The document provides information about Digistore, an online digital storehouse of learning objects and digitized items. It describes what learning objects and digitized items are, and how teachers can search for, organize, and share resources through learning paths. Teachers can create individual accounts to build custom learning sequences and share them with students or other teachers. The document outlines the various ways teachers can find, curate, and provide access to digital content through Digistore.

1. Our Digital Storehouse

2. What is Digistore?
Learning Objects Digitised Items
Digital images
Interactive learning games
and simulations specifically
Sound files
designed to engage and
motivate students.
Video files
Learning Objects
Digitised items

3. Understanding learning objects
The learning objects available within Digistore:
use multimedia to engage are based on authentic contexts
have been specifically designed for
Australian and New Zealand schools

4. Exploring learning paths
Visit one of these learning paths to explore a selection of learning
objects.
Junior level examples Middle and upper primary Secondary examples
PIN AEOHCP PIN HLIKBL PIN RNPKXA

5. Using learning objects in context
The research around the use of learning objects tells us that content
should not be used in isolation but should be part of a planned learning
sequence supported before and after by off-line learning experiences.
Introduce ‘Letter of Students play the Students write
the week’ through Letter Planet game words they collected
the class big book. to collect words in the game on to
which start with the cards to displayed on
target letter in order the wall on a space
to fuel a spaceship. ship.

6. Using learning objects in context
The research around the use of learning objects tells us that content
should not be used in isolation but should be part of a planned learning
sequence supported before and after by off-line learning experiences.
Students are given a Students work Students choose one
series of animal through the animal animal they learned
cards and are then classification about to write an
asked to work in activities within informational report
pairs to group them Digistore to learn classifying the
by type of animal. how to classify by animal and
Discuss animal characteristics. describing its
characteristics e.g. characteristics.
has a backbone

7. Feedback from the classroom
Juniors discovering my backyard
“Students learnt very
early on what a habitat
was and were able to
relate back to that
learning as they came
in contact with live
creatures in the
garden.”

8. What are digitised items?
Digitised items are resources that have been sourced from leading
Australian and New Zealand cultural and scientific institutions and
private collections.
Museum of New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa

9. What are digital resources?
Digitised items are primary source materials that give us insight into
our own unique history and culture. This can include print materials
such as documents, plans, posters, maps or newspaper clippings.
Richard Pearce‟s flying machine
Reproduced courtesy of Archives New Zealand

10. What are digital resources?
Digitised items are primary source materials that give us insight into
our own unique history and culture. This can include video clips and
short films.
Constructing the Auckland Harbour Bridge, 1959
Reproduced courtesy of Archives New Zealand

11. What are digital resources?
Digitised items are primary source materials that give us insight into
our own unique history and culture. This can include static images and
art works.
Gavin Bishop “Māori myths” book illustrations
Reproduced courtesy of Random House New Zealand

12. Working with primary source materials
Primary source materials can be analysed and interrogated in order to
think critically about the image and to generate discussions and debate.
Questions taken from the Library of Congress primary sources analysis tool
Describe what you see. When do you think it
What do you notice first? was taken?
What people and objects Who do you think was
are shown? the audience for this
How are they arranged? photo?
What is the physical What can you learn
setting? from examining this
Why do you think this photo?
photo was taken? What‟s missing from
this photo?
Image reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull
Library

13. Working with primary source materials
Primary source materials can be used to arose curiosity and stimulate
thinking.
Year 13 drama students worked with images of turn of the century images of
clothing from Te Papa‟s collections alongside their own research to generate
characters to write into a play script.

14. How to use Digistore

15. Understanding teacher logins
Each teacher needs their own individual login to access Digistore. This is
a combination of an ESSA password linked to a Digistore password.
The accounts only need to be linked the first time you access Digistore.
After that, you continue to log in with your ESSA login and you will
automatically be logged in to Digistore.
Teachers need a login to be able to Teacher can create learning paths
open a search result to review it in within their logins which are learning
Digistore. sequences involving Digistore content.

16. Accessing Digistore – ESSA account
http://digistore.tki.org.nz
Log in if you have an
Education Sector
Register if you don‟t already Login (TKI login)
have an account. already

17. Accessing Digistore – Link a Digistore account
http://digistore.tki.org.nz
If you have an individual Digistore account
Otherwise, click here
or you know your school account details,
to apply for an
click here and enter them in. You only need
account.
to do this ONCE.

18. Understanding student logins
While your own Digistore login must not be shared with students, any
student within your school can use the school’s student login to get
access to Digistore. If you do want to find out the student login for your
school by emailing digistore@tki.org.nz along with the name and MoE
number of your school. Note: This can be a useful but learning paths are
often a better option.
Student login – can only Teacher login – can view, rate, add tags and
view resources download resources
Students can access links to individual
Students can be provided with the student
resources once logged in to the student login.
login in order to access Digistore from home.
They can also make learning paths!

