Introduction to Diigo Brenda Rosenthal Created for: Introduction to Emerging Technology Course March 2009

Web browsers allow you to save the addresses (URLs) of favourite websites Advantages: Quick retrieval in the future Can organize into folders Disadvantages Computer specific Not easy to share Must manually save into multiple folders Social bookmarking overcomes these disadvantages

Web browsers allow you to save the addresses (URLs) of favourite websites

Advantages:

Quick retrieval in the future

Can organize into folders

Disadvantages

Computer specific

Not easy to share

Must manually save into multiple folders

Social bookmarking overcomes these disadvantages

www.diigo.com An abbreviation for: " D igest of I nternet I nformation, G roups and O ther stuff." Described as “ Social bookmarking on steroids ”

www.diigo.com

An abbreviation for:

" D igest of I nternet I nformation, G roups and O ther stuff."

Described as

“ Social bookmarking on steroids ”

Import from web browser, Delicious or other bookmarking site Add using: Diigo Toolbar Diigolet Post to Diigo Highlight & Comment

Import from web browser, Delicious or other bookmarking site

Add using:

Diigo Toolbar

Diigolet

Post to Diigo

Highlight & Comment

Lists Similar to folders Can list in a specific order Used to create presentations in WebSlides Tags Add keywords to bookmarks Can add multiple tags to one bookmark

Lists

Similar to folders

Can list in a specific order

Used to create presentations in WebSlides

Tags

Add keywords to bookmarks

Can add multiple tags to one bookmark

Full functions Sidebar Diigo Bookmark Highlight Send

Full functions

Sidebar

Diigo

Bookmark

Highlight

Send

Unique feature compared to other popular bookmarking sites Install either: Diigo Toolbar Diigolet bookmarklet

Unique feature compared to other popular bookmarking sites

Install either:

Diigo Toolbar

Diigolet bookmarklet

Can highlight webpages, add sticky notes or comment Public or private Page automatically saved to your bookmarks

Can highlight webpages, add sticky notes or comment

Public or private

Page automatically saved to your bookmarks

Friends' bookmarks Watchlist Hot bookmarks from the Diigo community Bookmark lists

Friends' bookmarks

Watchlist

Hot bookmarks from the Diigo community

Bookmark lists

Diigo Your bookmarks Everyone’s bookmarks People Groups The Web via Google

Diigo

Your bookmarks

Everyone’s bookmarks

People

Groups

The Web via Google

Add Friends and share Bookmarks Highlights Comments

Add Friends and share

Bookmarks

Highlights

Comments

Send links to: Email Your Blog or website Facebook Twitter Export bookmarks

Send links to:

Email

Your Blog or website

Facebook

Twitter

Export bookmarks

Site Communities Aggregate users who annotate the same website Connect with other readers interested in the same site. Tag Communities

Site Communities

Aggregate users who annotate the same website

Connect with other readers interested in the same site.

Tag Communities

Converts Diigo bookmark lists, RSS feeds and blogs into slideshows Can add background music or voice narration Creates unique URL, or comes as a widget, so it can be posted or emailed Allows any Diigo user to highlight and annotate each page. Bookmark, tag, share, and clip content for future reference

Converts Diigo bookmark lists, RSS feeds and blogs into slideshows

Can add background music or voice narration

Creates unique URL, or comes as a widget, so it can be posted or emailed

Allows any Diigo user to highlight and annotate each page.

Bookmark, tag, share, and clip content for future reference

Special accounts provided specifically educators Create student accounts for an entire class Diigo group for each classroom Privacy settings only teachers and classmates Ads limited to education-related sponsors

Special accounts provided specifically educators

Create student accounts for an entire class

Diigo group for each classroom

Privacy settings

only teachers and classmates

Ads

limited to education-related sponsors

Delicious 7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious For those who currently use Delicious Diigo allows saving to both Diigo & Delicious Furl Absorbed by Diigo, to be phased out Furl user can export bookmarks to Diigo

Delicious

7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious

For those who currently use Delicious

Diigo allows saving to both Diigo & Delicious

Furl

Absorbed by Diigo, to be phased out

Furl user can export bookmarks to Diigo

Social bookmarking comparison table Delicious Diigo Google bookmarks Foxmarks

Social bookmarking comparison table

Delicious

Diigo

Google bookmarks

Foxmarks

Sharing of pharmacy & medicine bookmarks Pharmacist Resources Group Create WebSlides presentations Highlight & sticky notes

Sharing of pharmacy & medicine bookmarks

Pharmacist Resources Group

Create WebSlides presentations

Highlight & sticky notes

Diigo has been described as “social bookmarking on steroids” because of the extra features: Highlighting Sticky notes and comments Social networks Friends Groups Communities Presentations Educator Accounts

Diigo has been described as “social bookmarking on steroids” because of the extra features:

Highlighting

Sticky notes and comments

Social networks

Friends

Groups

Communities

Presentations

Educator Accounts