1. 21 ST CENTURY RESEARCHING WITH DIIGO

2. Diigo  Diigo = Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff  Diigo is two services in one  it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand,  and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other. http://www.diigo.com/

3. Getting The Most Out of Diigo

4. Diigo – Personal Research Tool  Bookmark, highlight, and add sticky notes to any web page  Organize your bookmarks and annotations by tags or lists.  Access and search your bookmarks anywhere, by tags or by full-text  Multiple ways to share your bookmarks and annotations

5. Diigo – Collaborative Research  Diigo groups are ideal for team research  Pool and organize resources using group bookmarks  Group sticky notes are great for discussion  Group tag dictionary to enforce tagging consistency

6. Diigo – Social Content  Find the most popular bookmarks on any subject  Subscribe to the most recent bookmarks by tags, sites, or users  Get recommended content  Get related content while browsing

7. Diigo – Knowledge-Sharing  You are what you annotate.  Keep in touch with friends through content  Find and connect with people having common interests  Multiple ways to connect with people

9. Creating Your Account www.diigo.com Registering for Diigo

10. Join Diigo

11. Create Your Account

12. No Student E-Mail? – No Problem  Apply for the Diigo educator upgrade to create student accounts without student e-mails.

13. Create Your Profile  Create a Diigo avatar

14. Add Basic Information  Add some basic information or elect to skip

15. Find Friends  Search your e-mail address books for friends already using Diigo or skip

16. Activate Your Account  Diigo will send you an e-mail requesting that you click on a link to verify your account

17. Activate Your Account  Click on the link or copy/paste the URL address to verify your account

18. Getting Started with Diigo

19. Getting Started With Diigo  After verifying, you will be invited to install the Diigo toolbar and learn more about Diigo’s capabilities

20. Installing the Toolbar  Download the toolbar.  Click the "Install Diigo Toolbar" button.  Run DiigoToolbar. exe.  Restart your browser.

21. Not Allowed to Install Toolbars?  Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop - no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers.  Diigolet is a "super bookmarklet" that allows you to highlight and add sticky-notes, in addition to simple bookmarking.  http://www.diigo.com/tools/diigolet http://www.diigo.com/tools/diigolet

22. Post to Diigo Browser Button

23. Import Bookmarks from the Web  Already have bookmarks hosted on another social bookmarking site? Diigo will import all your bookmarks.  http://www.diigo.com/tools/import_all http://www.diigo.com/tools/import_all

24. Import Bookmarks from Browser

25. Export Bookmarks  http://www.diigo.com/tools/export http://www.diigo.com/tools/export

26. Processing the Web Bookmarking and Annotating

27. Using the Toolbar

28. Annotating with Diigo

29. Share Your Research Across the Web Publish Your Bookmarks

30. Send to Blog, Twitter, Facebook

31. Twitter This  When you check “Twitter This” when bookmarking, you can cross post to your Twitter feed

32. Widgetize Your Diigo  Diigo has built-in widgets to broadcast your Diigo Tags and Links

33. Diigo Tagroll

34. Diigo Linkroll

35. “Add to Diigo” Widget  Encourage people to add your page / blog post to Diigo, and help to increase exposure for your site / blog posts and drive more traffic to your site / blog!

36. Tag & Site Communities, Power Searching Diigo Features

37. Site Communities  Aggregate users who annotate the same website & build meaningful reader communities  Discover and connect with other readers interested in the same site.

38. Site Communities Watchlist & WebSlides View

39. Tag Communities  Aggregate users who annotate sites with the same tags  Discover and connect with other readers interested in the same site and explore related tags and groups

40. Tag Communities

41. Searching with Diigo  Diigo has a built-in search engine that lets you search for bookmarks, people, and groups

42. Diigo Search Results

43. Contacts, Contact Lists, & Messages Diigo Features

44. Contacts Lists  You can organize your contacts to lists to make it easier to share resources and conversations

45. Contact Lists  Add contacts to a list

46. Messages / Conversations

47. Discover New Learning Diigo Features

48. Discover New Content  Use the Discover features to track your friend’s bookmarks, your site Watchlists, and bookmarks recommended to you by your learning community

49. Watchlist  Use the Watchlist to subscribe to tags, sites, and users

50. Grow Your Learning Network  Find other users who are similar to you based on bookmarking and annotation patterns

51. Lists and Groups Diigo Features

52. Diigo List

53. Create a List

54. Publish a List

55. Diigo Groups  Diigo Groups Video Tutorial http://snipurl.com/diigogroups http://snipurl.com/diigogroups

56. Diigo Group

57. Group Bookmarks

58. Joining and Creating Groups

59. Create a Group

60. Management  Group moderators can customize the level of privacy and accessibility for the group

61. Managing Group Members

62. Invite New Members

63. Managing the Group Forum

64. Tagging Protocols Diigo Groups Video Tutorial http://snipurl.com/diigogroupshttp://snipurl.com/diigogroups

65. Group Tag Dictionary

66. Security Features for Teachers and Students Diigo Teacher Console

67. Diigo Educator Accounts

68. Diigo Education Resources  http://www.diigo.com/teacher_entry/console http://www.diigo.com/teacher_entry/console  http://www.diigo.com/education http://www.diigo.com/education  http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_-_FAQ http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_-_FAQ  http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_- _Getting_Started http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_- _Getting_Started  education@diigo.com – for specific help questions education@diigo.com

69. Apply for Educator Status  Sign into Diigo  Visit the Diigo Education Page  http://www.diigo.com/education http://www.diigo.com/education  Complete the Application Form  Your application will be reviewed and you will receive an e-mail once your Diigo account has been upgraded to Educator Status

71. What Does Education Status Mean?  You can create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation)  Students of the same class are automatically set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums.  Privacy settings of student accounts are pre-set so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them.  Ads presented to student account users are limited to education-related sponsors.

72. Security Settings – Under 13  Under 13 accounts – students are unable to customize their profiles (no image uploads, etc.)

73. Teacher Console  The Teacher Console will appear in your profile list  http://www.diigo.com/teacher_entry/console http://www.diigo.com/teacher_entry/console

74. Diigo Education Pioneer Badge You can get a Diigo Education Pioneer badge for your blog, wiki, or website in the Teacher Console

75. Create a Class Group

76. Class Groups

77. Convert Existing Groups  Open the group  Click "manage group"  Click “group overview”  Under group details, click "edit"  Change the category to "Education - K12"  The group will be upgraded to a "class group" with ad- free status, secure student accounts, and will appear within the Teacher Console

78. Add Members

79. Adding Students WITHOUT E-Mails

80. Add Students with Existing Diigo Accounts

81. Print Member Login Information

83. Manage Members

84. “Graduating” Student Accounts  Teacher-created student accounts can be converted to a full account upon teacher request

85. How Are Educators Using Diigo?  Gather and collaborate on online findings.  Use annotations to guide students to the most important information on a site, with a discussion starter or question posted on the sticky note.  Create a slideshow of clickable web sites grabbed from your bookmarks.  Publish your annotations/comments to your blogs or embed linkrolls and tagrolls onto a wiki or website. See http://tinyurl.com/5k4yqw for more integration ideashttp://tinyurl.com/5k4yqw