LiveText Tutorial

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LiveText Tutorial

• Adding Content to Other Section Types

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Adding additional pages
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Add pages through Manage Pages tab.
Can add or delete pages through this tab
Pages in document
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Adding additional sections to a page
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Add sections through Manage Sections tab.
Click on edit to open section and enter new
content.
Two sections are in this page. They are text and
image sections.
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Adding Standards to a Standards Section

• Select Standards as your section type.

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Step 1
By selecting Add New you will get a list of
national and/or statestandards to choose from.
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Step 2
Select Standards from list
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Step 3
Note Multiple pages of Standards.You must click
on box by standard and save standards for that
page bychoosing Add Standards before you go
on to next page.
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Step 4
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Adding Resources to a Resource Section

• The Resource section allows you to create a list
  of hyperlinked resources such as external
  websites, other LiveText documents, and Streaming
  Video (IF you purchased video access with your
  LiveText account).

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Tabs show which type of resource to add.
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Adding a Personal Resource

• To add a personal resource click on the personal
  resource tab, enter the name, the URL, and choose
  the type from a pull down menu to identify the
  type of resource. You can also provide a
  description (a good idea to remind you what is
  found through that linked resource), indicate the
  subject and grade levels (not necessary to select
  in order to move forward).

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Step 1
Select type of resource to link
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Step 2
After information suppliedsave before choosing
save and finish to be sure link was made.
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Step 3
Once you know resource is linked then
chooseSave Finish
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Step 4
Selected resources now appearunder Resource Page.
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Adding a Community Resource

• LiveText has pre-selected resources and added
  them to their Community Resources. You can view
  those resources by choosing the Community tab
  found on the top black strip of your LiveText
  account. Knowing what is in there will make it
  easier to add resources from LT.

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Step 1
Community Tabtakes you to variousshared items
in LiveText
You can search to determine what resourceshave
been shared via LT
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Adding a Community Resource

• To add a resource from LiveText select the Add
  LiveText Resource tab when in the editing mode
  for your resource page. Once you know the name of
  your resource from LT you can search by keywords,
  click on the box to the left of the name, then
  click on Add Resource tab to add selected
  resources from that page. Again, if there are
  multiple pages for resources, save each page
  before moving to the next.

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Step 2
Enter keyword to search for the LTresource.
Click in box byselected resource,then click
Add Resource
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Step 3
If selected resourceis correct then click Save
Finish
Check to be sure selected LT resourcehas been
added.
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Step 4
Personal Resource added
LiveText Resource added
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Adding a Discovery Education Resource

• To add a Discovery Education streaming resource
  choose the Add Discovery Education Resource
  tab. Once open click on Go to get to the
  Discovery Education Site.
• Once in site search and select chosen video or
  video segment. Click on title, it will take you
  to the page to view all segments from selected
  video.

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Step 1
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Step 2
Select video by subject or grade range
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Step 2
Select video by clicking on title
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Adding a Discovery Education Resource (cont.)

• Once you are on the page which shows all segments
  of your selected video you will see below the
  video the name of the segment which will be added
  to your LiveText document. If you do not want
  that particular segment added, click on the name
  of the segment you want. That segment will now be
  listed as the segment to add to LiveText.

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Step 3
Click on name of video segment to change
selected addition to LiveText document..
This is the name of the segment that will be
added to LiveText once you click here.
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Adding a Discovery Education Resource (cont.)

• Once youve selected the video to add you will be
  back in the editing page of the Resources section
  of your LiveText document. Most of the
  information about the video is pre-populated.
  Complete the form and select Save found in the
  lower right corner.
• Double check your list of resources. If you are
  finished adding resources then select Save and
  Finish.
• In the resource page of your document you should
  now be able to click on the name of the resource
  and you will be taken directly to that resource.

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Step 4
Complete any part which isnot pre-populated,
then clickon Save button.
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Step 5
Check over list, once yourefinished adding
Resourcesclick on Save Finish button.
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Step 6
Click on name to take you toselected Resource.
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Adding a Discovery Education Resource (cont.)

• When going to a weblink you have the option of
  opening the link in a new tab. When going to a
  Discovery Education Resource you do not have that
  option.
• To get back to your LiveText document you should
  click on the LiveText logo found in the upper
  right hand corner of the Discovery Education page.

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Step 7
When going to a weblink right click on the title
andopen link in a new tab or a new page.Doing
this allows you to stay in your LiveText
document while looking through another website.
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Step 8
When viewing a Discovery Education Video,to get
back to LiveText you need toclick on the
LiveText logo in upperright corner.
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