how to thinglink premium education features
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HOW TO USE
THINGLINK PREMIUM EDUCATIONFEATURES
TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Control Panel
2. Groups and Students
3. Advanced Statistics
4. Upload Custom Icons
5. Control Image Display
6. Control Tag Display
7. Replace Background Image
8. Create Group Channels
9. Use Thinglink Video
CONTROL PANELHOW TO
CONTROL PANELTOOLBAR AND MENU
Hosting (if needed)
Images from
those you follow
Images selected by ThingLink
staff
Browse imagesAccess groups and students
Create new images
Your profile
Menu
Toolbar
Menu
CONTROL PANELTOOLBAR AND MENU
Settings*GroupsHelpLog out
GROUPS AND STUDENTSHOW TO
GROUPS AND STUDENTSCLASSROOM GROUPS FOR YOUR STUDENTS
Click to reach students and
groups
Click to see groups
Create new groups
Delete Group
Manage Group
GROUPS AND STUDENTSSTUDENTS LIST
Search for students
Change a student password
Click to view student list
Click on name to view profile
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GROUPSGROUP MANAGEMENT PAGE
Group members
Remove member
Registration method #2: students with
email addresses
Registration method #1: no student
email addresses
GROUPSSTUDENT REGISTRATION METHOD #1
Enter student names
Click register
PRINT THIS PAGEStudent login email
Student login password
GROUPSSTUDENT REGISTRATION METHOD #2
Students use the invitation code to
register at www.thinglink.com.edu
Students use their school email
Invitation code
Select STUDENT
Register
ACCESS YOUR ADVANCED STATISTICS
HOW TO
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Access individual image statistics
Access overall statistics
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Select the time frame Select views, hovers, clicks, or time on image
Select ‘Total’ or ‘Unique’ users
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Total figures and ratio
Advanced metrics for each tag and embedded location
UPLOAD CUSTOM ICONSHOW TO
CUSTOM ICONSUPLOAD AND USE YOUR OWN ICONS
Click on the menu to open the drop down
Click on “SETTINGS”
CUSTOM ICONSUPLOAD AND USE YOUR OWN ICONS
Click “UPLOAD ICON SET”
Click “TAG ICONS” tab
Click “SELECT” to upload the icons from you computer for each option
Lastly, click “UPLOAD SET”
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAYHOW TO
MACRO IMAGE SETTINGSFULLY CONTROL HOW YOUR IMAGE DISPLAYS WHILE EMBEDDED
Click Menu to reveal drop down, then
select “SETTINGS” to view your
account settings
Click “MY IMAGE SETTINGS” tab
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAYREMOVE TOUCH AND SHARE BUTTONS AND MANAGE PRIVACY
Select “Sharing settings” to manage
image privacy
Public: everybody can see image
Unlisted: image can only be accessed with the image URL Allows other
ThingLink users to edit your image
Enter the URL you would like to
appear in the lower right corner
of the image
Untick to remove share
and touch buttons
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAYREMOVE THINGLINK BRANDING
1. Click “ThingLink”2. Select transparent icon or your custom branding
Click X to remove touch
Click X to remove share
Click X to remove full screen
CONTROL TAG DISPLAYHOW TO
MICRO IMAGE SETTINGSFULLY CONTROL HOW YOUR TAGS DISPLAYS WHILE EMBEDDED
Hide icon: Icon is invisible
Link
Click to choose icon
Select colors for bubble and text
Choose small, normal, large, or x-large
Choose between 16 font options
Upload a tag image from your hard drive
Enter a link for photo or click through
Hide bubble: Bubble is always invisible
Pinned icon: Icon is always visible
Select new tab, same tab or nothing
Select tag type
BoldItalic
Numbered ListBulleted ListJustification
Enter caption
HOW TO
REPLACE THE BACKGROUND IMAGE
REPLACE IMAGEUPDATE YOUR IMAGE WITHOUT LOSING TAGS
Click “Replace image” and choose new file
HOW TO
CREATE GROUP CHANNELS
STEP 1: GO TO GROUP MANAGEMENT
Click to create a new group channel
Scroll down to Group
Channels section
STEP 2: NAME CHANNEL
Name your channel
Click CREATE
STEP 3: ADD IMAGES TO THE CHANNEL
On images select the POST button. Check the box for the channel you have created.
This works for all group members.
STEP 4: VIEW CHANNELClick
CHANNELS
Select your channel
All images in the channel
Click to view as a slideshow
STEP 5: SHARE CHANNEL
Click the share icon
Use this code to embed the
channel to your website or blog
HOW TO
USE THINGLINK VIDEO
THINGLINK VIDEOUPLOADING VIDEOS
Click “CREATE” on the top bar
Enter the URL of the video you want to tag and click
“TAG THIS MEDIA”
Or upload from hard drive
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
1. Choose a time in the video to add your tag
2. Click “ADD NEW TAG”
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
Text font
Text and tag color
The text on the tag
Duration of the tag
Tag icon
Tag destination
Tag: the initial message that appears Popup: the larger message once the tag is clicked open
Always save!
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
Add extended content within
the popup
Select a photo within the popup
The inner title of the popup
THINGLINK VIDEOEMBEDDING VIDEOS AND CHANNELS
Copy the embed code
Enter the embed code
The finished product