2. The Tutorial
Part I Create and Activate Your Netvibes Account
Account type
Create dashboard
Netvibes wizard
Sign up, Save and
Activate
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Part III
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3. Select Account type…
Type netvibes.com
into your web browser
address bar or click
this link
then
Click the “Get started”
button
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http://www.netvibes.com/en
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Select Account type…
Netvibes offers three
choices of account
types
The “Premium for One”
at $499 per month is
obviously not for those
of us in education
We’re going econo here
so click “Go basic” for
free
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5. Create a dashboard…
Netvibes creates
your first dashboard
based on the topic
you choose
Enter a topic you
want to track
Click “Dashboard it!”
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Create a dashboard…
Netvibes offers many
ways to customize
your account
One is to choose a
picture to personalize
your dashboard
It’s not absolutely
necessary, choose
to not have a picture
Click “Done!”
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7. Netvibes wizard...
The wizard gives a
quick 6 step tour of
the major functions of
the dashboard
Click “Next” to take
this tour
After step 5, return to
this tutorial.
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8. Netvibes sign up...
After taking the tour…
You have to sign in to
save your dashboard
This will create your
account so you can
view you dashboard
from anywhere
For now click “Next”
to sign in and save
your dashboard
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9. Netvibes sign up...
Pretty familiar
process here
Fill in the blanks then
click “Sign up” to
continue
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10. Netvibes sign up...
You have now sign up
for your account.
Only a couple more
steps.
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11. Netvibes sign up...
Now check your email
You should have an
email that looks like
this.
Follow the link to
confirm your email
address.
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12. Netvibes sign up...
Now check your email
and click the activation
link
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13. Netvibes sign up...
You have
• selected an
account type
• created dashboard
• experienced the
Netvibes wizard
• signed up for your
account
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14. The Tutorial
Part II Customize Existing Dashboard
Customize the Look of
Your Dashboard
Working with Tabs
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Part III
Part IV
Table
15. Customize the Look of
Your Dashboard…
Click the “settings”
button in the upper
right side of the
screen
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settings
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16. Customize the Look
of Your Dashboard… netvibes The Tutorial
You will see the
setting menu
From here you can
customize the look of
your dashboard.
Choose a gallery and
select a theme to
change many aspects
of your dashboard at
once
Select customize to
change wallpapers
settings
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17. Working with Tabs…
When netvibes
created your
dashboard, it
automatically created
4 tabs
You can add, delete,
and edit tabs with
ease
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18. Working with Tabs…
Clicking the drop
down arrow to the
right of the tab title
opens the editing
menu
You can change the
title, layout and
number of boxes
displayed horizontaly
Experiment with these
options and decide
what is most
appealing to you.
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Part III Finding and Adding Relevant Content
Add a Feed
Essential Widgets
Browsing Categories
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Part II
Part IV
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20. Add a Feed…
Clicking “Add content”
and then “Add a feed”
allows you to get
updates from relevant
sites
For this example I
chose the MERLOT
Journal of Online
Learning and Teaching
Clicking “Add feed”
causes an icon appear
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21. Adding a Feed…
Dragging the icon to a
the tab column below
places that link in
your tab
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22. Essential Widgets…
Choosing “Add
content” then
“Essential widgets”
opens up a list of
useful widgets to
choose from
Let’s add a webpage
to our tab by
choosing the “Web
Page” widget
Then click “Add to my
page”
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23. Essential Widgets…
The widget is added to
your tab
Choosing the edit
button opens a screen
that allow you to enter a
webpage URL and to
give it a title
I chose flickr-storm
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
A helpful website to find
CC licensed photos
Click “OK” and your
webpage is in your tab
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24. Browsing Categories…
This time click “Add
content” and choose
“Browse categories”
You can choose to
view featured widgets
by category
I chose the news
category then the USA
Today link
In Widget preview I
clicked “Add to my
page” and voila… it is
in your tab
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Part IV Editing and Customizing Content
Editing an RSS Feed link
Editing a Webpage link
Editing a News link
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Part II
Part III
Table
26. Editing an RSS feed…
Clicking a widget edit
button opens up
possible editing
options
For the RSS feed to
the Journal of Online
Learning and
Teaching
I like to keep the
normal view, reduce
number of items
shown to 5 and show
post dates
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27. Editing a webpage link…
Editing our webpage
link is limited to only
a few choices
The title, the height
and scrolling or no
scrolling are about it
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28. Editing a news link…
Our news link gives
us a few more options
While I chose to
reduce the number of
items displayed low
(3) I like to shore
more detail for the
items that are
displayed
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29. The Tutorial
Part IV Editing and
Customizing Content
Editing an RSS Feed link
Editing a Webpage link
Editing a News link
Part III Finding and Adding
Relevant Content
Add a Feed
Essential Widgets
Browsing Categories
Part II Customize Your
Existing Dashboard
Customize Your Dashboard
Working with Tabs
Part I Create and Activate
Your Netvibes Account
Account type
Create dashboard
Netvibes wizard
Sign up, Save and Activate
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