New Features for Participants Make ASME.org More Engaging Than Ever

New Features for Participants Make ASME.org More Engaging Than Ever New Features for Participants Make ASME.org More Engaging Than Ever New Features for Participants Make ASME.org More Engaging Than EverA recently added feature on ASME.org automatically pulls information such as a page title, a text sample or page description, and an image into to a Participants activity stream when that Participant shares a link. Since the launch of the new ASME website last May, the web development team has been busy working on enhancements to the ASME.org community that will make using the site a mora engaging and interactive experience for registered ASME.org Participants. Registration with ASME.org, which is free and open to ASME members and nonmembers alike, enables Participants to create personal profiles, connect with other engineers with similar interests, set up personal Dashboards, and join and follow various ASME Groups. In addition, however, registered ASME.org Participants can also take advantage of many enhancements that have been made to the sites community space during recent months. For instance, when a Participant shares a link in his or her Dashboard or in a Groups activity stream, ASME.org now automatically pulls information including the pages title, a sample of text from the page or the pages description, and an image into to that activity stream from the linked page, thus allowing users to quickly learn mora about these links. Another site enhancement enables Participants to link to a YouTube or ASME video in their Dashboard or Group activity stream and have that video automatically embedded in the stream. This allows registered Participants to play and share videos without leaving their Dashboards. An example of a video embedded in an ASME.org Participant Dashboard. Participants can also now directly reply to items shared on Dashboard or Group activity streams. Comments appear directly in the activity stream and are visible to all Participants who can view the original item, resulting in increased interactivity and community engagement by allowing conversations to take place around shared items. Another new community feature permits registered Participants to quickly re-share items they are viewing using their Dashboards or Group activity stream. If a member of your network shares a link that appears in your dashboard, simply clicking the share command beneath the item will allow you to share this item with your network, along with any comments you may have entered. Copying and pasting the links URL is no longer necessary to re-share, so its now easier than ever to share information with other members of the ASME community. Participant Dashboards also now feature default filters that remove such items as friend updates and file upload messages from the activity stream. This allows more important, engagement-oriented activities such as shared links, uploaded photos and status updates to be featured more pr ominently in the activity stream. Participants who wish to see the filtered items can view them, however, by clicking a check box.Visit www.asme.org now to register and begin exploring the exciting new developments on ASME.org.