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Student Section
How do I add my scary story?
To add your scary story:
- Click Create new page at the top of the page.
- In the Page name box, enter your name and the title of your story.
- Select the button at the bottom to put the page under your school’s name.
- Click Create Page.
- After the new page loads, you’ll be in the Page Editor where you can type your story in the large box under your story’s title.
- When you’re done, click Save at the top.
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How do I edit my story?
To edit your story:
- Navigate to your story:
- At your school’s start page, click View All next to Subpages.
- A new window will pop up. Select your story.
- Click OK.
- Click Edit page at the top.
- The Page Editor will load and you can make any changes you would like.
- Click Save.
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How do I add an image to my story?
To add an image to your story:
- While in the Page Editor, click Insert in the menu at the top.
- In the new menu that appears, click Image.
- A new window will pop up. Follow the appropriate instructions below depending on where you image is.
- If your image is on your computer:
- Select the Uploaded images circle.
- Click Browse.
- Navigate to where the image is on your computer and select the image.
- Click Open.
- Wait a moment for the image to be uploaded.
- Click the image you would like to add.
- Click the Add Image button at the lower right corner of the window.
- If your image is on the internet:
- Select the Web address (URL) circle.
- In the box next to Image URL, enter the address to your image.
- Wait a moment for a preview of the image to appear.
- Click the Add Image button at the lower right corner of the window.
- Once you’re done adding your image, click the Save button at the top of the Page Editor.
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How do I add a video from Google Video or YouTube?
To add a video to your story from Google Video/YouTube:
- While in the Page Editor, click Insert in the menu at the top.
- In the new menu that appears, click Video.
- Click either Google Video or YouTube Video depending on where your video is located. The next steps are the same for both.
- In the new window that pops up, enter the address to the video in the top box.
- Change the title at the bottom to what you would like.
- Click the Save button at the bottom of the window.
- Once you’re done adding your video, click the Save button at the top of the Page Editor.
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How do I add a video from my computer?
To add a video to your story from your computer:
These instructions are very similar to adding an audio clip so if you’re familiar with that, you’re ahead of the game.
- While on your story’s page, click the plus sign next to Attachments.
- Click Browse.
- Select the video you would like to add.
- Click Open.
- Wait a moment for the video to be uploaded. When done the name of the video will show up under Attachments in blue.
- Right-click the video’s name and click Copy Link Location.
- Go to the Page Editor for your story by clicking Edit page at the top.
- While in the Page Editor, select the keywords you would like to trigger the video (for example you might want the reader to see a video of a moving car when they click car chase):
- Hold down your mouse button
- Drag the cursor across those words. They should be highlighted in a different color.
- With those words selected, click the Link button.
- Click Web address.
- Right-click the box and click Paste.
- Click the OK button at the bottom left corner.
- Click the Save button to keep your changes.
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How do I add an audio clip?
To add an audio clip to your story from your computer:
These instructions are very similar to adding a video clip so if you’re familiar with that, you’re ahead of the game.
- While on your story’s page, click the plus sign next to Attachments.
- Click Browse.
- Select the audio clip you would like to add.
- Click Open.
- Wait a moment for the audio clip to be uploaded. When done the name of the clip will show up under Attachments in blue.
- Right-click the audio clip’s name and click Copy Link Location.
- Go to the Page Editor for your story by clicking Edit page at the top.
- While in the Page Editor, select the keywords you would like to trigger the audio (for example you might want the reader to hear an explosion when they click BOOM):
- Hold down your mouse button
- Drag the cursor across those words. They should be highlighted in a different color.
- With those words selected, click the Link button.
- Click Web address.
- Right-click the box and click Paste.
- Click the OK button at the bottom left corner.
- Click the Save button to keep your changes.
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How do I share my story?
To share your story:
- Always check with your teacher first!
- While viewing your story, click More actions.
- Click Site sharing.
- Under Invite people, select either as collaborators if you would like your teacher to be able to edit your story, or as viewers if you would only like him/her to read it but not edit.
- In the box directly underneath that, enter the email address.
- Click Invite these people.
- Click Return to site at the top of the page to go back to your story.
Teacher Section
How do I create an account?
To join a Collaboratory Google Project:
- Email collaborator@collaboratory.northwestern.edu
- Include your previous Collaboratory username.
- OR include your school, address, city, state, zip, phone and your first name, last name, email and phone contact information.
- After we verify your information we will create your account.
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How do I log in?
To log in:
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How do I get started?
To get started:
- At the front page for your class, click Edit page.
- Change Home to your school’s name followed by your class’s grade.
- Click the Save button at the top.
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How do I add a student's story to the front page?
To add a student’s story to the front page:
- At the front page for your class, click Edit page.
- Click Link.
- Select Existing page.
- Click the story you would like to add.
- Click OK.
- Repeat the above steps until you’ve added all the stories.
- You can make the links into a bullet or numbered list:
- Highlight all of the story links.
- Click either the Numbered List (number next to dashes) or Bullet List (dots next to dashes) buttons.
- Click Save.
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How do I add a link to the Cybrary?
Instructors – to add a link to the Cybrary:
Once your class has decided on their favorite scary website, you can share it with other schools by adding it to The Scariest Cybrary.
- On the Scariest Cybrary main page, click Add file.
- Select the circle next to the web.
- Paste the URL to the website.
- Enter the title for the link.
- Click Upload.
- Click the checkbox next to your new link.
- Click Move to.
- Select your school’s name.
- If your school’s folder has not been created, you can do so:
- In the same menu, click New folder.
- Enter your school’s name.
- Click Save.
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