19. Accessing Digistore – Student logins
http://digistore.tki.org.nz
Go to the „Digistore
login‟ page to get access
to the student login
Students can then click
„Student login‟ to be
taken to a login screen.

20. How to find resources in Digistore
In Digistore, you can find resources through a basic search, through an
A to Z search and by browsing curriculum areas.

21. Using the catalogues to find resources
On the Digistore VLN group, you can also use the subject catalogues
and the Māori related content catalogue to find resources.

22. Using the catalogues to find resources
To find an item from the catalogues, put the Digistore ID code into the
search window in Digistore.
L1185

23. Other search options
Search by location Search by a time period

24. Understanding search results
More information Open the resource

25. Understanding learning paths
Think of a learning path
as a collection of
related learning objects
and resources from
Digistore that you want
your students or other
colleagues to be able to
access.
Learning objects
or resources

26. Examples of learning paths
Note: You have to be
logged out for the
student pin to work.
English and Māori New Zealand flag and
maths objects Figurative language Coat of Arms
PIN: WYYASQ PIN: KNKRRJ PIN: YOCNTT

27. How to organise your learning paths
The Arts
Drama learning path Visual art learning path Learning paths are stored
within your Digistore account
within folders that you create.
Folders are therefore
collections of collections.

28. How to select resources to add to a path
Add from a list of search results Add from the detail view of one
(you can add more than one at a time) OR
resource
Tick the boxes to
select resources

29. Creating a folder for your learning path
If you have never made
If you have made folders
a folder before, you will
before, you will be give
be prompted to „Create
the option of choosing
new folder‟.
one of those or making
a new folder.

30. Naming your learning path
If you have not put any learning paths in the folder before, you will only
have the option to „Create a new learning path‟. You then name the path.
If you already have a learning path in the folder, you will be give the
options of creating a new learning path or adding to an existing one.

31. Saving the resource to your learning path
Either one of these
„Save‟ buttons can be
used to save the
resource to the learning
path you have just
specified.

32. How to find your learning path
Click on „My learning path folders‟ and then click
on your name
The learning paths you have created are in your folder

33. Sharing your learning paths with students
You share a learning path with students using either the student PIN or
the URL for that learning path. There is a unique PIN and URL
generated for every learning page you create. You need to edit your
learning path to find these.

34. Editing learning paths
Click on „My learning path folders‟ and then click on the name of the
folder where you have stored the learning path.
Choose „Edit‟ in the options under the name of the learning path

35. Giving students access via student pin
Provide students with the PIN number (at the top when editing a
learning path)
Students click on
„Student Pin‟ on
the left menu
Students enter the pin
and click „Login‟. They
can then access the
activities, no login
required.
PIN numbers are useful in print materials
such as homework sheets, post-it notes
or PowerPoint presentations

36. Giving students access via URL
Use the URL shown when editing paths to share with students – no
Digistore login required
You can bookmark the URL in your You can use the URL to add a hyperlink
browser for your students to access the to the learning path from an online
learning path. space such as a wiki or blog.

37. Powering up your learning paths
You can add extra things to your learning path such as comment boxes
and embedded objects from other websites. You also do this when
editing your learning path.
Add a comment box to give
students instructions. This can You can also embed objects
have different coloured text and into comment boxes such
hyperlinks to other websites. as this YouTube video.

38. Adding comments to your learning paths
Tip!
Use „Add comment‟ to open a comment box. Save the comment
and then re-edit it
in order to see a
toolbar.

39. Embedding objects into a comment box
Use the embed code to add an object from another website to your
learning path. This example is for a YouTube video but you can paste
any embed code in and it will work.
Copy this code
and then paste
it into a
comment box
and save

40. Reordering your learning path
You can reorder learning path content using the little blue arrows. Each
comment you add can also be moved using the arrows.

41. Sharing your learning paths with other
educators
Click „Share‟ to make
your learning path
available publically or
to other teachers in
your school.

42. Finding public learning paths
Click „Public‟ to see a
list of public learning
paths. You do a
search within these
learning paths.

43. Copying and adapting learning paths
You can choose to ‘Copy’ any public learning path. It will then be saved
into your own learning path folders and you can edit and modify it. This
can save you time and give you a good starting point.

44. Getting further support – the Digistore VLN group
http://www.vln.school.nz/groups/profile/724225/using-digistore
Search for ‘Digistore’ in the VLN
http://vln.school.nz