IT>PMSocial Bookmarking

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WHY SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?

•It saves your favourite websites in ‘the cloud’ so you can access them anywhere

•You can easily share websites with others

•It organises your saved websites so you can find them easily.

•You can see what websites friends are saving

•You can leave notes on the websites and highlight sections

WHAT IS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?

WHICH ONE DO YOU CHOOSE?•Diigo

•Delicious

•Digg

•Buzz

•Google Bookmarks

•Posterous

•Connotea

•Portaportal

•Symbaloo

•Trunkly

•Zotero

•Amplify

SIGNING UP

Enter your details to create an account. Your username will identify you to your friends

YOUR LIBRARY

The tags help you find the bookmarks you make

Bookmarks appear in date order

Search for specific bookmarks here

ADD THE TOOLBAR

This sits on your toolbar and is visible when you visit any website

Simply click on the bookmark tab and the URL will appear. Then you can add a title, description and tags. It will even suggest tags for you.

HIGHLIGHTING

Highlighting is a great tool to highlight certain parts of a website

You can even choose your colour!

The toolbar allows you bookmark and annotate at the press of a button

ADD A STICKY NOTE

You can add sticky notes with some details you may like to remember. You can make this private for just you or public if you would like to share it.

SHARE WITH FRIENDS

When you save a website it gives an option to share it with friends.

You can share it with friends who are not on Diigo too. Just insert their email address.

You can leave a comment and it will add the link for you

ADDING GROUPS

When you make a group you have lots of options for how people join and who can view it

Groups are a great way to share websites on a particular topic or comonality

FOLLOW PEOPLE

When you follow people you can see what bookmarks they are adding

YOUR PROFILEYou can create a profile so like minded people can follow you

An avatar is a great way for people to recognise you

DIIGO EDUCATORS

As an educator you can receive an upgrade. You can then add students so they too can share websites

LET’S HAVE A GO

www.diigo.comwww.delicious.com

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