Getting Started

• How Revoluminary Works: Revoluminary helps connect instructors and students by providing a directory of available classes, easy scheduling and payment collection, clear instructor ratings, and an easy to use online classroom with interactive video. Revoluminary members can sign up for classes they want at a time that is convenient, as well as creating their own classes and setting their own prices and hours of availability.
• How Revoluminary Pays: Revoluminary charges students using secure google checkout system to collect the instructors fees and the Revoluminary network fee (a small fee to cover the cost of overhead, bandwidth and credit card fees). Every two weeks, Revoluminary sends the fees collected by each instructor to their paypal account.

Using the My Revoluminary Page

• Creating a User Profile: Once you have registered, you can create a unique user profile by simply logging in to your My Revoluminary page and selecting the “Profile” tab. Tell others about yourself, your interests, and upload a picture. And be sure to save your profile every time you edit it!
• Creating and Editing a Class: Once you have registered, you can create a class by simply logging in to your My Revoluminary page and selecting the “Classes” tab. Here you will see a list of all the classes you have created, as well as a link in the upper right to add more. Click the add a class link and give your class a title, description, set the price for the class, select the categories where it should be listed, and the languages that you can teach in. Save your class and it will be added to the directory for every Revoluminary to see.
  
• Managing your schedule: When you log in to your My Revoluminary page you are automatically sent to the “Schedule” tab. Here you can check your upcoming schedule for classes that you have purchased or that others have purchased from you. If you are teaching a class, you can add and remove availability to your schedule. Most importantly, the link to open your Revoluminary classroom is always on the “Schedule” tab.
  
• Opening your Revoluminary classroom: Whether you are taking a class or teaching one, the link to your Revoluminary classroom will appear on the right hand side of your schedule. Your Revoluminary classroom becomes available 5 minutes prior to the start of a session, and automatically ends after 50 minutes. To enter the classroom, simply click the link for the indicated session time on the right hand side of your schedule.
  
• Checking Messages: Revoluminary lets you send and receive messages from other users. To check your messages, simply log in to your My Revoluminary page and select the “Messages” tab.
  
• Changing Your Settings: Manage your password, time zone, email notification, and paypal settings by logging in to your My Revoluminary page and selecting the “Settings” tab.
  
• Managing Your Ratings: You can view and edit your ratings at any time by logging in to your My Revoluminary page and selecting the “Ratings” tab. Here you can check the ratings you have received for classes you have taught, as well as write and edit the ratings you submitted for classes that you took.
  
• Testing Your Equipment: It is important that you make sure your headset, microphone and video camera are working before each session. You can easily test them by clicking the “test our classroom” button on the lower right hand side of the homepage.
  
• Uploading Files to your Classroom: Revoluminary makes it easy to incorporate your powerpoint or word files into your classes by allowing you to access them while in the classroom by opening your class folder icon in the upper right corner of the Revoluminary classroom. To add a file to the folder, simply log in to your My Revoluminary page, select the “Classes” tab, and choose the class you would like edit. Select the upload file link, choose the file you would like to have added, and save your changes. That file will appear the next time you launch your classroom.

Participating in the Knowledge Community

• Abuse and Policy Center: At Revoluminary, we take the security and safety of our users very seriously and we work vigorously to ensure that no one violates the community’s trust by promoting violent, illegal, or illicit activity or personally harassing other community members. To report violations or concerns, please send us a message by clicking here
• Community Guidelines: As a fellow member of the Revoluminary community, we encourage your to review the guidelines that we have agreed upon to ensure a smooth, enjoyable, and effective community. Generally speaking, these rules simply require respect and good manners. Use common sense and you’ll feel right at home.
  
  
  1. We encourage everyone to welcome new members the way you would like to be welcomed if you were new to the community, and to be as inclusive as possible.
     
  2. We are inspired by ideas and we live by words. We actively encourage open and vigorous debate in the pursuit of understanding. However, we do not allow obscene, racist, sexually explicit or otherwise offensive language.
     
  3. We believe in the power of learning to inspire people to achieve and to understand. In all things we encourage thoughtful action, however members of our community may not suggest or encourage violent, illegal, illicit or otherwise inappropriate activity.
     
  4. We value intellectual property protections and ask that you have copyright ownership of all material that you share during instruction or that you post on our bulletin boards and in our chats.
     
  5. We respect the privacy of our community members, and ask that you do as well. This means no posting of phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers, or any other private information.
     
  6. By posting to any portion of this site, you agree to abide by our Terms and Conditions of Use. We reserve the right to remove any postings (although we have no duty to do so).
     
  7. Use good judgment, and have a wonderful time.