ThingLink is a robust media creation tool available to all students, faculty, and
staff. You can find it through Canvas. ThingLink makes it easy to enrich images
and videos with interactive and engaging messages or information. Anything from
photos, to infographics, to
360 degree videos can become
rich learning experiences or
presentations with text notes,
audio narration, links, and
apps like YouTube or Google
Forms. This is a versatile
tool that can create
interactive learning material
for courses, digital
storytelling, interactive
resumes, marketing materials,
or even tours of a building
where you can highlight
important
locations.
Accessing ThingLink through
Canvas
Accessing
ThingLink is simple, and
anybody who is enrolled in a
course in Canvas can start to
explore it. This includes
students, faculty, and staff.
All you need to do is to find
ThingLink in your Canvas
course navigation, click that
link, and it will take you
there.
Different user account roles in
ThingLink
There are two types of roles you
will be assigned when you open ThingLink the
first time:
Student
Has full access to content creation
tools & folders.
Teacher
Has full
access to content
creation tools & folders.
Using the organization tab they
can create groups, see
users who share groups with them,
add users to groups, and create
shared folders to
collaborate.
If you are a teacher in Canvas when
you navigate to ThingLink for the first time,
then you will get the Teacher role. Any other
role in Canvas will assign you to the Student
role. If you'd like to change your role from
Student to Teacher, contact elearningsupport@slcc.edu and
we'd be happy to help make that
adjustment.
Ways to use ThingLink in Canvas and
beyond
You can use ThingLink in two main
ways in Canvas:
- The course navigational link will take you
to your ThingLink portal, where you can
create and enhance media material
- You can add ThingLink materials to any
page, discussion, assignment, or quiz
through the Rich Content Editor
To add ThingLink to your Canvas
pages, discussions, etc., navigate to the Rich
Content Editor, click Apps (looks like a
plug), and click on ThingLink. If you don't
have ThingLink in your list, then click View
All and search for it.
But what if you don't want to use
ThingLink in Canvas? You can share your
ThingLink projects anywhere that you can embed
content. In fact, there are many ways to
share.
When inside of a project, click
Share in the top right corner of the screen.
That will give you some options on how you
might want to share your project.
Note: These images may
sometimes be outdated as ThingLink updates its
interface. The process is the same
though.
Learning more about ThingLink
Once you
access ThingLink you can
navigate to their Learning
Center to find out how to get
started, view tutorials,
explore live examples of it
being used, and to earn a
badge by taking the ThingLink
Certified Creator
Course. The training
they have is very detailed and
we recommend going through
their training to learn
more.
Support Information
If you have any
questions or need technical
assistance inside of
ThingLink, reach out to
ThingLink support by clicking
the Support button on the
bottom right corner of the
screen. If you need help
accessing ThingLink, or have
questions for eLearning,
contact eLearning Canvas
Support
at elearningsupport@slcc.edu.