Bookmarking Option 2: Add Bookmarks Manually

You can add a bookmark manually by directly typing in. Click the “Add a Bookmark” button.

Fill out the fields on the Add a Bookmark form:

• Bookmark Name: Enter the title of the web page you want to bookmark.
• URL: Enter the web address of the web page you want to bookmark.
• Description: Add notes about or a description of the web page you want to bookmark.
• Tags: Tags are single words or short phrases that are meaningful to you to classify a bookmark. Enter tags separated by spaces, and if you want to use a phrase, put it in quotation marks. For example, you might tag a web page about King Arthur with England "King Arthur" literature.
• Discipline Tag(s): Scholar includes a comprehensive list of Disciplines. Select one or more Discipline Tags that are appropriate for your bookmark from the drop-down list of Discipline Tags. You can also just start typing the name of a discipline and Scholar will prompt you with valid Discipline Tags from the list.
• Course Tag(s): You can tag resources by course, as well. Scholar will provide a list of Blackboard courses in which you are currently enrolled. Select one or more Course Tags that are appropriate for your bookmarks from the drop-down list of Course Tags. You can also just start typing the name of one of your courses and Scholar will prompt you with the Course Titles of your list of Course Tags. Users can only use Course Tags from courses they are enrolled in.
• Status Public/Private: By default all bookmarks are publicly viewable. Selecting private makes a bookmark viewable only by you; other users cannot see your private bookmarks.  If you set the Status of a bookmark to Private, a "lock" icon will appear next to that bookmark in your My Bookmarks view.

When you are done with filling out the form, click "Save". You will see a new bookmark you've just added listed in both "All Bookmarks" and "My Bookmarks" streams.

Proper tagging in the bookmark becomes critical if you are on the purpose of collecting resources in an organized way. The way of organizing collected bookmarks in Scholar is creating a customized stream. What is Stream?

Click here to view the instruction of how to add/customize streams in Scholar Homes.