. The information you put here will determine how the forum appears in your web browser
6. The signature text box is for entering text that you want to be seen after every post you make in the forums. This is optional. You don't have to have a signature, so you can choose to leave this blank.
7. If you're in a lab, or a place where other people use computers, set automatically log in to "no".
8. Also, set the offset time to -5, EST.
9. If there are fields where you don't know what you should select, leave it set to use forum default.
   

When you're done typing in all the information for registering, click on the submit button. This will create your membership account. You will be then taken to a page that will acknowledge your registration. This page will automatically forward you to the main forums page, where you will already be logged in. Next time you visit the forums, you can login using the login box located in the lower right-hand corner of the main forums page.

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