Getting Started with Overseer

To get started you will need;

  • The Website Address to your Overseer
    (something like http://demo.overseer-station.com).
  • Your User Name.
  • Your Password.

If you have not already been given these details you will need to contact your website Administrator to ask them to set you up with the details.

Signing In

Enter the Website Address into your internet browser and the first screen that your will see will ask you for your User Name and Password.

Picture of Overseer Sign In Screen

The Overseer layout

When you have signed in, you will see the welcome screen that looks like this:

Picture of Overseer Welcome Screen.

There are three parts to the top navigation area that we now wish to highlight.

1. The Project Name and User link

Project Name and User linkAt the top left of the page you will see the name of your Overseer project and a reminder of who you are signed in as.

You can click your name to change some of your details and reset your password.

2. The UtilitiesPicture of Overseer Utilities Navigation

This is a list of some utilities available to use.

The items you see will depend upon what type of account you have. We will discuss how to use each feature in separate tutorials.

  • People (coming)
  • Account (coming)
  • Tools (coming)

3. The Modules

Picture of Overseer Modules ListOverseer is split up into different Modules. You will see a list of tabs here to represent the modules used by your project.

The modules you have access to will depend upon your user permissions.

We will discuss how to get started with each module in separate tutorials.