Getting Started

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Introduction

Knowledge Canvas works with two main data types: Projects and Knowledge Sources. Projects are used to organize Knowledge Sources, in the same way files are stored in folders on a computer. From the following screenshot, we can see that folders can contain any number of files and sub-folders. In the same way, Projects can contain any number of Knowledge Sources or Sub-Projects.

Creating a Project

To do anything in Knowledge Canvas, you first need to start a Project. Doing so is easy:

1. Click the Projects button on the top toolbar

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2. Click + New Project in the Project Sidebar

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3. Give the project a Title and click Create

Additionally, you may choose to modify the other fields shown in the New Project window. Those fields are described in the Project Properties section below.

Project Properties

A Project has the following properties:

• Title: must be 3 or more characters long
• Start Date (optional): the start date for your project
• End Date: (optional) the end date for your project
• Type: simply a way to categorize projects
  • Default
  • School
  • Research
  • Hobby
  • Work
• Subject (optional)
• Topics (optional)
• Description (optional)
• Parent Project (optional)
• Child Projects (optional)

Adding a Knowledge Source

Now that we have a project to work with, let's go ahead and add some Knowledge Sources. We'll explain what a Knowledge Source is and how they are used later. For now, just think of a Knowledge Source as any file, web link, document, image, etc. There are several ways to add Knowledge Sources to a Project:

1. Drag-and-drop
2. Select files from a list
3. Paste a link
4. (Advanced) Enable file watcher

Drag-and-drop

Select files from a list

Paste a link

(Advanced) Enable file watcher