{"id":320,"date":"2014-11-13T19:14:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T02:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/?p=320"},"modified":"2016-07-23T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:17:04","slug":"thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/thing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is this ThingLink?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ThingLink<\/a> was originally created for online interactive advertising. But many educators are adapting it for creating interactive images in the course content. It only takes a few minutes to create an interactive image which you can add several types of Rich Media tags<\/a>. This makes it possible to have multiple social content links to be accessed from one image.<\/p>\n

To see how ThingLink works, first make sure this post is completely open, so the “continue reading \u2192”<\/span>\u00a0is not visible below the image. Then just mouse over the image and click on the green icons to learn more about this enigmatic print by Francisco Goya.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This print is work No. 43 of Goya’s “Caprichos” series (1st edition, Madrid, 1799). Public Domain .<\/p><\/div>\n

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And if you are using externally created HTML pages for your LMS, yes, it works with the\u00a0 SSL enabled. It also works on ipad, iphone and android devices.<\/p>\n

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  1. One way to use ThingLink is for student projects. Note, there are student privacy issues to consider, but the Premium Education version<\/a> allows instructors to generate usernames and passwords for student use.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0ThingLink can be used by educators to create interactive content for online, blended courses.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    References<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Thinglink. (n.d.). In Wikipedia<\/em>. Retrieved from: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thinglink<\/a>
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