New Year, New Features!
One of the items on our wishlist when we were in the planning stages of the website overhaul was the ability to build your own “library” of resources — a place where you could save articles, activities, and publications without having to dig back through the website. (We always knew we had a lot of content, but uploading each individual piece really convinced us of that.)
Now the bookmarking and share features are live on our site! Found a great article to use with your environmental science class? Bookmark it, add it to one of your category lists, and share it with others. You can even bookmark blog posts (like this one). You can build a whole custom library in no time!
I’ll walk you through the steps.
How to Bookmark
Next to every publication, article, activity, and blog post, you will see a bookmark icon. When you click the icon to add a resource to your bookmark library, the icon will turn black.
If you are not logged in to your account, a box will pop up prompting you to log in. If you don’t have an account, you can make one – it’s free, we won’t spam you, and we never sell information about our users! You do need to have an account on the website to save bookmarks.
Once you’re logged in and click on a bookmark icon, a box will pop up so you can add the resource to a general list or add it to a category you’ve made. (Made a mistake? Just click the category you chose again to remove the bookmark.)
When you start bookmarking, the only category you will see is “My Favorites.” You can add the resource to that favorites list or you can make your own category by clicking “New Category +.” Once you’ve added your new category name, click “List Category” to return to your category list. Click the list you’d like to add the resource to. If you make a lot of categories, you can use the search feature to find a particular category.
You can also manage your categories from this box. Rename them by clicking the square icon with the pencil. When you finish making your changes, click “List Category” to return to your category list.
You can access your bookmarks by clicking the “Bookmarks” link at the top of the page. Again, you need to be logged in to your account to access your bookmarks.
Clicking the link will bring you to your bookmarks page. From this page you can
- manage your categories (renaming or deleting them),
- search bookmarks by category, or
- view your entire list of bookmarks (by clicking “All Categories”).
When you select a category, the list of resources you added to this category will appear. Next to the category heading, you will also see a number in parentheses (). This is the number of resources you’ve added to this category list. In the example below, you can see that the Civic Science list contains 1 resource currently.
Want to do some housekeeping? You can
- delete categories in the menu on the left,
- delete individual bookmarks using the trash can icon underneath the cover photo for the resource, or
- delete all bookmarks using the “Delete All” button at the top of the list.
How to Share
You may have noticed while playing around with the bookmarks that there is a new “Share” button, too. You can even share your bookmarks or a blog post!
Click on a publication, article, activity, or blog post. You will now see a “Share” button to the right of the resource title.
When you click the “Share” button, a menu will pop-up. You can choose to share the resource by
- copying the link,
- posting a link to the resource on Facebook, X, or Pinterest (you’ll have to be logged in to your social media account),
- emailing the resource link, or
- sending the link to your Google Classroom account (again, you’ll need to be logged in to your Google Classroom).
Our hope is that these new features will make it even easier for you to use and share our resources. Feel free to reach out if you have any issues or if you have any suggestions for other features you’d like to see. We’d love to hear from you!
Happy bookmarking!