Symbaloo

Save, access, and share all of your online resources in

one central location!

What is Symbaloo?

Symbaloo is a visual way of organizing your online life• Called ‘Webmixes’

You can combine your online favorites into a central location.• Saved into an online resources• Not restricted to accessing your favorites only on your

personal/work computer• Can share those resources with others

Creating your Account

What is a Webmix? A webmix is a general

topic or category where you would like to place various bookmarks. You may create webmixes around;• Personal resources

• Resources for your students

• News updates

• RSS feeds

• Any method you need to organize your resources

Your webmixes appear as tabs at the top of your symbaloo• You can add/delete or

remove webmixes as you need to

Deleting/Removing a Webmix Deleting a Webmix

• Simply click the “Delete Webmix” link that appears above the webmix

Removing a Webmix• Some webmixes come from

other sources and are locked for editing.

• Rather than deleting them, you can remove them by clicking the “Remove Webmix” link at the top

Adding Tiles to a Webmix You can add tiles for the

following• Websites

• Other webmixes

• Widgets – these will open in center large center tiles

Too add a tile…• click in an available square

on the webmix• As you hover over it, you will

see the words, “Add a tile” below your mouse pointer.

• The first thing you will want to try is to search for the webtile. One may already be present

• Type in the name or URL of the website

• If a tile is available, it will appear

• Click on the tile to add it to the webmix

Adding Tiles to a WebmixWhat if Symbaloo doesn’t have tile for my resource?

• You can create your ownSteps to create your own tile

• Click the Add tile button

• Click on the link to create your own tile

• Go through the options for• URL (Address)

• Creating thetile• Name of tile

• Whether to include name

• Color of text on tile

• Color of the tile

• Icon for the tile or use your own image

• Drag the tile to any location in the webmix

What’s a Widget? A widget is a tool that

launches a program in a large center tile in your Symbaloo

When you search for tiles, widgets will be identified an icon in the upper left hand corner

• You can have multiple widgets on your page

• Clicking a widget will change the widget in the center tile

Editing Your Webmix

You can edit the following items on your Webmix

• Name

• Number of rows and columns

• Background wallpaper

To edit, click the ‘Edit Webmix’ button above your webmix

Editing Your Webmix To edit the name, click on ‘Rename Webmix’ To change the background wallpaper, click on ‘Change

Wallpaper’ To add rows or columns, click on the double arrows on

the left, right, and bottom sides of the webmix

• You cannot delete rows from the default size, only rows that you initially added

• ‘Up’ deletes rows

• ‘Down’ adds rows

• ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ will add/delete columns depending on what side of the webmix you click

When you are done editing, click on ‘Done Editing’

Editing Your Webmix

Embedding a Webmix

Symbaloo makes your webmixes “embeddable” for websites• Ideal for providing

online resources to classes

Embedding a Webmix Before starting this

process, you will need to have a new tab open and access Big Medium

(www.dare.k12.nc.us/bmadmin)

On your Symbaloo page, click the ‘Share’ button above the upper right-hand corner of your webmix

How to Embed a Webmix On the left, click the

“Privately” option Click the “Share My

Webmix” button On the right, click the

button to access the embed code

Highlight the entire embed code

Right-click on the highlight and choose ‘Copy’

Embedding a Webmix

Access the Big Medium page in your browser Create a new article Give the article an appropriate title Go to the “About the Page” section and choose

the option, ‘Raw HTML’• Paste the embed code in the “About the Page” Section

• You will need to make one edit to make the webmix fit – in the embed code, make the width 400 px

• You can change the height, but not necessary

Embedding a Webmix

Follow the usual steps for placing the article on your page• Page preferences

• Be sure to publish If ever you change the embedded

webmix, you just click the “Update Webmix” button to the upper right of the webmix, and it will automatically update on your webpage

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