Introducing del.icio.us 28 Feb 2009 Kristin Trace – Western School Board Technology Consultant

online and free therefore accessible anywhere can use more than one tag per item can create a network to share links must use own computer only method of organization is filing item in a folder must email links Del.icio.us Bookmarking

online and free therefore accessible anywhere

can use more than one tag per item

can create a network to share links

must use own computer

only method of organization is filing item in a folder

must email links

When you create an account you should also Install the del.icio.us button in your browser This makes it really simple to tag sites Upload your current bookmarks You obviously saved them for a reason!!

When you create an account you should also

Install the del.icio.us button in your browser

This makes it really simple to tag sites

Upload your current bookmarks

You obviously saved them for a reason!!

Creating a Bookmark If you have added the del.icio.us button to your toolbar When visiting the website you wish to tag/bookmark, click on the tag button If you are on a computer which you cannot add the del.icio.us button to (eg school), you can log into del.icio.us and click on the words “save a new bookmark” in the upper right hand corner of your screen This requires that you cut and paste the URL in

If you have added the del.icio.us button to your toolbar

When visiting the website you wish to tag/bookmark, click on the tag button

If you are on a computer which you cannot add the del.icio.us button to (eg school), you can log into del.icio.us and click on the words “save a new bookmark” in the upper right hand corner of your screen

This requires that you cut and paste the URL in

Adding A Bookmark via the Button You can opt not to share a link by clicking on the recommended or popular tags you can quickly add tags you may also see who has bookmarked this by clicking on PEOPLE

You can opt not to share a link

by clicking on the recommended or popular tags you can quickly add tags

you may also see who has bookmarked this by clicking on PEOPLE

Bookmarks My Bookmarks Popular Recent Look up a URL People My Network Go to a User Tags My Tags My Subscriptions Explore Navigating Del.icio.us

Bookmarks

My Bookmarks

Popular

Recent

Look up a URL

People

My Network

Go to a User

Tags

My Tags

My Subscriptions

Explore

Bookmarks My Bookmarks Items you have “tagged” Popular Items which are currently being tagged frequently by anyone anywhere Recent Items tagged recently by anyone anywhere Look up a URL Use this to see who has tagged a URL you are interested in Can get “tag” keyword ideas See who is tagging your site

My Bookmarks

Items you have “tagged”

Popular

Items which are currently being tagged frequently by anyone anywhere

Recent

Items tagged recently by anyone anywhere

Look up a URL

Use this to see who has tagged a URL you are interested in

Can get “tag” keyword ideas

See who is tagging your site

People My Network if you have added people to your network clicking on this option will return all their recent bookmarks This is great because once you find people who are like minded, you can count on them to find some great resources Go to a User if you know a specific user’s “name” you can type in their name and it will return all their public bookmarks

My Network

if you have added people to your network

clicking on this option will return all their recent bookmarks

This is great because once you find people who are like minded, you can count on them to find some great resources

Go to a User

if you know a specific user’s “name” you can type in their name and it will return all their public bookmarks

Tags My Tags Will bring you to a page with your PERSONAL tags in a “cloud” sized by number of references My Subscriptions You can subscribe to a tag and see what bookmarks have recently been assigned it You can limit this to a specific person Or it can be wide open Explore Will bring you to a page with everyone’s tags in a “cloud” sized by number of references

My Tags

Will bring you to a page with your PERSONAL tags in a “cloud” sized by number of references

My Subscriptions

You can subscribe to a tag and see what bookmarks have recently been assigned it

You can limit this to a specific person

Or it can be wide open

Explore

Will bring you to a page with everyone’s tags in a “cloud” sized by number of references

So much more… As you learn to refine your tagging habits del.icio.us has more tools to help you Group tags Combine tags into one (eg. Blog and blogs!) Share your tags in a blog, wiki, etc Download a backup of all your tags And so on…

As you learn to refine your tagging habits del.icio.us has more tools to help you

Group tags

Combine tags into one (eg. Blog and blogs!)

Share your tags in a blog, wiki, etc

Download a backup of all your tags

And so on…