Overview

What is a Self-Help Guide?

A Self-Help Guide provides the context and step-by-step instructions needed to learn about and complete specific tasks. Users can either start from the beginning of a self-help guide and follow it to the end, or they can jump in at any point to find the help that is most needed at the moment.

Create a Self-Help Guide

The Office of Information Technology has created a Drupal module that provides the tools you need to create a self-help guide in your UMN Drupal site. The module has been installed on the Drupal Enterprise platform. You only need to turn the module on and select your color scheme, and you’re ready to start building.

If you would like someone to consult with you on how to use the Drupal module, send an email to: [email protected].

Getting Started

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Intended Audience

Staff & Departments

Cost

University-funded: no charge.

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How-Tos

Self-Help Guides: Activate the Self-Help Guide Module

The Self-Help Guide module has been installed on the UMN Enterprise Drupal 7 platform, so it is very easy to turn it on in your site.
If you do not yet have a Drupal site, you can request it by completing a...

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Self-Help Guides: Understand the Structure

A Self-Help Guide (SHG) can be laid out in one to three column format depending on the scope of the content.  
Multi-Column Self-Help Guide
A multi-column self-help guide can be used to convey a robust...

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