Pluck

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Pluck

• A tool for web collaboration

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Outcomes

• Explain Pluck and its uses.
• Create an account.
• Import IE favorites.
• Add bookmarks to your folders.
• Share one of your folders with others.
• Subscribe to someone elses bookmarks.
• Add RSS feeds
• Manually
• Drag and drop
• Delete a feed
• Sign off your account.

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Who says PLUCK is cool?

• "With one click, users of Pluck can save Web
  bookmarks into an online folder or email them to
  others.
• "Pluck's ease-of-use, flexibility and tight
  browser integration make it one of our favorite
  RSS Readers."
• "Pluck not only integrates eBay searching into
  the browser, but it improves on features built
  into eBay.com..."

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What is Pluck?
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http//pluck.com

• Time to download.
• Time to install.
• Time to create your account.

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Download

• Click on the download button.
• Disable virus protection.
• Install the software.

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Creating your account

• Open IE.
• Click on the Pluck icon in the tool bar or
  use click StartProgramsPluck.
• Click on the Web Folders tab.
• Click on Create an Account.
• Follow the online directions to create your
  account.
• Use your Maricopa web mail to retrieve the
  message they send you and activate your account.

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Importing IE favorites

• Be sure you are signed in (Web Folders tab in the
  lower left of the screen)
• Click on the Options and Tool in the Shared Items
  section.
• Choose the Import/Export tab.
• Click on Import IE Favorites.

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Add a site to your personal folders

• Browse to the PC home page.
• Click on the pluck page icon in the tool bar.
• When the dialog box opens, use the drop-down menu
  to choose a personal folder.
• Note that if you dont have the icon in your
  toolbar, you can use ToolsPluck this page in
  your browser menu.

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Inviting others to share your folder

• Drag one of the folders you imported from IE to
  the shared folder section.
• Right click on the folder after dragging.
• Select invite from the drop-down menu.
• When the dialog box opens, enter the email
  addresses of those with whom you want to share.

• Click on your Web Folders tab.

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Subscribing to shared folders

• Once invited, you can subscribe to others
  folders.
• Click on the My Pluck tab.
• Click on the item in your Inbox.
• Click on the subscribe button.
• Unsubscribe if you like by using the right mouse
  and selecting unsubscribe from the menu options.

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RSS feeds

• What is RSS?
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight
  XML format designed for sharing headlines and
  other Web content. Think of it as a distributable
  "What's New" for your site. Originated by
  UserLand in 1997 and subsequently used by
  Netscape to fill channels for Netcenter, RSS has
  evolved into a popular means of sharing content
  between sites (including the BBC, CNET, CNN,
  Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring,
  Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet, and more).

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What can RSS do for you?

• Keep you current.
• Reduce email.
• Alert you to changes in projects you are working
  on.

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Adding a RSS feed

• Enter http//jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/alan/ as
  your browser address.
• Drag the RSS button to your surfed feeds on your
  RSS Reader tab.

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Delete a feed

• Be sure you are on the RSS tab (bottom left
  side).
• Expand one of the feeds (click on the sign.)
• Click to highlight a feed.
• Press the delete button.
• Confirm the deletion.

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Signing off your account

• Click on the My Pluck tab.
• RIGHT click on Inbox.
• Select Sign Out from the drop-down menu.
• Sign on again from your My Pluck tab.

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Extending your learning

• Product Tours

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Extending your learning

• Support

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How tos
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Other ways to use PLUCK?

• Computer crashes?
• Assisting a faculty in their office?
• When assisting a faculty/staff in their office?
• For collaborations and sharing?

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Reviewing

• Which tab for
• Plucking a page?
• Sharing a folder?
• Inviting others to share your folder?
• Creating an account?
• Signoff your account?
• Login to your account?

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Back to outcomes

• Explain Pluck and its uses.
• Download and install Pluck.
• Create an account.
• Add RSS feeds
• Manually
• Drag and drop
• Delete a feed
• Import IE favorites.
• Add bookmarks to your folders.
• Subscribe to someone elses bookmarks.
• Share one of your folders with others.
• Sign off your account.
• Name other possible uses for Pluck.

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On your own

• Return to your office.
• Download and install Pluck on your computer.
• Login to your account.
• Import IE folders.
• Share a folder.
• Subscribe when someone invites you.
• Add an RSS feed.
• Delete an RSS feed.