WEBSPIRATIONDIAGRAMDIRECTIONS

LOGGING ONTO WEBSPIRATION

  1. Go to the website
  1. Click “Sign In” near the top right of the screen.
  1. Type in your Username and Password.
  1. Select “Launch Webspiration”.

TO START A NEW DOCUMENT

  1. Select “Diagram” if you want to start a NEW diagram
  1. Title the New Diagram.

TO OPEN AN EXISTING DOCUMENT

  1. Select “Manage Documents” if you want to continue working with an EXISTING web.

  1. There is now a list of your documents and documents that have been shared with you. Double click on the document you would like to see.

HOW TO CREATE A WEB

  1. You will now have a blank screen with your Diagram name in the center or an existing diagram that you selected. The tool bar below is at the top of the screen.
  1. There are many other tools on the tool bar and on the Symbols Bar to the left of the screen. While these other tools have more options to “spice up” the concept map, they are not mandatory tools.
  1. INVITE - Before the class is over you must share your Practice Web with lbrauss and sburger. This is how I will grade this document and check progress of future documents. After you type in one user on the first line a second line will pop up.

When one person in your group begins your religion concept map you need to invite each of the group members by their USER NAME as well as lbrauss and sburger.

  1. Create a practice web EXACTLY like the one given in class.

PRINTING FINAL DOCUMENT

** You can print the web from the DOCUMENT menu by selecting “PRINT”, however you have more freedom to resize the web by downloading it to work first. Listed below are the steps to get the document in word.

  1. Go to “DOCUMENT” in the menu bar. Choose “DOWNLOAD TO WORD DOCUMENT” and click “OK”.
  1. Choose to save in your NETWORK FOLDER. Click “SAVE”.
  1. Find the document in your network folder. Open the document.
  1. Delete the outline.
  1. Go to FILE, select “PAGE SETUP”, select “LANDSCAPE”, click “OK”.

  1. Once you are back on the word document click on the web. A black outline box will now appear around the image. Click and drag the little black boxes in the corners and on the sides to enlarge the web. It is best to use enlarge the web from the corners so that the text and shape of the web do not become distorted!
  1. Go to FILE, “PRINT PREVIEW”, if the web looks good then click “PRINT”. If the web needs adjustments then select “CLOSE” and make the adjustments. Repeat until the document is ready to print.