The welcome page features links to a number of other resources on the MSBA website. You'll be able to find these links both on MSBA's main website and on your new online communities timeline.
Once you are logged in, you will be taken to your timeline.
MSBA's updated online communities now feature a timeline, which is similar to the timeline on Facebook or LinkedIn and serves as your home page in the online communities. Your timeline features the latest discussion posts, blog posts, and comments from the communities you belong to. It continuously scrolls backward in time.
You can also Recommend and follow posts in your timeline.
Along the sides are sections of helpful information that do not scroll when you are scrolling your timeline. (The timeline will scroll independently from the rest of the page if you click on the central timeline and hover over it while scrolling.)
I've highlighted a few of these sections below.
The purple arrow on the left above points out your profile name and photo.
The green arrow on the left above points out quick links to communities you belong to. It will feature up to four of these at a time, with a link to the rest. If you belong to more than four communities, this list will rotate among the different communities.
The turquoise arrow on the right above points out several helpful quick links, including My Community Settings, My Photo, My MSBA Member Account, MSBA Home Page (the main MSBA website), and Member Directory.
Note that My Photo is circled in purple. If you'd like to update your profile photo, you'll need that link for the following instructions.
With the rollout of the updated communities, now is a great time to update your profile photo, or add one if you don't have one.
You may notice that your profile photo looks a little squished or distorted. Uploading a new photo, or even re-uploading your current photo, will fix that. (Note that in the guided instructions below, I re-uploaded my current profile photo. It didn't appear to be distorted in the communities, but upon uploading it again, I discovered that it was slightly squished.)
To upload a photo, click on the My Photo link in your timeline (shown circled in purple in the image above).
You will be brought to your member profile page.
Click on the Actions button below your current photo, then click on Change Picture.