| Note before
you proceed:
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LiveText works best in Internet Explorer
and Firefox web browsers. Other web browsers
like Mozilla and Netscape work too, but
you may not have all the capabilities available
in LiveText.
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You must have an account registered with
LiveText.
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As a sample walkthrough, we shall create
a portfolio. Other documents can be created
in a similar manner.
Instructions to create documents
in LiveText:
1.
Go to LiveText website: http://www.livetext.com/.
Type your username and password in the column
on your left. Click the [Login] button to enter
your LiveText account.
2.
You are currently in the My Work
folder. To start a new document, you have to
always click the [Create] button on left-top
corner of the listing table.
3.
You are now in the Create Document
page. You need to follow three steps:
a.
Choose a template:
i.
First select the document type to create,
using the first drop down box. You can choose
to create a ‘Course’, ‘Project’,
‘Portfolio’, ‘Assessment’
or ‘Lesson Plan’. Select Portfolio.
ii.
Next, select the template. Browse through
the various portfolio templates. See the ‘Template
Outline’ on the right refresh each time,
to reflect the items contained in your selection.
Select any template to practice.
b. Enter title and description
for the document in the boxes provided. Enter
a relevant title like <Your Name>’s
Teacher Ed Portfolio, or ask your instructor
about their preference.
c. Click the [Create Document]
button.
4.
You are now in your sample portfolio.
In the left column, the links represent the
various pages/assignments that need to be
completed for this portfolio. Click on the
links and browse to familiarize yourself
with the portfolio’s layout.
5.
Choose one of the assignments and
scroll down till you see the title
of the assignment in a highlighted horizontal bar
and click the edit link.
6.
Now you are in the content area where
you will post your assignment. There are three ways
to do so:
a. Type your assignment in the
text area provided, using the buttons similar
to Microsoft Word for formatting as you type.
This is the most preferred way to enter text
in LiveText. You are advised to use this method,
unless you have to attach a document in another
format like Excel, PowerPoint or others.
b. Open Microsoft Word or any
other text tool and type your essay. Save the
work as a file on your local computer. Select
all the text in the document you saved and hit
copy. Come back to your LiveText window
and hit the paste (clipboard icon) button
on the formatting toolbar above the text area.
c. If you have already created
and saved your assignment using some text tool,
you can attach it. To do so, click the
Edit attachments link below the text
area. Follow these three steps:
i.
Browse for the file on your local computer.
ii.
Click the [Attach] button. You may have
to wait a while for the attaching to proceed.
The attached document is now listed in step
2. Verify that it is the correct file you wanted
to attach. If not, you can click the remove
link next to the unwanted file.
iii.
Be sure to click the [Finish] button
to complete the process. The attachments get
listed below the text area in the main window.
7.
Hit [Save] button at the bottom of the
editor window to save your work, and then the
[Finish] button at the right-top corner of the
page.
8.
this returns you to the original assignment
page. Scroll down to see your essay posted.
9.
You are now able to move around LiveText.
If you need to send the item for review to your
instructor, go to the section under Student
Guide that explains how to share items for review.
If you are going to work on the item later,
or you are just planning on saving the item
in LiveText, you can log out of LiveText and
come back to the item later.
NOTE: Your assignemnt in LiveText will not be submitted
to your instructor by just saving and posting
the content. You need to go through the steps
to share the essay
(or any assignment) with your instructor.
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CLT Student Guide :: Create documents in your LiveText
account