LiveBinders Tips & Tricks
How to add an overview or table of contents page to your LiveBinder
I was looking at some great binders this morning and realized how the overview page and the table of contents page both really helped give people an introduction to and a bit of context around the binder. So I thought I would do a quick video on how to add those pages. Please note that […]
LiveBinders Back-to-School Give Away
As schools are ramping up for the Fall school season, we thought it would be fun to host a give away involving Twitter, LiveBinders and ten$50 Amazon Gift Cards. Starting this Wednesday, August 15th, be prepared to share links to either your favorite public binders or ones that you find useful on our Featured binders […]
Navigating the #NotatISTE18 LiveBinder
We didn’t go to ISTE this year (the largest, most fun edtech event ever) but we have made it our mission for the last few years to help collect resources that were tweeted out during the conference. @pgeorge and @shighley helped us build an amazing binder of resources. In fact there are so many hundreds […]
LiveBinders Privacy Policy for GDPR
On May 25, new data privacy laws — the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — take effect across the European Union. These laws provide consumers with more control over their personal data. At LiveBinders, we are fully aligned with the spirit of the GDPR for a safe and secure Internet. We have always made it […]
Increase Parent Involvement
Effective Organization of Content Helps Family Engagement Initiatives At LiveBinders, we are lucky to be exposed to so many great resources and to hear from our users about the work they do to elevate student learning. Last month I saw binders by our members Evelyn Azbell and Fred Cochran, who both happened to be coordinating […]
Create a Beautiful Guest Packet
We have seen some great uses of LiveBinders over the years. One of my favorites is creating a beautiful package of local information for your guests. Imagine if you booked an Airbnb and then were sent a nice on-line packet of fun things to do and great local restaurants. Another great example is this cool […]
LiveBinders an Alternative to Wikispaces
We were sad to hear that Wikispaces is shutting down, but we hope you will consider LiveBinders as an alternative. LiveBinders lets you, Quickly build an on-line binder of resources Share publicly or privately Easily host a library of binders on your website And is free for your first five binders! Want to see a […]
We now have auto-embed for Quizlet
Quizlets make great additions to your binders. You can now use “LiveBinder It” to add any Quizlet to your binders. You can also just copy/paste the url. We do the auto-embed part so that you will see the Quizlet in the tab.
Show an updated date on your embedded shelf
We have a new option on the shelf embed code that will let you show an updated date on your binders. If you use this in combination with sort by “Most Recent” people will be able to quickly glance at the shelf to see which binders have been recently updated.
We now have auto-embed for Piktochart and Sway
If you are using Piktochart to create an infographic or Sway for your presentations, you no longer have to find embed codes and then copy paste them. You can just use the url for your chart or presentation (or click on “LiveBinder It” while viewing your chart or presentation) and we do the rest of […]
#NotAtISTE?
I occasionally talk to teachers who don’t even know what ISTE is. ISTE is the biggest edtech conference in the country and it is a blast. There is so much to be learned and so much to be shared at ISTE. But even if you are not in San Antonio this year, you can catch […]
“LiveBinder It” – New features including save to multiple binders
“LiveBinder It” is our handy bookmarklet that lets you add web pages to your binder while you browse. But it can also be used to add multiple files to LiveBinders and to copy tabs from one LiveBinder to another. “LiveBinder It” just got a major update and the new features include: Adding files/links to multiple […]