Instructions for submitting to the Engineering Capstone Design Showcase Projects collection in the Knowledge Bank. If you have questions or problems with the procedures below, please send a message to libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu.
Topics:
- MANDATORY: Login (Auto-Register) with the Knowledge Bank
- MANDATORY: Fill out authorization form
- MANDATORY: Convert PowerPoint files and Word documents to PDF
- Submitting an item to the Knowledge Bank
1. Login to the Knowledge Bank to auto-register. You can do steps 1 and 2 any time during the semester that you intend to submit your poster to the Knowledge Bank.
- Go to: https://kb.osu.edu
- Click on the "Login" dropdown.
- Click on the "Login with Shibboleth" button.
- Sign in with your OSU account (lastname.# and password)
- OR if your OSU login is already in effect in your browser, you will be logged in automatically.
- Once logged in, click on the Profile icon dropdown and select "MyKB" to be taken to your Submissions page.
2. Fill out the web form below and click on [Submit] to inform the Knowledge Bank staff that you have registered. They will authorize you to submit your poster to the appropriate collection. Knowledge Bank staff will send you an e-mail when you have been authorized. If you have not heard back from Knowledge Bank staff within two business days, please email libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu.
Once authorized, when you start a new submission after logging in you will see the name of your Engineering Capstone collection in the pop-up window dropdown. Before you are authorized this collection will not be available.
Note: This form will not automatically authorize you. The Knowledge Bank staff will receive your request via this form and they will authorize you.
3. Convert your poster to PDF format. (Microsoft Word or PowerPoint files will not be accepted.)
Note: Please do not use spaces or special characters in your PDF filename. Spaces and special characters — such as [ , ] , ( , ) , ! , é , and ü — can prevent access to your poster via the web once it is in the Knowledge Bank. Examples of properly named PDFs include: Your_Name_poster.pdf, Name_poster_2013.pdf, Name-Poster.pdf. Also, please remember that the filename of your poster will be visible to the general public.
4. Submit your poster to the Knowledge Bank.
- Go to https://kb.osu.edu
- Click on "Login".
- Click on the "Login with Shibboleth" button.
- After logging in, hover over the plus sign at the top of the left-hand menu. Click "New" and select "Item" from the dropdown list.
- In the new pop-up window, click on the name of the desired collection listed below the search box. Note: you will not be able to select a collection until you are authorized to submit (step 2 above).
- Follow the steps of the submission form.
Note: As a repository for digital assets, OSU's Knowledge Bank acts as a permanent archive. All items submitted remain as is at the time of submission, just as books once published remain in the form in which they were printed. PDF files once placed in the Knowledge Bank will not be modified.
Problems? Email us at libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu.
5. Your work is done but it may take the Knowledge Bank staff 2 to 3 business days to add your submission to the Knowledge Bank. The system will send an email to you when it has been added informing you of the web address of your poster. Items in the Knowledge Bank are indexed by Google but it may take two weeks before you will be able to find it in Google.
Link to this page: http://go.osu.edu/kb-eng-capstone-instructions