CALIFORNIA SCIENCE
EDUCATION CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 22-24, 2010 • SACRAMENTO, CA

Presenter Information

How to upload session handouts and speaker photo:

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1. Go to the CSTA Home Page: http://www.cascience.org/csta/csta.asp

2. Click on “CSTA Member Log-in” on the right hand side in the box labeled “CSTA Members”

3. Enter your username and password in the fields provided and click “Logon”.
   This will take you to your member home page.

4. Click on the link on the left-hand side “my presentations”.

5. Select the course for which you would like to add your handouts by clicking on the “Select” link.
   The next screen will offer you the opportunity to upload your photo and upload your handouts.

6. In the “Document Information and Upload section” select "Speaker Handouts (2MB Maximum)" from the "Category" drop-down menu. Then click the “Browse” button to find the file you would like to upload. Type a description into the “Upload File Description” box. This will be the file name that attendees will see when viewing the handout options available for your session. Do not enter or delete any information in the “File Location” field. Then click the “Update Speaker Information” button. Please note: there is a 2MB file size maximum per handout. You may upload more than one handout.

7. On the next screen, you must select the "Allow Downloads" check box and then click the "Update Speaker Information" button in order to make your handout available for download. If you do not, the handout will only be viewable by you and CSTA.

If you have more than one handout to upload, repeat the process of choosing the file and assigning it a name.

That's it. If you are done click the logout button at the top of the screen.

If you would like to verify that the handout was uploaded successfully, you may do so by searching for your session and viewing the session information, if you were successful, you will see the handout you uploaded listed below the event description.

To search for your session, click on the “conference information” link on the left hand side, and then click on “Build Your Own Schedule: Search by Subject, Grade, Day & Time” under the "Browse Conference Events" section. You will be taken to a search page that allows you to search for your session by title. Enter your query information, your search results will be displayed below the search box. Click on the “Details” link next to your session. The handouts will be listed below the Event Presenters section.

Uploading Your Photo

You can upload a photo of yourself to be displayed along with your biography information by uploading a photo in the "Photo Upload" section of the handouts upload tool.

How to add your speaker biography and indicated e-mail permissions:

This option is available to current members only.

1. Go to the CSTA Home Page: http://www.cascience.org/csta/csta.asp

2. Click on “CSTA Member Log-in” on the right hand side in the box labeled “CSTA Members”

3. Enter your username and password in the fields provided and click “Logon”.

4. This will take you to your member home page. Click on "my information" from the left-hand menu.

5. Scroll down to the section labeled "Speaker Info". If you would like your e-mail address displayed on-line check the box next to "Allow Speaker Email". If you do not want you e-mail address displayed, do not check the box. Enter your brief biography in the the "Biography" text box, and click "Post Changes" at the bottom of the page.

6. At the bottom of the confirmation page click "Post Changes" (Note you will not see the speaker information you added on the previous screen on this confirmation page).

7. To verify your posting, search for yourself from the CSTA search presenter feature. From the search results, click the "Details" link next to your name. The resulting page will be displayed where you can verify your changes/listing.