Omeka Plugin Presentation:Contribution Plugin

Greg FergusonLIS 654

November 8, 2011

The PluginThe Contribution plugin allows users to submit items to be included in the digital library. Submissions must be approved by the site administrator before they are published to the public site.  The plugin comes configured to accept images and stories, but it can be adjusted to receive other types of material as well.

reCAPTCHAAfter installing the plugin, Omeka's documentation suggests using reCAPTCHA (www.recaptcha.net) to prevent your digital library from being attacked by spambots.

reCAPTCHA

• A free service run by Google• Once installed, it requires the user to decipher two

distorted words before submitting their contribution• One word from each pair is drawn from printed

material Google is digitizing using Optical Character Recognition

• The OCR program sends words it's unsure of to reCAPTCHA for verification by web users

reCAPTCHA

After registering your domain, you will receive a set of codes (called "keys") that will allow your site to communicate with reCAPTCHA.

Omeka is already set up to work with reCAPTCHA, so once you have the keys all you have to do is enter them into your dashboard to complete the installation.

Configuring the Contributions plugin

Configuring the Contributions plugin

From the Contributions dashboard, administrators can adjust the following:

• The item types users can contribute (the defaults are still Images and stories)

• The information users will be prompted to include about each item they contribute

Configuring the Contributions plugin

Configuring the Contributions plugin

Administrators can also do the following from the dashboard:

• Enable e-mail confirmations and notifications for new contributions

• Set terms of service• Set default collections and item types for incoming

contributions• View contributors' information and submissions

Contributing an itemThe process is simple... the user clicks on "Contribute an Item" on the homepage.

Contributing an itemThe user chooses an item type, locates a file to upload from their local drive, and fills in the metadata...

Contributing an item... then provides their information, completes the reCAPTCHA form and agrees to the terms and conditions.

Contributing an item

Publishing a contributed item

Once an item is submitted, an administrator must publish it to the site.

Unfortunately the plugin does not provide a way to see only pending contributions.

Instead, the administrator must go either to the Items tab or the Contribution tab to view, edit, and publish new contributions.

Publishing a contributed itemFrom the Items tab, the administrator can browse all items and identify recently added items.  Clicking "Edit" allows the administrator to alter and publish new items.

Publishing a contributed itemHere the administrator can edit or add metadata or tags, assign a collection, etc.  Clicking the "Public" check box before saving the changes will publish the item to the public site.

Publishing a contributed itemAlternately, the administrator can also view and publish items from a particular contributor by selecting that contributor's profile under the Contribution tab.

Clicking on "View" under the Contributed Items heading will display that contributor's items in the Items tab.