Have you been wanting to organize all the paperwork, PD handouts, and lesson plans? LiveBinder is a digital way for you to organize all those piles of papers that LOOK chaotic on your desk, but somehow you know exactly where everything is. It’s a great way to organize and manipulate the materials as well as make some room on your bookshelves and desk.
SETTING IT UP
1. Create your account at livebinder.com.
2. When you are logged in, you will be brought to the homepage of your account. At the top, you can select “New Binder.”
3. Describe the binder. You can make it public or private. If private and you want to share it with a specific set of people, you can create an access key for them to use. Create your binder!
4. Take the tour!
Set up
Tour
GENERAL SETTINGS
1. Click settings at the top. You can change the name of the binder under the “Name” tab, make an access key for when you want to share a binder under the “Access” tab, change the colors of tabs and the background of the binder under the “Colors” tab. 2. You can create a cover page for the binder by clicking the “Cover” tab and upload your own image or search on Flickr through the link they provide.
3. Under the “Layout” tab, you can change the positioning of the tabs in the final product, whether you want them on the top or on the side, scroll or stacked. Make sure you click save!
TABS
1. The site automatically starts you off with 3 tabs. You can name the tabs by clicking in the white space. The red arrow by each tab gives you a variety of options including adding, deleting, clearing and moving tabs, as well as creating sub-tabs and changing tab colors.
2. You can add content to the tab by either adding a URL directly into it or clicking “Content” in the top menu bar. This gives you the choice of uploading documents directly from your computer or your drive, adding a text box from a few choices of templates, videos and images.
3. You can also use the buttons at the top of the webpage to manipulate the tabs within the page.
1. The site automatically starts you off with 3 tabs. You can name the tabs by clicking in the white space. The red arrow by each tab gives you a variety of options including adding, deleting, clearing and moving tabs, as well as creating sub-tabs and changing tab colors.
2. You can add content to the tab by either adding a URL directly into it or clicking “Content” in the top menu bar. This gives you the choice of uploading documents directly from your computer or your drive, adding a text box from a few choices of templates, videos and images.
3. You can also use the buttons at the top of the webpage to manipulate the tabs within the page.
VIEWING
When you want to see the page as it will appear outside of “edit” mode, click “View” at the top right, then click “Present.” All your changes should be present there.
When you want to see the page as it will appear outside of “edit” mode, click “View” at the top right, then click “Present.” All your changes should be present there.
SHARING
1. By clicking “Share” at the top right of hte page, you can choose how you want to share your binder. You can share by simply giving a person the link, or you can share through other means such as email, Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
2. Viewers can leave comments if they create an account and log in.
1. By clicking “Share” at the top right of hte page, you can choose how you want to share your binder. You can share by simply giving a person the link, or you can share through other means such as email, Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
2. Viewers can leave comments if they create an account and log in.
This seems perfect for me to organize my life! Thanks for sharing! Definitely going to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteI want to use this to organize my binders. I have about six that are overflowing with lesson plans, handouts, cool ideas I thought I would use but never did. I think this is great and no more paper!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your expertise on LiveBinder. I have some ideas about how to use this in my classroom. I love organizational tips!
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