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Overview: Where to Begin?
A new OSF project is a blank canvas that is flexible and can be modified in multiple ways to fit different research team goals with a flexible collaborative workspace where your team and collaborators can work together in real-time. The problem with a blank project is it can be very difficult for new users to know where to begin, or to know the potential of how to use an OSF project. To help with this problem, we have provided four easy steps for any new user to choose a starting template to fit their research team's needs.
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This month we would like to learn more about your experiences with OSF Support resources. The COS Team is proud to provide experts that can help you make all of your open science practices possible and easier on the OSF. In order to continue improving this service, we would very much appreciate your feedback through this short, 3-minute survey. |
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Below are example templates of projects on the OSF, and will give you a great starting point to best fit your goals:
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Explanation of Layout
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| This layout includes the project and component (Subproject) layout for 3 different research Initiatives. Including components for each step of the research lifecycle. |
| This is an example template of how a professor, or educator could use the OSF as a place to house their course materials and assignments, and even post their syllabi. |
| Electronic Lab notebooks (ELN) are a great way of taking a pen and paper version of a traditional lab notebook and making it digital. |
| Data management plans provide clear instructions about data related to your project. They are often required in grant reporting. |
| This template allows Research teams to coordinate grants, experiments, and manuscripts and offers an alternative to the "Lab Manager Research Group Template." |
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Start on your project of choice. In the top right corner click on the icon that looks like a splitting line.
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You will have two choices for copying the project. Choose “Duplicate Template.”
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If the original project you are copying is not your property, you can duplicate the template of that project. Copying will duplicate the text, component structure, and other essential items, you a great starting point for your work. This option will not copy over any connected add-ons, or files to the new project.
Once you have clicked “Duplicate template”, you will receive a pop-up warning. Click "Create."
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Your screen will be gray, and you will see a "please wait" warning as the OSF creates your own personal template.
Once the copying process is complete your screen should load directly to your new template copy of the project. You can tell this is your copy, as you will be the only contributor, and the word "Template" will be in the title of the project.
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For more information on parts of an OSF Project see the links below:
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Thank you to our fantastic COS Ambassadors who help promote the OSF and all open science practices:
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Want to Know More?
For more information and other OSF tips and tricks please see our support guides, or contact OSF Support for more information.
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