Finding a tool

In this section, you can search by keyword.

Searching by keyword

You can search by entering the name of a trade or occupation, a training program, a program number or some other keyword related to a trade or occupation.

A keyword search enables you to search for one or more words specifically linked to an exploration tool in a database containing all types of tools and all fields of interest, messages posted in the forum and blog posts. You can surf from one tab to another in order to better understand the results posted.

Search tips

1. Use quotation marks to look for an exact term. The words between the quotation marks will be searched together, exactly as indicated. For example, for “history of aviation,” the search engine will indicate only tools in which it finds those three words in that order.
2. The search engine does not take into account words with two letters or less, unless they are in quotation marks. For example, in a search for nurse practitioner specialized in neonatology, the word “in” will not be searched.
3. The search engine indicates all occurrences of a word. For example, if you write the word “search,” the search engine indicates all words containing this series of letters. Your search results will thus also contain words like research, searcher, searching, etc.
4. You do not have to separate the keywords you are looking for with punctuation marks.

My bookmarks

This function allows members to save the links for the tools they find useful and interesting and to keep them all in one place so they do not have to do a search each time they want to consult them.

You can display your bookmarked tools by type: experiential tools, virtual visits and key people and other tools. Once you have bookmarked your tools, use the dropdown menu near the title “Type of tool” to access them again.

You can also determine the number of bookmarks that are displayed per page.

You can eliminate a bookmark. Just click on the function “Delete from my bookmarks” when you want to get rid of a bookmark.

Note: If the owner of a tool decides to eliminate it from the POP Index, the tool will automatically be deleted from your bookmarks.

Discussion forum

The forum is a place where members of the POP Index Web site can exchange views.

This forum is reserved for students enrolled in the programs Personal Orientation Project and Exploration of Vocational Training.

To get a secure access, contact your teacher.

This forum gives you an opportunity to ask questions related to the categories listed.

There are six suggested categories:

1. My career exploration process
2. Exploration tools
3. My blog
4. My aggregator
5. Other resources
6. Varia

To add a new category, click on “Add a subject” under the Varia section.

The person asking the question will receive the first answer at his or her e-mail address. All subsequent answers will be posted in the forum.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, shocking, threatening, or pornographic material in this forum. Failure to respect this condition can result in immediate and permanent expulsion from the discussion forum. You agree that the administrator and the moderators of this forum have the right to delete any post when they judge it necessary. No e-mail will be sent to the author of the deleted message, and the message in question will be nonrecoverable.

Posting a message

• Click on “Add a subject.”
• Determine the most suitable category for your message.
• Give it a relevant title that will enable other users to easily grasp the subject.
• Enter your question or message in the “Text” zone.
• If necessary, you can add a file. To do this, click on “Choose file” and indicate the path to your file.
• To complete the procedure, click on “Submit.”

Code of ethics

When you write, you must take into account the following principles:

• Respect the laws that protect human rights: no racist remarks, no sexist remarks, no remarks attacking religious beliefs, no hurtful remarks, etc.
• Respect the Copyright Act: do not use works (images, drawings, logos, photographs, videos, graphs, tables, texts, Web pages, model, specifications, plans, etc.) that do not belong to you. If you cite from a text or use a work of which you are not the author, you must obtain permission from the holder of the rights to the work.
• Respect the language and its rules.
• Respect the subject categories of the messages already posted on the forum or suggest a new subject category.
• Promise not to encourage your readers to buy or sell anything.
• Never publish confidential information about minors (family name, telephone number, address, etc.).
• Never take the identity of another person (identity theft).
• Agree that the moderators of this forum can, for any failure to respect this code, for pedagogical reasons, for legal reasons or for other reasons, remove one of your messages without prior notice.

Aggregator

An aggregator is a software or Web site service that displays several sources of Web content (RSS feeds) in real time at a single location; in other words, an information management tool.

The POP Index Web site allows its members to group in an aggregator the various Web references they want to keep. Members can follow changes made on these sites by means of the aggregator.

Adding a feed

• To do this, click on “Add a feed.”
• Next, choose a descriptive title for each reference you want to keep in your aggregator, so that you can easily recognize it in a list of resources.
• Indicate the URL of your reference (address of the feed, sometimes called a feed shortcut). An icon indicating RSS or feed is generally visible when a Web page or part of its content can be added to an aggregator.
• To complete the procedure, click on “Submit.”

Importing feeds

If you already have some Web site references listed in the form of RSS feeds, you can import all of them in a single procedure by using an OPML file (Outline Processor Markup Language). There are various procedures for creating this kind of file. The simplest way is to use the “Create an OPML file,” function in your current aggregator. Once this file has been created, you can import your feeds into the aggregator on the POP Index Web site.

Exporting feeds

Using the same type of OPML file, you can also export the references you wish to follow via the aggregator on the POP Index Web site to another aggregator.