LiveText Tutorial

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LiveText Tutorial

• How to Create a Project

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Step 1 Under MY WORK click on NEW tab.
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Step 2 In Create a Document use pull down menu
under FOLDER.
Select Project from either list GSU or
LiveText. There are some pre-made projects in
each. You can choose different templates within
each. You will get a preview on this page to help
you decide the look of your project.
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Step 3 Template choose which kind of project
you want to create. For instance if you want to
create your own storage site choose
Design-Your-Own (DYO) Project under LiveText.
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Step 4 Give your project a name and a
description. Note a description is not
necessary. Then click the green button Save as
New Document.
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To view the project description click on eyeball
button- Show Properties.
Step 5 You can now see the created project,
project pages and sections.
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LiveText Tutorial Project Creation

• Adding Content to Your Project

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Can add or delete pages through this tab
The Edit Properties tab on top left will allow
you to edit the type of project you want, i.e.
the description and name, the type of document
and the layout.
Pages in document
Step 6 Adding Content to your Project
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Step 6a Editing Project Properties can change
name, description, document type, layout, and
style.
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Step 6b Managing Pages can change name of page
and the order in which they appear can hide,
add, and/or delete pages.
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Click on edit to open section and enter new
content.
Two sections are in this page. They are text and
image sections.
Step 7a When adding content to your project you
must select the page to edit from Table of
Contents.
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Add a LiveText link
Type inside boxmuch like a Word document.
Add an externallink
Attach image
Attach documents
Step 7b Content can be added in multiple ways to
a Text Image Section. Once all changes made
click Save Finish button.
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LiveText Tutorial Project Creation

• Adding Standards to Your Project

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Step 8a Add Standards to page by selecting
Standards page.
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By selecting Add New you will get a list of
national and/or statestandards to choose from.
Step 8b Add Standards by choosing Add New tab
to select from a list of pre-populate standards.
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Select Standards from list
Step 8c Select Standards
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Note Multiple pages of Standards.You must save
standards for each page before you go on to next
page.
Step 8d Select Standards by clicking in box to
left of standard and then choosing Add
Standards.
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Step 8e View of Standards Page with selected
standards visible. You can add from multiple
standard sets if desired to Standards page.
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LiveText Tutorial Project Creation

• Adding Personal Resources to Your Project

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Step 9a Add Resources by selecting Resource
Page
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Step 9b Resource page allows you to link to
external websites, other LiveText documents, and
Streaming Video (If you purchased video access
with your LiveText account).
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Select type of resource to link
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).
Step 9c To add a Personal Resource click tab,
enter name and URL. Choose type from pull down
menu.
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After information suppliedsave before choosing
save and finish to be sure link was made.
Step 9d Save linked resource.
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Once you know resource is linked then
chooseSave Finish
Step 9e Select Save Finish.
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Selected resources now appearunder Resource Page.
Step 9f View selected Personal Resources.
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LiveText Tutorial Project Creation

• Adding LiveText Resources to Your Project

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Community Tabtakes you to variousshared items
in LiveText
You can search to determine what resourceshave
been shared via LT. Knowing this will help when
attaching LT resources to your Resource Page.
Step 10 If you want to add a LiveText Resource
you may want to preview those first under the
Community Resource tab.
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Select Add LiveText Resources tab.
Enter keyword to search for the LTresource.
Click in box and select Add Resources to
attach.
Step 10a To add a LiveText Resource to the
Resource Page of your Project select the proper
tab.
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If selected resourceis correct then click Save
Finish
Check to be sure selected LT resourcehas been
added.
Step 10b Once resource saved check list to be
sure it is correct.
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View of Resource Page
Personal Resource added
LiveText Resource added
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LiveText Tutorial Project Creation

• Adding Discovery Education Resources to Your
  Project

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Step 11a Add a Discovery Education resource by
choosing tab and clicking on Go..
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Step 11b Search site for desired video link.
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Select video from search
Step 11c Click on title to view digital video
segments.
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Click video selectionbox and then click Add
button.
Step 11d Click on title to view digital video
segments. Select desired segments to add to your
resources.
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Step 11e A folder called My Content is already
created for you. Click Save and video footage
will be saved in the folder.
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Step 11f Once you click Save you are back with
this view. Click on LiveText logo to get back
to your LiveText Resource Page.
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Then what left hanging cause cant get back to
LT AIEEEEE!

• Emailed LT with that problem so the rest of
  this is on hold until they get back to me with a
  solution!
• NOTE- getting back to LT is still a problem!!! So
  next few slides Im just guessing at!!!

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Discovery Education Resource added
Step 11g Check to be sure your Discovery
Streaming resource has been added to your
resource list.
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Check each pageby clicking on page name. To see
names of page sections click on blue arrow.
Step 12 Review newly created project to be sure
accurate information has been added to each page
of the document.
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