LiveBinders Tips & Tricks

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We have had many requests from people who wanted to create a cleaner look for their binders by removing the url link that appears above the content. This feature is now available to our premium subscribers! To use this feature, just go into your binder in edit mode and click on Settings > Layout. Use […]

Google has been migrating everyone from http: to https: to access web content. This is a good thing as https is a more secure protocol. But, if you see the following error in your binder: Go up into your browser url and type or copy/paste the following: https://www.livebinders.com Please change any bookmarks that you have […]

You can now user shorter urls for your binders and shelves. When you click on the “Share” option, you will now see a URL something like this: https://www.livebinders.com/b/1524306 for a binder and this: https://www.livebinders.com/s/548 for a shelf. We hope that makes your life with LiveBinders just a little easier! But please leave us a comment […]

On Wednesday 10/10, one of our servers became unresponsive and caused our site’s performance to degrade. After we successfully restarted the server, the site performance returned to normal. After additional analysis, we discovered that a new feature we were testing had created a dependency on this server.  When a server goes down, our website should […]

Expand the accessibility of your digital binder: We are excited to release a feature many of you have requested (thank you for telling us what you need!).  This new feature – Download Binder – will provide you access to your binder(s) when you have poor or no internet connection. Download Binder will allow a Pro […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]