How to Display Stuff on Your Jimdo Webpage

1. A VISUAL STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
by Jaime Cabrera
mr.jaime.aiu@gmail.com
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2. How to Display Stuff on Your Page
1. Log In
2. Display Your Video
3. Display Your Slideshow
4. Display Your PDF File
5. How to Copy and Paste
6. Upload Your Learning Journal
7. Instructions for Group Leaders

3. LOG IN
STEP 1
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4. Go to your website.
• BSP1J (English11: Freshman Skills)
http://bit.ly/1GtRdIj
• BSMT2B (Hum 13 World
Literature) http://bit.ly/1GfoIyZ
• AAPD1BB (Hum 13 World
Literature) http://bit.ly/1K4zlep
• BSMT2C (Hum 13 World
Literature) http://bit.ly/1eAPxHa

5. Scroll down to the bottom and log in.
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6. If you logged in before on the same
computer, this is what you might see:
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7. Click on LOG IN NOW
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8. IF YOU DO NOT LOG IN
• The page will be in view mode, not in edit
mode.
• You can view the page, but you cannot edit it.
• If you want to edit a page, log in.

9. DISPLAY YOUR VIDEO ON YOUR
WEB PAGE
STEP 2
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10. Uploading a Video: Warning
1. Do not upload the video to your webpage.
2. The website has limited memory.
3. Uploaded video files will be deleted.
4. The correct way is to create a link to your
video.

11. Linking to a Video: Steps 1 & 2
1. Upload your video to YouTube.
– Sign in before you upload:
2. Copy your video’s address:

12. Linking to a Video: Step 3
3. Open your webpage.

13. Linking to a Video: Step 4
4. Open your VIDEOS page.

14. Linking to a Video: Steps 5 & 6
5. Write the title
6. Create two columns.

15. Linking to a Video: Steps 5 & 6
5. Write the title
6. Create two columns.

16. Linking to a Video: Steps 7 & 8
7. Add a text box to one column.
8. Write a title.

17. Linking to a Video: Step 9
9. Mover the
cursor until +
Add Element
appears. Click.
Then, click on
Additional
Elements.

18. Linking to a Video: Step 10
10. Click on Widget/HTML.

19. Linking to a Video: Steps 11 & 12
11. Paste
the video’s
URL address
that you
copied.
12. Save

20. DISPLAY YOUR SLIDESHOW ON
YOUR WEB PAGE
STEP 6
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21. Uploading a Video: Warning
1. Do not upload the slideshow to your
webpage.
2. The website has limited memory.
3. Uploaded slideshow files will be deleted.
4. The correct way is to link to your
slideshow.

22. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 1
1. Upload your slideshow to SlideShare.
Log in before
you upload
(You can
create a free
account first)

23. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 2
2. Copy your slideshow’s SRC (embed code)

24. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 3
3. Open your webpage.

25. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 4
4. Open your SLIDESHOWS page.

26. Linking to a Slideshow: Steps 5 & 6
5. Write the title and
6. Save

27. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 7
7. Create two columns.

28. Linking to a Slideshow: Steps 8 & 9
8. Add two more columns: Click 2x on the + sign.
There should be 4 columns total.
9. Save

29. Linking to a Slideshow : Steps 10 to 12
Click on + Add Element, click on Text.
10. The title should be in bold font.
11. The date should follow this format, not bold font
12. Save
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30. Linking to a Slideshow: Step 13
13. Click on
Additional
Elements.
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31. Link to a Slideshow: Step 14
14. Click on
Widget/HTML.
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32. Link to a Slideshow: Steps 15 & 16
15. Paste
the PPT’s
embed that
you copied.
12. Save
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33. DISPLAY A PDF FILE ON YOUR
WEBPAGE
STEP 6
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34. LINK your file, do not upload
• Create a free account in Dropbox or Mediafire
• Upload your PDF file to that account
• Copy the URL or electronic address
• To create a link to the file on your web page,
follow the same procedures for linking videos
or for linking slideshows.

35. DISPLAY YOUR LEARNING JOURNAL
ON YOUR WEBPAGE
STEP 6
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36. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 1
1. Open your webpage.

37. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 2
2. Open your JOURNALS page.

38. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 3
3. Add a heading and click on Save.

39. See an example here
• http://independent-learners-
a.jimdo.com/group-1/ambre-skf/

40. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 4
4. Create three columns and save.

41. Upload a Learning Journal: Steps 5 to 7
5. Add these titles (note bold fonts on some
words) and save.
7. Save
6. Center all three titles
555
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42. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 8
8. Below the Main Title, click on + Add Element,
click on Horizontal Line.
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43. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 9
9. Below the Main Title, click on + Add Element,
click on Horizontal Line.
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44. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 10
10. Click on Week 3, then click on the Copy icon.
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45. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 11
11. On the copy, click twice on the Move Down
icon. Save.
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46. HOW TO COPY & PASTE
12. Copy the Submitted table
13. Move down the copy twice.
14. Save.
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47. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 16
16. Type “Week 4”
17. Save.
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48. Upload a Learning Journal: Step 18
18. Under Week 3, Submitted click on +Add
Element
19. Click on Text.
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49. Or Copy and Paste to Your Page
• See an example here:
• http://independent-learners-
a.jimdo.com/group-1/ambre-skf/my-learning-
journals/

50. Watch a Video
• How to Hyperlink Text and Photo - Jimdo
Tutorials, Tips and Tricks at
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml58af_x
UBQ

51. Group Leaders
• First, copy paste to Notepad to remove all formatting
• Then copy paste to Quality Control (Complete
instructions are here: http://independent-learners-
a.jimdo.com/quality-control/ )
• In Quality Control, copy paste to the correct Weekly
Page. (Example here: http://independent-learners-
a.jimdo.com/quality-control/learning-journals/week-2/ )
• After Teacher has made comments, ask members to
correct and then paste the journal to their own pages for
grading. (Example member page: http://independent-
learners-a.jimdo.com/group-1/ambre-skf/my-learning-
journals/ )

52. Find More Video Tutorials
On
YouTube,
type
“jimdo
tutorial”

53. FINISHED
• For security reasons, make it a habit to always
log out after working on something online.
• This applies to your class website, to
Facebook, to Google, or to any email.
• If you do not log out, others may be able to
access your website. Strangers may gather
private information about you.
• Always log out when you are done: always.

54. END OF TUTORIAL
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