Symbaloo for Content Curation & Discovery V.2
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How to use Symbaloo to create and curate webmixes for classrooms. Uses the new Symbaloo interface. For instructions on the old interface, see V.1
Transcript of Symbaloo for Content Curation & Discovery V.2
Click Sign Up Free on the
SymbalooEDU homepage.
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2.Enter yo
ur personal information.
Your Password:
_____________________
3. You are now ready to begin creat
ing your
own webmixes! Don't forget to
check your
email to verify your acco
unt!
These tabs are your
webmixes. Symbaloo created
some defaults for
you.
These are tiles. Each one is a link
to a website.
You can edit or delete your
webmixes here.
Share your webmix with the world!
At the top of the home
screen, you can acces
s all of
your webmixes, add new
ones, customize web mixes,
and access your profile an
d
settings.
The buttons in the top middle of
the home screen gives you
options for the webmix you are
working on, as well as
allowing
you to delete or share it.
The list button on the top righ
t opens a
menu with all of your web mixes listed. You
can also create a new one or searc
h the
gallery from here.
With the web mix menu
open on the left, click
Add
a Webmix, or click the Plus
button at the top righ
t.
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Let's name our webmix. Give it
a name, then click ADD.
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Next, we'll
customize it.
Click on
OPTIONS at the
top of the
screen.
Now we can make it pretty! Click on Change Wallpaper. You can choose a background image, a solid color, or upload your own background image.
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See-through
webmixes show the
background between the tiles.
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After choosing a background, you can select an icon and color for your webmix.
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Toggling Change Webmix Size turns on or off the arrow buttons that let you add more columns and rows.
To create a new tile,
click on any empty
tile. It will open a menu at th
e top of the
screen.
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9.You can searc
h for pre-made
tiles, or creat
e your own. We'll
start by crea
ting our own.
10.This will bring you to the tile
creation menu.
Next, choose a color and an icon for your tile. Don't forget to click SAVE!
First, add the website address you want to link to. You can copy and paste this from the address bar if you want. It will try to find the name of the webpage, but you can always edit it below.
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You probably want to
display the link name on
the tile!
You can upload an
image to be the tile icon if you
wish.
Your new tile will appear at the top of the screen. When you click SAVE it will be added to your webmix. You can drag and drop to easily rearrange tiles.
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You now have your first tile on your
webmix!
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16.A list of possible tiles will appear, sand you can drag the one you want to your webmix.
We're off to a great start!
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Now let's search for pre-made tiles. Click an empty tile and choose Search A Tile. Type in the site or topic you are looking for.
Copy/Move is a handy tool, especially if you want a tile on more than one webmix.
You can access more options for a tile by right clicking on it. From here you can open, edit, copy/move, or delete a tile.
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Don't forget to specify if you
want to move or copy!
Click SHARE in the top left
corner. Fill in a descrip
tion
of your webmix and decide
if you want it to be public
or private. Your direct
link
is at the top righ
t of this
menu once you share.
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21.To embed in a website, c
lick
Embedded Code to get the code
you need to copy/paste into your
website. Check out
techforteachers.co
m for examples
of embedded webmixes.
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Share will open the sharing menu again.
Click Update Webmix when you make any
changes to it aft
er sharing. Stop sharing
removes it from public view.
There are a LOT of grea
t
pre-made webmixes out
there. Click on Add New
Webmix and search for a
topic in the Gallery.
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Your results will tell you the
description, rating, and how many
others are using that webmix.
The webmix is now available in a tab on your home screen. You can link to and embed it just like you would a webmix you created.
You can preview the webmixes, and if you like it, add it to your webmix collection.
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Click here to add it.
You can also copy tiles from someone else's webmix to one
of yours!
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You can also add widgets to your webmixes. Just copy them over from the Widgets webmix.
Check our the embedding tutorial on the Dolphins webmix to learn how to embed.
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Add websites quickly and
easily from your browser bar
with the Bookmarker tool.
http://tin
yurl.com/
symbookm
ark
Create your profile so
people
know who you are!
Check out your webmix stats!
Want to learn more? Become Symbaloo Certified for free! (A $10 value!)Go to www.symbalooedu.com/pdprommartin and enter the code
you were given at the end of the workshop.
