Artery offers a feature that enables users to import information from their LinkedIn profile into their Artery profile. Here’s how to do it:

1. After you are logged into Artery, click on your profile photo in the upper right. A small profile box will appear. Click on the Profile button.
2. You should now be on your profile page. Click the Import Your Info button just below your Bio section.
3. You will be redirected to LinkedIn where you’ll be asked to allow Artery to access certain information from your LinkedIn profile. You may be asked to provide your LinkedIn username and password to authorize the connection. Click the Allow Access button.
4. You’ll be returned to Artery and a screen containing three columns. On the left you’ll see the information that has been read from your LinkedIn profile. In the middle is your profile data as it currently appears in Artery. On the right, you’ll tell Artery which LinkedIn information you want to be imported into your Artery profile. We recommend leaving all check marks filled. Click the Save and Continue button.
5. You’ll return to your profile page and see that all of the information that you elected to import from LinkedIn has been added to your Artery profile.

1. Click on your profile photo in the upper right. A small profile box will appear. Click on the Profile button.
2. You should now be on your profile page. Click the Actions button beneath your current profile picture, and a Change Picture link will appear. Click the Change Picture link.
3. A file picker box will appear. You can drag a picture file into the file picker or click Choose File to browse for a photo to upload. (Note that you can import a picture from other services such as Facebook, but we recommend that you simply upload a picture from your computer.) 
4. Once your picture has been loaded, you can rotate, sharpen, blur, or crop it. When you’re happy with your picture, click the Save button.
5. You’ll be returned to your profile page where you’ll see your new picture has been added to your profile.

1. Click on the profile photo in the upper right. A small profile box will appear. Click on the Profile button.
2. You should now be on your profile page. Click the My Account tab, then click on Privacy Settings.
3. You’ll see a screen that allows you to hide or expose your profile information as you see fit. There are four privacy settings, described below, from most private to least private.

   • Only Me: No one can see this information on your profile except for you.

   • Members Only: You may want to expose more information to all AACC members, such as your job title, profile picture, employer.

   • Public: Although this is a separate privacy level in Artery, effectively, public means Members only, because only AACC members can access Artery.

   • My Contacts: You can choose to share some information you may deem to be more private, such as your email address or phone number, with only members that you’ve added as contacts.

4. Once you’ve set your privacy settings, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.

1. Click on your profile photo in the upper right. A small profile box will appear. Click on the Profile button.
   
2. You should now be on your profile page. Click the pencil icon on the side of your Contact Details.
   
3. You’ll see a screen that allows you to change your address. On top of the address there is a line of text that says “I would like my information listed in the membership directory.” Click on the check box to enable your profile to appear in the member directory. Then click Save changes and continue.
   

1. Click on Member Directory, and then click on Advanced Search.
   
2. You can search by name, interest areas, location, member type and several other criteria. Once you’ve entered your search criteria, click the Find Members button at the bottom of the page.
   




Note

The more criteria you define, the fewer results the Member Directory is likely to return. If after a search, a person you are looking for does not appear, he or she is either a non-member or has opted not be listed in the member directory. (Read I don't see my name in the member directory to discover how to unlock your privacy in the directory.)

3. Click on the profile of a member you’d like to learn more about or connect with.
   
4. On each member’s profile page, you’ll be able to read more about them, send a private message, download their contact information (subject to their privacy settings), and add them as a contact.
   

1. Communities are organized by Divisions and Local Sections. There are also special interest communities for SYCL, Lab Advocate Now, and others.


2. To join a community, navigate to its home page by clicking on the main horizontal menu near the top of the page and selecting the community you’d like to join.
   
   


3. On the right side of the community’s home page, click the Join This Community button. If this button doesn’t appear, you either already are a member of this community or you do not have permission to join.


4. A popup box will prompt you to set your email notification preferences for this community. You have the option of designating an alternate email address for posts in this community, and to receive notifications in real time, once per day in a digest, or never.


