Thanks for your patience during our recent outage at scalar.usc.edu. While Scalar content is loading normally now, saving is still slow, and Scalar's 'additional metadata' features have been disabled, which may interfere with features like timelines and maps that depend on metadata. This also means that saving a page or media item will remove its additional metadata. If this occurs, you can use the 'All versions' link at the bottom of the page to restore the earlier version. We are continuing to troubleshoot, and will provide further updates as needed. Note that this only affects Scalar projects at scalar.usc.edu, and not those hosted elsewhere.
1media/ftp2.jpg2017-04-13T04:53:06-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72008Kate Johnson, Marie Pellissier, and Kelly Schmidtimage_header2017-04-13T10:45:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDigital Paxton Project uses an online program, FromThePage, to support reader-contributed transcriptions.
We recommend signing up for an account with FromThePage before beginning. Although you can assist with up to three transcriptions as a guest user, logging in will better allow you to save and track your work. If you are planning to work as a guest, skip to step #6.
2. Before beginning, login, or if you’re a new user, make an account. Click on the “Sign In” icon at the top right of the page.
3. Returning users can enter their credentials, new users Click on the link for “Sign up for a new account.”
4. Once logged in, click on “Collections” tab at the top of the screen.
5. Scroll down through the collections until you find the “Friendly Association Papers” and click on that collection.
6. In the Friendly Association Papers collection, scroll to the “Works” page to see a list of available works for transcription. A green progress bar will show if a work (which may include several individual pages) has been transcribed yet. Select any work that has not yet been transcribed, or is not yet 100% transcribed.
7. Once you’ve selected a work, select an individual page to begin.
8. Type your transcriptions on the right side of the page. Follow the tips and conventions described on Transcription Best Practices, not those listed at the bottom of the screen.
