Symbaloo for Content Curation & Discovery V.1

Presented by: Meredith Martinmmartin@mantuaschools.comSymbaloo Certified PD Pro

Version 2 -

New Symbaloo

Click Sign Up Free on the

SymbalooEDU homepage.

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2.Enter yo

ur personal information.

Your Password:

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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.

Add new webmixes with this button.

Share your web mix with the world!

Click on the PLUS button

to create a new webmix.

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Let's name our webmix. Click on

Edit Webmix, then choose

Rename Webmix.

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Give your

webmix a short

name to identify

it.

You now have a colorful background for your webmix.

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.

Don't forget to click Done Editing

when you are finished.

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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You can search for pre-m

ade

tiles, or creat

e your own. We'll

start by crea

ting our own.

8.This will bring you to the tile

creation menu.

Next, choose a color and an icon for your tile. Don't forget to click Add Tile To Webmix!

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. You can click on it and it will go to the first available spot on the webmix, or you can drag it to a specific location.

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You now have your first tile on your

webmix!

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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. At the top left, type the site or topic that you want to search 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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19.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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Webmix Details 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 at the top of your

screen, and searc

h 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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Run out of room? Add more

rows or columns by clicking

Edit Webmix and clicking

on the blue arrow tabs.

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.