Register for Flipboard
Head to Flipboard.com. You will need a valid email address to confirm registration. On the Web, you will be asked to pick 7 topics to personalize your Flipboard account. As you choose, a gallery of related topics will appear below it.
On mobile, you will be asked to pick 5 topics. Picking topics is an important step that will help you populate your magazines later. You can search for education related topics by typing in the “What interests you?” bar.
Once you’ve registered, you will be taken to your Cover Stories or as we also sometimes call it, “Your Flipboard”. Visit your profile to add a photo and description. Your profile serves as an introduction to you and a hub for others to browse your magazines.
Create Your First Magazine
On the web, click on your profile icon and then the “New Magazine” button.
On mobile, tap on your profile and then on the grey “New” button. You will be prompted to type in a title, description and whether you want to make the magazine private or public.
A concise title and a thorough magazine description will help others find your magazine.
Types of Magazines
Think about how you will be organizing information and with whom you will be sharing your magazines. Here are some ideas:- Current events to discuss in class
- Inspiration for group projects or planning an event
- Articles to supplement a teaching unit
- School news
- Information about a field trip
- Your own digital yearbook or school paper
- An alumni news bulletin
- Extra credit reading
Fill It Up (Chrome extension, Bookmarklet)
Here’s the fun part! Flipping articles into your magazine is easy. From your Cover Stories on the web, simply scroll down until you see something you want to put into your magazine. Click on the + sign in the bottom right corner of any article.
If you aren’t seeing enough material in your Cover Stories, you can find and follow more topics, publishers and people with a search. Click on the magnifying glass icon on the top right of the screen to begin.
You can also follow your social media networks by connecting them to your Flipboard account. On mobile, select the Following tab (the four square icon) and tap on accounts. You will be able to choose specific feeds to follow in Flipboard.
To bring in content as you browse the Web, you can install the Flipboard Chrome Extension or bookmarklet.
On mobile, tap on the Home icon to see your Cover Stories and flip away! The + sign will be on the bottom right of your screen.
With iOS 8, you also have the added advantage of flipping photos from your Photos app. Visit any picture you want to flip into a magazine, select the share icon and choose Flipboard. If Flipboard does not appear, tap on “More” to enable it.
Editing Your Magazine
While you’re logged in to Flipboard.com, you can re-arrange the items in your magazine, promote something to the cover, delete articles and edit your magazine’s settings, like title, description, contributors and privacy toggle. You’ll see a new “edit” button under the cover of each of your Flipboard magazines.
Alternatively, you can hover your mouse over the magazine covers on your profile to reveal another “edit” button.
To move magazines, click and drag them. Set the covers by clicking on a magazine to select it and show the articles within. Choose the image by clicking on the cover icon below it.
Once you’ve got enough pages to flip like a digital magazine, it’s time for show and tell! Tweet the link to @FlipboardMag with the #FlipEDU hashtag.
~jdlv is reading “Fiat Lux”