5. Click the Yes Join This Community button to join the community and save your notifications settings.
   

1. Navigate to a community of which you are a member.
2. Click the Add button next to Latest Discussion Posts.
   


3. Give your post a subject, then compose your post in the WYSIWYG box.
   


4. You will have the option of attaching a file to your post. When you are satisfied with your post, click the send button.
   

1. Click on the profile photo in the upper right. A small profile box will appear. Click on the Profile button.
   


2. You should now be on your profile page. Click the My Account tab, then click on Community Notifications.
   


3. On this screen, for each community that you belong to, you can choose whether to receive notifications in real time, once per day in a digest, or never, or in a consolidated digest. Read on for a description and the benefits of each of these options.
   

Real Time Notifications are ideal for people who want to know immediately about new discussions in their communities, or who don’t want to log into Artery in order to participate in their communities.

• Real time notifications enable you to receive the full content of each new message as soon as it is posted. 
• You do not need to visit Artery in order to post a reply to a discussion. Just click the reply button in your email client, compose your post, and click send in your email client.
• Depending on the number of communities you belong to, and the number of posts added to those communities per day, you may find the volume of email to be difficult to manage. 
• You will receive notifications that files have been attached to posts, but you won't receive notifications of new events added to your community or files added directly to the community’s resource library.

Daily Digests are ideal for people who belong to fewer than five communities and who want the option to reply to discussions without having to log into Artery.

Daily Digests are ideal for people who belong to fewer than five communities and who want the option to reply to discussions without having to log into Artery.

• If you belong to five communities, and all of them receive posts in a single day, you’ll receive five digests for that day. 
• Depending on the number of communities you belong to and how active members are in posting content to those communities, you may find the number of digests to be too many. 
• You will receive notifications that files have been attached to posts, but you won't receive notifications of new events added to your community’s calendar or files added directly to the resource library.
• Within a daily digest, you can reply to a given post by clicking a Reply To Group button within the digest. When you do so, a new email composition window will open in your email client. Compose your reply and click send right inside your email client.

Consolidated Digests are ideal for people who want to scan activity across more than five communities, who want to keep the number of emails to a minimum, and who are comfortable visiting Artery in order to read full posts or reply to posts.

• A consolidated digest compiles in a single daily email a truncated (approximately 250 character) summary of each and every post within all communities that you belong to.
• If you belong to nine communities, and all of them receive posts in a single day, you’ll receive just one digest for that day. 
• The consolidated digest includes links to calendar events and links to documents that have been added to your communities.
• You cannot reply to discussions directly from your email client; you must visit Artery in order to reply to posts.
• To read any post longer than approximately 250 characters, you must visit Artery.

1. Click the More button at the bottom of the Latest Shared Files area of the community home page.
   
   


2. In List View, you can (1) change the sort order, (2) download a file or group of files, (3) click to view more information about a given file, (4) create a new library entry, or (5) toggle to Folder View.
   


3. In Folder View, you can view files as they have been organized into folders. Note that you must double-click files in order to view more information about and download a file. You can also create a new library entry from this view.
   

1. Click the Create A New Library Entry button from either list view or folder view within a community’s resource library.
2. First give your library entry a title and description. Note that some fields are required. The more information you can provide about the file you’re uploading, the easier it will be for others to find. You can assign your library entry to a folder or make another user the owner of that library entry. Click Next.
   


3. A new screen appears. Click the Choose and Upload button
   
4. A file picker will pop up. Choose the file(s) you want to add to your library entry.
5. Click Next to add more information about your file(s), or skip the rest of the steps by clicking Finish to complete the process.
6. If you’ve clicked Next, you can (1) give your files new titles or descriptions, (2) adjust the order in which they appear, and (3) click Next to provide more information about your library entry or click Finish to skip the last step and complete the process.
   


7. On the final screen, you can add tags to your library entry. Click Finish to complete the process.