CABE 2012-Museum Box Instructions

Denise Stewart and Cheryl Sawyer

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Museum Box Instructions

Starting Out

  1. Go to website http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
    1. Click on Start
    2. Click on OK
    3. Click on Save
    4. Click on Join for Free
    5. Create Login name and password
    6. Type in Willow Glen High School
    7. After the name of the school appears, click on       Join Museum Box

 

General Instructions

 

  1. Have students gather all text info and save it      into a folder called Text then save all of it in the Drawer
  2. Have student gather pictures and save it into a      folder called Pictures
  1. Once you create a box and save it then you return      to work on it; you then need to click on the word LOAD (upper right window      in the middle of the small boxes)

 

 To Load Images to your Drawer on Museum Box

  1. Click on IMAGES then click on UPLOAD and browse to      the folder where you have saved your images (Pictures)  and click on UPLOAD one more time.
  2. You will see a thumbnail picture of what you have      uploaded
  3. Click on the picture to select it. You will see a      green border appear.
  4. Then click on ADD to DRAWER

 

To Save your Text to your Drawer on Museum Box

  1. Click on TEXT and type in      what you wish to say
  2.  Click on Save and then ADD to Drawer
  3. Open the drawer and then      click on the item
  4. Then click on Add to Cube

 

If you have a document that you have saved ahead of time or a PDF then do not use the Text box — Use FILES – This is where you can upload an entire document to the cube

  1. Click on FILES
  2. Click on Upload
  3. Click on Browse ( to navigate to the document)
  4. Click on Upload
  5. Click on the thumbnail picture to select the item.      You will see a green border appear.
  6. Click on Save to Drawer
  7. Then click on Add to Cube

 

IMPORTANT – If you click on the circle with the  line through it
then you will delete the item from the drawer.

 

To Load LINKS to your Drawer

  1. Click on LINKS
  2. Then click on New
  3. Type the website address      in the address bar
  4. Click on Save
  5. Click on the thumbnail to      select it. You will see a green border appear.
  6. Click on Add to Drawer
  7. Then click on Add to Cube
  1. Then Click OK Remember that the Link will      not be live for several days while it is being approved
  2. Only one website per side      of a cube is recommended. If you want to create a list of websites then      use TEXT to type up that list.

 

Additional Information

  1. On the bottom right hand      corner, there is a Change Box square to choose the number of cubes and the      number of layers for your Box.
    1. Click on picture of the       style that you want.
    2. Click on Change Box on       right side of window.
    3. You can also change       colors and textures in this area

 

  1. Once you have clicked on      SUBMIT for your Box, you will not be able to access your Box for up to 5      days while it is being reviewed.
  2. Please remind students SAVE their work often and add it to      the Drawer, so that nothing is lost.
  3. Our recommendation is that      you create a Student Account and create a Teacher Account. You are then      the Administrator.
  4. Setting up Student      Accounts- use the first letter of their first name and their entire last      name. For the password use the letter P and their student ID. Or you can      assign them a number.

 

Registration and Creating Student Accounts

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/teachers/view.php?id=74

 

 Curriculum Areas

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/teachers/view.php?id=72

 

  Teacher’s Resources

 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

 http://museumbox.e2bn.org/teachers/