Dec 04, 2014
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.
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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.