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Symbaloo Learning Paths

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Overview

3. Discover

1. Create

2. Share

Create Learning Paths

Discover Learning Paths

Publish Learning Paths

• Find the perfect materials
• Use the best Learning Paths for your students
• Get inspired
• Save time preparing for classes

• Use the best online resources
• Insert them into your pathway
• Add questions and make it interactive

• Challenge your students
• Track their progress
• Publish your best Learning Paths

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Symbaloo Learning Paths

Let's begin...

Go to http://learningpaths.symbaloo.com/

When a teacher creates a Learning Path, an access code is generated. When a student enters the code in the box, the student will begin the Learning Path and the teacher can monitor their progress.

To find and use Learning Paths already created by other teachers, go to the Marketplace.

Click on "Start a Plan" to create or view your Learning Path

1. Create an Account

It's free!

Have an account for Symbaloo.com? Then use this to log in. After you've logged into your account, make sure your profile is set up. Your country and teaching level is especially important for searching for your Learning Paths in the Marketplace.

1. Create

Your Home Screen

Understand How to Create a Learning Path

The following topics are covered, click to learn more:

Your Home Screen

Create A Learning Path

Editing Your Learning Path

Create A Tile

Add (Online) Content To Your Learning Path

Edit the Pathway

Ask A Question

Your Home Screen

This is your personal environment. As you can see, there are still no Learning Paths created. To create your first Learning Path, click "Create a Learning Path," or search the Marketplace for other Learning Paths.

Subject of your Learning Path

Describe the subject of your Learning Path

Click the 'pencil' icon in the top left corner to add more information about your Learning Path

Edit settings

Give your Learning Path a title and a description for your students to see.

Indicate the objectives and set the expected duration for the Learning Path.

This information can always be changed later.

Creating your Learning Path

These are the buttons to edit your Learning Path. Here you can change the theme of your Learning Path, upload a background, and change the size of your game board.

You can view your Learning Paths from the perspective of the students, or track the progress of your students.

Click anywhere on the blank grid to start creating your Learning Path.

Click "Assign & Start Tracking" to generate an access code and to allow your students to use the Learning Path. You can publish it to the Marketplace and inspire others with your work.

Searching a Tile

Here you can search for a tile

You can also search in your favourite tiles or search your Symbaloo webmixes

You can search using 'Google Search', 'Video Search', 'Article Search' and 'OpenEd Search'

Creating a tile

Here you can create your own tile

You can edit the tile to your preferences. Setting a tile, description, choosing the resources you'd like to use and asking questions to your students.

Add (Online) Content to Your Tiles

There are many options for adding online content to your tiles in the Learning Path. If one option is not useful, you will be sure to find one that fits your needs. The various options are:

• Add text. This is the default option and is also included in other options.

• Add a link to a web page.

• Find a page directly from Google.

• Search for videos accross platforms like YouTube, Vimeo...

• Find articles using Wikipedia, Google Scholar...

• Add a tile from your own Symbaloo webmix.

• Add content using an embed code.

• Add a file/image from your computer.

The beauty of Symbaloo Learning Paths is that students remain in the same environment, despite the fact that you can add all sorts of websites without the distraction of a new tab.

• Add OpenEd resource

• Insert a mathematical formula.

• Create your own drawings.

Edit the Pathway

Right click on a tile already created to insert a new tile at any location in the Learning Path.

Ask A Question

You can add a question in any tile. Students will be directed in different directions depending on their answer to the question. If a student answers correctly, you can direct them to an alternative route with more exercises.

Press the cross or the check mark to indicate a right or wrong answer.

Choose "Select a question type" if you'd like to ask a question.

2. Share

Learn How to Share Your Learning Path

Start Your Learning Path

Click "Assign & Start Tracking" to generate an access code. Your students can access the Learning Path with this code. Here you can copy the direct link to the Learning Path, email it, share it on social media, or assign it via Google Classroom.

You can create another access code for a different group of students. This will separate results between groups.

You also have the opportunity to:

• Set a deadline
• Activate the chat feature
• Lock the lesson plan for anonymous users
• Assign to Google Classroom
• Allow students to provide feedback

Help Others to Learn

If your Learning Path is finished, you can publish it to the Marketplace.

After your Learning Path is published, other teachers can access it in the Marketplace. This way, other people will be able to find it, use it, and learn from it, just like you can do from other users' Learning Paths. You can also find your Learning Path through search engines like Google...you could become internet famous!

Track the Progress of Your Students

Test your students and review their performance through the built-in statistics in the back end of the Learning Path.

The statistics are in real-time, which means you can see exactly where each student is on the Learning Path and how they are doing.

3. Explore

Learn how to use the Marketplace.

The Marketplace

Search for Learning Path by topic, objective, or description.

Search by common state standards.

Find Learning Path available for a specific course or grade level.

You can also see the highest rated Learning Paths in the Marketplace for any topic.

Use Other Learning Paths

From the Marketplace, click on a Learning Path that you'd like more information on.

Add the Learning Paths to your account so that you can edit and use it based on your class' needs.

You can try out the Learning Path to see if you like it before adding it to your account.

Share the Learning Paths on your social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, or your website.

Give the original creator some feedback on their Learning Path.

Have fun with Learning Paths!

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