Getting started with Diigo
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1) The document provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with Diigo, an online bookmarking and annotation tool. It explains how to create an account, install the Diigo toolbar, bookmark and highlight web pages, add sticky notes, capture images, and create a user group. 2) Key steps include creating an account on the Diigo website, installing the browser toolbar, bookmarking and tagging web pages from the toolbar, highlighting text and viewing annotations in the Diigo library, and inviting friends to join a user-created group for collaboration. 3) Features covered are bookmarking, highlighting, adding sticky notes to pages or highlights, hiding public notes, capturing screenshots, and forming a group
Getting started with Diigo
- 1. GETTING STARTED WITH DIIGOPROF. DR. MOHAMED AMIN EMBICENTRE FOR ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT
- 2. STEP 1
- 3. Go to: http://www.diigo.com/
- 4. STEP 2Creating an Account
- 5. 1Click ‘Join Now’ to create a Diigo account.2Start creating your account by completing the form.After filling up the required information, click ‘Continue’.3
- 6. Diigo will send you an email. You need to click the link given so that you can activate your Diigo account.4After verifying, you will be invited to install the Diigo toolbar and learn more about Diigo’scapabilities.5
- 7. STEP 3Installing Diigo Toolbar
- 8. 13 steps to install Diigotoolbar.2First, you need to click ‘Allow’. 3Now, you can start installing your Diigo toolbar by clicking this button.
- 9. BookmarkRead laterHighlightThis window will appear and you need to click ‘Install Now’. 4Now, your Diigo toolbar is already installed on your computer.5
- 13. 1First, open the web page or URL you want to bookmark.Click ‘Bookmark’ button to add a bookmark.2This window will appear automatically.3Insert your tag.4Click ‘Save’ to save your bookmark in Diigo library.5
- 14. To view your bookmark, go to ‘Diigo’ toolbar and choose ‘My Library’.67Now, the web you bookmarked will appear in your Diigo Library together with the relevant tags.
- 16. 2Then, click the ‘Highlight’ button toolbar.First, you need to select the text you want to highlight from the web page.1Now, the texts you have selected are already highlighted.3
- 17. 4This button will appear automatically.5Choose ‘View in my library’ to view your selected text in your Diigo library.
- 18. 6After you view it in your Diigo library, only the highlighted paragraph will appear.
- 19. STEP 7Using Sticky Notes
- 20. 1First, click the ‘Comment’ button and choose ‘Add a floating sticky note to this page’.
- 21. Next, place your sticky note everywhere you like on the page.2Now, you can write a comment on your sticky note. You also can make your note private or you can share it with public or your group. 34You also can add a sticky note on the text you have highlighted.
- 22. STEP 8Hiding Sticky Notes
- 23. Sometimes you would prefer to see only your own notes, or specific group annotation but not public sticky notes from all other users. With diigo toolbar installed, you can hide them.1To start hiding your sticky note, click ‘Hide public sticky notes’.2This window will appear and you need to choose ‘Do not show me public sticky notes on this page’. Then click ‘OK’.
- 25. 1First, click the ‘Capture’ button and choose either ‘Capture Selected Area’ or ‘Capture Entire Page’.If you choose ‘Capture Selected Area’, press hold and select the area you want to capture.2Before you save, you can edit the image using these tools. After clicking the ‘save’ icon, the image you capture will automatically appear in your Diigo library.3
- 27. 1In your Diigo page, you can create your own group. Click ‘My Group’ to open your group page.2Click ‘Create a group’ to start creating your Diigo group.
- 28. Fill up the form to create a group.After that you are allowed to invite your friends to join your group.3
- 29. Then, click ‘Create my group’.45Once your group have been created, you can invite your friends to join your group either through your Diigo friends or you can invite by inserting your friends’ emails.
- 30. Example of a Diigogroup.78All member can postbookmarks and topics for discussion.6Click ‘Invite people’ to invite friends to join your group.
- 31. THE END