Missy May

FRIT 7233
Task Analysis: Symbaloo for the classroom

1. Open a new page in Google Chrome or other web browsers

2. Type URL into a browser: symbaloo.com
3. Click on log-in on the top right corner
4. Click on the blue google G and sign in with your school Google email address
5. Choose how you will use Symbaloo (educator)
6. Browse the tabs under the Symbaloo logo on the left top (home, education, EDU games)
7. To the right of edu games, we will create our own tab (webmix), click the plus
8. You can search for a pre-created webmix or start from scratch (empty)
9. Type in your title and press add
10. Now click a blank tile
11. Choose a suggested tile, search a resource, enter a resource URL, or import from your
bookmarks
12. Once you have entered your tiles in, you can choose how to share by clicking share at
the top

Script: Symbaloo for the classroom

Step Screen Narration

1 Introduction: music will be playing Dialogue Skit:

Student - “Mrs. May, I don’t see that
link you posted in our Google
Classroom!”
Teacher - “Scroll down and look
under the 4th box from the top.”
Student - “I still don’t see it!”

Do you ever become frustrated when

you tell your students where to go
and then they get frustrated because
they get lost? Well, today, we are
going to organize our educational
resources! Let’s get started!

2 Start by opening a new page in

Google Chrome or other web
browsers. Click in the browser box at
the top and type symbaloo.com
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3 Welcome to the main screen of

Symbaloo. Now, you will click Login
in the upper right-hand corner.

4 Click on the blue Google G and sign

in with your school Google email
address. It will ask you how you plan
to use Symbaloo and you will click,
educator.

5 Now, let’s et organized1 Browse the

tabs under the Symbaloo logo on the
left top. You will see home,
education, EDU games. Take a look
at how those resources are
organized.

Now we will make a fresh mix. To the

right of edu games, click the plus
sign.

6 You can search for a pre-created

webmix or start from scratch, known
as an empty webmix. You will type in
your title and press add. For my new
webmix, I will title mine, Math
Resources.

7 You should see your new page with

blank tiles. If you do not like your
background, click settings at the top,
and you can adjust your background
on the left.
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8 To add a new resource, click a blank

tile. You will have the option of
choosing a suggested tile, search a
resource, enter a resource URL, or
import from your bookmarks.

9 This bookmark option is great if you

do not have time to update your
Symbaloo as you find new resources.
You can go back and add them.

10 Once you have your tiles filled, you

can organize them by category for
example, place value, number and
operations, geometry, multiplication,
division, etc… This is called adding a
marker.

Click on the blue circle with three

lines to the left (my webmixes). Click
on the mix you want to edit and click
the gear. Then click add marker.

11 I have clicked back on the home mix

to show you how you can color-code
your tiles.

12 Once you have entered your tiles in,

you can choose how to share by
clicking share at the top.

I hope this will be a beneficial

resource for you! If you have any
questions, don’t hesitate to email me
or drop by the media center. Thank
you!