What is a case study on Oppla?
A case study is an example of action to enhance nature to tackle real world challenges. It gives insights into the benefits for a community or region, helping businesses, policy makers and communities understand why action for nature is essential.
What is an article on Oppla?
Groups share articles detailing exciting updates about their project, keeping their community engaged and attracting new Oppla users to their view work.
An article can be a short news item or a longer opinion piece. You can share your artcles with group members and your group manager can decide to make this article public on the internet.
What is a resource on Oppla?
A resource is an engaging tool that can be accessed by anyone on the Oppla site (when published) to help them to take action for nature. It could be anything from a guide, an infographic, a series of images or educational videos, etc. It’s up to you to choose how you create your learning resources. See examples of resources here.
How do I add a case study?
Only group members can add case studies. Head to your group and click the “Add article button” *this is a bug to be fixed by LS-165: Decide whether to display label alongside Group Action menuIn Progress on the right side of the screen and select “Add case study”. Add as much information as you’d like to (the more detail the better!), but be sure to fill in the required fields. Content will only be published when approved by the group manager.
How do I add an article?
Head to your group and click the “Add article button” on the right side of the screen. Add as much information as you’d like to (the more detail the better!), but be sure to fill in the required fields. Content will only be published when approved by the group manager.
How do I add a resource?
Head to your group and click the “Add article button” on the right side of the screen and select “Add resources”. Add as much information as you’d like to (the more detail the better!), but be sure to fill in the required fields. Content will only be published when approved by the group manager.
How do I add an event?
Head to your group and click the “Add article button” on the right side of the screen and select “Add event”. Add as much information as you’d like to (the more detail the better!), but be sure to fill in the required fields. Your event will only be published when approved by the group manager.
Who can view case studies on a group?
Published case studies are visible to any Oppla users. Before they are published, they are only available to group members and can only be edited by group managers.
Who can view articles on a group?
Published articles are visible to any Oppla users. Prior to publishing, only group members can view them. Group managers are the only people with editing access.
Who can view resources on a group?
Published resources are visible to any Oppla users. Before they are published, only group members can view the content. Group managers are the only people with editing access.
Does my content need to be approved by Oppla?
Yes. Group managers are responsible for approving content before it’s published in their group. If you’re publishing content outside of a group it will be reviewed by the Oppla team before it goes live on the site.
What’s the benefit of adding case studies?
Adding case studies shows the Oppla community the real-life impact of your work, with an example of your project in action. Case studies provide context for your ideas and show businesses and stakeholders tangible results that help them understand why your work is essential to get them onboard with your mission. It’s also a great opportunity to celebrate the success of your work, or demonstrate how you’ve learned from potentially unexpected results.
Can I update my case study/ resource/ article?
Yes. Only group managers can edit content, but they can do so at any point after publishing. If you are not a group manager and want to make an update to a case study, event, resource, or article, you will need to contact the group manager and ask them to do it for you. If they do not get back to you and your amendment is urgent, you can reach out to us support@oppla.eu and explain what change you’d like to make and why.
How do do I delete a resource/case study/ article/event from my group?
Only group managers can delete content. To do so, open your group page and visit the “nodes” tab. Use the filters to find the piece of content you want to delete and tap the arrow next to the button reading “View relation”. When the dropdown expands, click “Delete node” to remove the content from your group. If you have any issues, feel free to email us at support@oppla.eu and we can help.
Do I need to use copyright free images?
Please ensure you have the rights to use the images included in content you create on Oppla. When you upload images, there is a field to note who it belongs to. Please use this field to credit the image source.
When using popular search engines to search for images you can choose to search for image with free usage rights. Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works. If you are uploading a report then the document cover is usually the most helpful image to feature