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ICONNECT–QuickStartGuideIfyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontacttheICONNECTAdministratorRobertWiggins
Step1–LogintoICONNECT
Notice.(ICONNECTseemstoworkbestwhenrunningonthegooglechromewebbrowser.Fordetailedinstructionsonhowtodownloadgooglechromepleaserefertothelastpage)
AccessICONNECT,ourOnlineCommunity,byclickingthe“LogintoICONNECT”buttonthatappearsatthetop-rightofIngomarChurch’swebsite(http://ingomarchurch.org).
PersonalHomePage-containsinformationspecifictoyou,including:
1. AwelcomemessagefromIngomarChurchandaseriesoftabsyoucannavigatethrough:Welcome,RecentActivity,MessagesandForms
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2. Ontheleft,youwillseeamenu:
• UseGroupstoaccessinformationforcommitteesorothergroups• UsePeopletolocateotherpeoplebyname• (ServeisnotyetimplementedinICONNECT)• UseGivetoview/printyourgivingstatementorcontributeonline
3. Ontheupperrightsideofthescreen(“theheaderbar”),youhave4tools:thealertbell,calendar,yournameandahelp“cog”
Whenyouclickonyourname,themenulistedunderyournamedisplays.Thisisavailablefromanypage.
4. Ontherightside,youwillseealistofthecommitteesorgroupstowhichyouareamember.Everyoneisamemberof“OurChurch.”
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Step2–ViewYourProfile
ClickProfileunderyournameintheheaderbartoviewyourpersonalinformation.
ContactInfoYourphoto,phonenumber(s),emailandaddresswillbeshownatthetop.OnlyyouandmembersoftheIngomarChurchfamilywhohavealogonIDwillseeyouremailaddress.
ProfileTabs
Viewyourrecentactivity,familyinformation,personalinformation,involvement,financialhistoryandservingavailabilityfromtheprovidedtabs.
ActionsMenu
ClickEditProfile,makeneededchangestoyouraddress,e-mail,phonenumbers,andbirthdateandusethe[Save]buttonatthebottomofthepagetostorethesechanges.
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Step3–EditYourProfileandUploadPicturesWhenviewingyourprofile,clickEditProfile(fromtheActionsMenuontheright),makeneededchangestoyouraddress,e-mail,phonenumbers,andbirthdateandusethe[Save]buttonatthebottomofthepagetostorethesechanges.WEWOULDLIKEALLTHOSEINDIVIDUALSWITHLOGONIDSTOUPLOADAPICTUREOFTHEMSELVESANDTHEIRFAMILY.InformationwillonlybeaccessibletothoseindividualswithlogonIDs,NOTtothegeneralpublic.
UploadyourPersonalPicture
Whileeditingyourprofile,ontheBasicstab/Personalsection,selectanappropriatephotofromyourcomputer:
UploadyourFamilyPictureWhenviewingyourprofile,clickonEditfamilyprofile.OntheFamilyInformationsection,selectanappropriatephotofromyourcomputer.
Step4–YourPrivacySettings
A. ListedinICONNECT.
WEWOULDLIKEALLTHOSEINDIVIDUALSWITHLOGONIDSTOLEAVETHISSETTO“LISTED”.InformationwillonlybeaccessibletothoseindividualswithlogonIDs,NOTtothegeneralpublic.
Ifyoumakeyourselfunlisted,nootherIngomarcommunitymember,committeeorgroupmember,orfriendwillbeabletoseeyouoremailyou.Anunlistedindividualcanonlybeseenbythechurchleadership,i.e.,peoplewhohavebeengivenadditionaladministrativeprivilegesforthesoftware.WerecommendthatyouleaveyourselfsettoListedtohelpbuildarobustonlinecommunity.
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B. Listedindividualscanalsomodifyprivacysettings.
Youmayselectfromthefouroptionsdescribedbelowbyusingthepulldownforeachareaofyourprofile.
IndividualsmustbeloggedintoICONNECTtoviewanypeopleandfamilyinformation.
i. ChurchLeadershipOnly:Fieldswiththissettingcanonlybeviewedbyappropriatechurchleadership.
ii. FriendsOnly:Fieldswiththissettingcanonlybeviewedbyotherpeoplewhoareontheperson'sMyFriendslist.Appropriatechurchleadershipcanviewtheinformationaswell.
iii. Friends&MyGroupsMembers:Fieldswiththissettingcanbeviewedbymembersofgroupsthepersonisinvolvedin,aswellasotherpeoplewhoareontheperson'sMyFriendslistandappropriatechurchleadership.
iv. Everybody:Fieldswiththissettingcanbeviewedbythosewithausernameandpasswordtousethesite(notbythegeneralpublic).
