storybird tutorial

How to use Storybird- A tutorialwww.storybird.com

By- Tania Sen Gupta

Storybird is a tool that helps create short visual stories, which can be read, printed and shared.

This is how the screen

will look

Even without creating a Storybird account, you can…

Read

published

Storybirds

…and also

Take a tour of

the website

In order to start a Storybird, we first need to create an account…

Click

here

You will be directed to this page. Select the type of account you want...

Click here

…and fill up the details…

Fill in the

required

details

…to create your own Storybird account!

…and these

Click the required options and click the blue button to create your account

Then this page opens, where you can find..

Your published Storybirds

Your unpublished Storybirds

Storybirds that you have

read

Your account settings

Storybird allows you to create your own classes. When you click on “Classes”, you are directed to

this page..

Name of your class

When you create a class, there are several things that you can do.

Classes

1. Students

3. Library4.

Discussions5.

Fundraising

We shall discuss these in detail in the following slides.

1. By clicking on “Students”, you can add, manage and move students to another class..

Can be changed after first

login Change student’s name

Change Password

Delete students

2. By clicking on “Assignments” you can create assignments for your students.

Click here!

Fill in the

details

Click to save or cancel.

3. Clicking on the “Library” icon will give you access to all the assignments and activities that

the students have made.

4. Clicking on “Discussion” lets you create discussion pages

Click here!

Fill in the

detailsClick to post or cancel.

5. Storybird book sales help raise money for the class. Click “Fundraising” for it.

Now how do you create a Storybird?1. Click on “Create”. It redirects us to this page

where…

You can create a story using

pictures posted by other authors.

…or…

You can choose any tag and use

the pictures associated with

it

You can also try out the

challenges

2. Select your picture or theme, and then click “Start a Storybird”

Click here

3. Then you will be directed to this page where you can..

Invite people to collaborate with you in making the Storybird

Drag and drop to add or change a picture

Click here to start writing

Add or remove pages

4. When you are done making your story, click on “Menu”. You can either…

Publish it

Save it for the time

being

5. If you click the “Publish”, you can edit your Storybird and your privacy settings before you save

it.

6. Once you save, your Storybird is published!

7. Your incomplete Storybirds will be saved in your unpublished list. You can start writing again

whenever you want by clicking on “Jump in!”

8. You can read a published Storybird by just clicking on “open” and also post comments on it.

There you go! Now you know everything about a Storybird!

So what are you waiting for? Start Storybirding!

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