Welcome to Symbaloo

Quick start tutorial

What is Symbaloo

Symbaloo is a social bookmarking tool that lets you collect and organize websites into webmixes. Webmixes show each website you collect as a tile.

Webmix: Collection of related websites

Tile: A link to a website. A Visual representation of a website.

Getting Started

1. Visit http://edu.symbaloo.com/

2. Fill out the New Account form

3. Verify your account through your email

Use Bookmarker to make life easierAt the very bottom of your Symbaloo page, there is a link called Bookmarker. When you click on this,

you will be walked through adding an extension to your browser that allows you to simply click on a button to save any website you visit to your Symbaloo environment. This can save you a lot of time. Bookmarker is available for Safari, Firefox and Chrome web browsers.

Once installed, simply click on the Bookmarker button when you are visiting a website you wish to save. Fill out the information for Symbaloo and click Create your Bookmark. A tile will appear in your Symbaloo webmix.

Add websites to your Webmixes

1. Click on an open Tile to add a new website to your webmix

2. Conduct a search for a topic or choose "click here to create your own tile"

3. Fill out the form to customize the look of your tile

4. Click on "Add Tile to Webmix"

5. Drag the tile to an open tile spot in your webmix 1.

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Each Webmix you create organizes your websites into categories. You might want to create webmixes for:

1. Subject specific websites

2. Professional learning

3. Web 2.0 tools

4. Website types - like videos or blogs

Add Webmixes to Organize

Edit or Delete a WebmixEdit allows you to rename a webmix, change the background and change the number of tile holders.

Add a new Webmix

Share a WebmixShare allows you to provide a link or embed a webmix into a website or blog.

Webmix GalleryWebmixes that have been made public will show up in the Gallery. Looking for a collection of websites, go to the Gallery and conduct a search. Try iPad and see how many results you get!

Share Your Webmix

You can share your webmix with just your friends or make your webmix public

1. Click on Share

2. Provide a description and tags for your webmix

3. Decide if you want it public or privately shared

4. Click "Share My Webmix"

You can then decide to:

• Email the link

• Copy the Embed Code

• Post to Twitter or Facebook

• Share via another method

Copy the Embed code and paste it into your blog or website so that your students, co-workers and parents can have access to the collection of websites you assign or recommend.

Symbaloo on the iPad

Once you have created some webmixes, get the Symbaloo app for your iPad so that you and your students can access your collections from the device.

Create your webmixes on a computer. Access your webmixes from the iPad