Thedefaultsettingsforthefollowingfieldshavebeensetto“Everybody”inordertofacilitateengagementbetweenIngomarfamilymembers:
• Atleastonephonenumber,and• Emailaddress,and• Mailingaddress,and• PluggedIn,and• MyFit
C. IfyoumakechangestothesesettingsbesuretoclickSave.
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Step5–ViewOtherProfiles
Childrenage12andbelow(basedonthebirthdatesintheirprofiles)arenotvisibleunlessyouhavebeenspecificallygrantedthisaccess.Additionally,youcanonlyviewlistedprofiles.
1. ClickthePeoplelinkintheleftmenubar.
2. Begintypinganameinthesearchbox.
• Youmaytypefirstnameorlastname.
• Ifyouhitthespacebaratanypoint,thesystemwillbeginsearchingbybothfirstandlastname.So,ifsomeonehasatwo-wordfirstname,like'MarySueStevenson',youshouldjusttypesomethinglike'marste',not'marsu'or'marsuste'.
• Ifpeoplehaveprefixes,suffixes,ormiddlenameslisted,thosewillshowupincertainplaces,butyoushouldn'tusetheminanamesearch.
• Onceyou'vetypedatleasttwoletters,thesystemwillstartreturningsuggestedmatcheswiththenameandphotooftheprobablematches.Thereisalimittothenumberofreturnednamessocontinuetypinguntilyouseethedesiredname.
3. Clickthepersonyou'relookingforandyou'llbetakentotheirprofilepage.OntheInfotab,youwillseetheinformationtheindividualhaschosentosharewiththeICONNECTcommunity.Anythingnotsharedwillbeblankorshowthemessage‘notenoughprivilegestoview’,meaningadministrativerightsarerequiredtoviewthatinformation.IfyouhavechangedyourprivacysettingsfromEVERYBODYtoadifferentsettingsomeormanypeoplewillnotbeabletocontactyou.
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Step6–AccessGiving/GivingStatement
ClicktheGivelinkintheleftmenubar.
1. Tomakeacontribution,usetheGivetab.Formoredetailsonmaking
contributions,seeinfoathttp://ingomarchurch.org/give/online-giving/.
2. Toreviewyourgiving,clickontheSchedule/Historytab
Yourtransactionhistoryisdisplayed-or-usethe“GivingStatement”button
Selecttheappropriateoptionsforthestatement.
• Type:LeavethissettoFamilyifgeneratingafamilystatement,orchangetoIndividualifyouwishtogenerateastatementfortheindividualonly.
• DateRange:Thiswilldeterminewhichtransactionstoincludeinthestatementbasedonthepostdatesetforthetransaction.
• TaxDeductible:Choosewhichtransactionstoincludebasedontheirtaxdeductiblestatus:taxdeductible,non-deductible,orboth.
• PledgeInformation:IncludesasummaryofallpledgessetupfortheindividualorFamily.
Note:Ifyouaregeneratingafamily'sgivingstatement,allgiftsattributedtothePrimaryContactandSpousewillappearononestatementwhileanygiftsattributedtoaChildorOtherfamilymemberwillappearonaseparatestatementforeachfamilymemberthatgave.
3. Toreviewyourpledges,clickonthePledgestab.
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Step7–ViewAdditionalOnlineHelpDocuments/Videos
Clickontheseonlinelinkstolearnmore: • EditinganIndividualProfile:
https://support.churchcommunitybuilder.com/customer/portal/articles/395126• Updatingyourwholefamily’scontactinformationatonce:
https://support.churchcommunitybuilder.com/customer/portal/articles/361747• ManagingyourFriendsList:
https://support.churchcommunitybuilder.com/customer/portal/articles/600054• HowtoLog-IntoICONNECT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCuQXguM1YI• HowtoUpdateorUploadaphoto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJBtDnCiA9sDownloadingGoogleChromeFollowthestepstodownloadgooglechrome(recommended)
• Searchgooglechromeonyournormalwebbrowser• SelectthelinkthatreadsChromeBrowser-Google• Clickthe“Blue”boxthatreadsDownloadChrome• YoumustcheckthebottomcheckboxandselecttheAcceptandInstallbutton• Aboxwillpopuponthebottomofyourwebbrowserclickonit• “Doyouwanttorunthisfile”selectRun• Googlechromewillbegintodownload• Whenfinished,googlechromemightautomaticallypopuporyoumayhavetoexityour
browserandselectthegooglechromeicononyourdesktop• Usegooglechromeasyouwouldyourregularlyusedwebbrowser