ThingLink

"ThingLink is the leading platform for creating interactive images and videos for web, social, advertising, and educational channels. Be creative! Make your images come alive with video, text, images, shops, music and more! Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell your stories" (from the ThingLink website). You can now link on images as well as videos.

There is also a ThingLink app available for both iOS and Android devices; however, all instructions on this page are for the web-based platform.

Getting Started with ThingLink Uses for Music Class Resources
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Getting Started with ThingLink
First, you will need to create your ThingLink account. You can use your teacher email address or sign up using Google. If you have an invite code from another teacher you can enter it in during registration; if you don't, you can skip this step.

Navigating ThinkLink Creating a ThingLink Sharing a ThingLink
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Navigating ThingLink

 * 1) Upon login, you will see "Explore" at the top right and "My Stream" at the top left. This will show you ThingLinks by any users you follow (if any). You can also browse other user's ThingLinks by clicking "Featured," "Top Today," or "Top This Week" next to "My Stream."
 * 2) Click "Students" on the top right to see how many students you have registered, if any (note that the free version offers a maximum of 105 student accounts). You can also click on "Groups" from the Students page to either monitor your groups or join another with a join code. Click on the settings gear icon from an existing group to find the join code to that group so your students can use it when they register for a student account.
 * 3) Click "Create" to create a new ThingLink (instructions below).
 * 4) Click "Upgrade" to upgrade to a paid account or see what is offered in the paid accounts.
 * 5) Click "Me" to see your profile, find all your ThingLinked images and videos, your "touches" (other ThingLinks that you have liked), create and view your channels (sort of like playlists for categories of ThingLinks, e.g. melody, rhythm, etc.), see who you are following and who is following you, and stats of who has viewed your profile.
 * 6) Click the three horizontal lines to see your notifications (people who have "touched" your ThingLinks, new followers, etc.), view change your profile settings, view your students, upgrade your account, access the help center, and log out.

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Creating a ThingLink

 * 1) Click on the red "Create" button on the top right of the page.
 * 2) Choose your image/video: upload an image from your computer, copy/paste an image or video from the web, import a picture from Facebook (must login from the ThingLink page), or import a picture from Flickr (public photo posting site, easy to find images Creative Commons licenses for reuse).
 * 3) Click the top to add a title to your ThingLink.
 * 4) Adjust the size of your image with the "+/-" buttons on the top right of the image editor.
 * 5) Click anywhere on the image to add a tag:
 * If linking to content from the Internet, copy/paste the link.
 * Add a text description of the linked content or just text about the image.
 * Choose the icon style.
 * 1) Use the "Search for Content" bar to search for information about your project to link in, e.g. "Beethoven" or "trombone."
 * 2) Add as many or as few tags as you'd like and place them where ever you'd like on the image.
 * 3) Before you save, click "Sharing Settings" to change your ThingLink from public to unlisted and/or allow others to edit your ThingLink.
 * 4) Save your ThingLink.

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Sharing a ThingLink

 * 1) Find your completed ThingLinks under "Me" on the top right of the page.
 * 2) Click on the ThingLink you'd like to share.
 * 3) Click the "Share" button.
 * 4) Choose how you would like to share your ThingLink:
 * Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, Edmodo, Tackk, Email, or Facebook app.
 * Copy/paste the URL address for your ThingLink.
 * Copy/paste the embed code to embed into your class website or blog.

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Uses for Music Class

 * Have students link audioBoom recordings to a picture of a visual pattern to demonstrate understanding of form.
 * Embed your ThingLink into your classroom website or blog.

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Resources

 * ThingLink for Education
 * ThingLink Learn More
 * ThingLink Help Center
 * ThingLink Professional Development video playlist on YouTube
 * Build Your ThingLink Classroom video playlist on YouTube
 * ThingLink Education Pinterest Board
 * 73+ Interesting Ways to Use ThingLink in Your Classroom

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