An easy step-by-step guide for educators who want to create a profile on MySocialCloud.

1. MySocialCloud
An easy step-by-step guide to setting up
your profile

2. Sign Up
1. Go to mysocialcloud.com
2. In the section on the left, enter your
full name (Jonathan Doe)
3. Enter the username you‟d like to have
so that the link to your profile will
appear as
(mysocialcloud.com/jonathandoe)
4. Enter your email address
5. Enter a password for your MSC
account *Make sure you remember
this*
6. Type in the captcha words
7. Read and check the Terms &
Conditions box
8. Click Sign Up!

3. Streams
Discover new information in the three different streams found
here.

4. Explore Stream
A short tutorial will explain the different tabs
at the top of the page.
1. After you click through the tutorial, you
will find yourself in the Explore stream. Here,
you will be able to see:
-Interesting lists that have been
recommended by the MySocialCloud
team
-Interesting people that you can subscribe
to
-Recently added bookmarks by anyone
using the site

5. Social Stream
2. At the top, click on Social.
-In this stream, you can connect your
Facebook or Twitter account, allowing you
to view that web content in a much more
intuitive way.
-It is highly recommended that you
connect at least one account because
this is where your profile picture will be
pulled from. If you do not connect one,
your photo will remain generic and gray.
-Make sure you are logged into your
Facebook/Twitter and then click the blue
& green buttons to connect them to your
MySocialCloud profile.

6. Subscriptions Stream
3. Next to the Social stream is your Subscriptions stream.
-It will be blank because you haven‟t yet subscribed to a person or a list. Once
you do, you can view the content of those you subscribe to here in this stream.
-Once a student subscribes to each one of his or her professors, he or she can
browse this stream to find the new pieces of information that have been added
by them.

7. The ‘Cloud It’ Button
Any time you find something online (a video, photo, article,
website, or pdf) you will click this button to save or share it.

8. Installing the Button
Clicking on this button is how you will save things to
your profile, but first you need to drag it to your
bookmarks bar.
1. Make sure your browser‟s bookmark bar is visible.
-Internet Explorer: Click
View>>Toolbars>>Bookmarks (or Favorites)
-Chrome: Click Settings>>Bookmarks>>Show
Bookmarks Bar
-Firefox: Click View>>Toolbars>>Bookmarks
Toolbar
2. Hover over your name in the top, right corner of the
MySocialCloud page and click „Add ons‟
3. Enter your MySocialCloud password to access this
section.
4. Click and drag the blue „Cloud It‟ button to your
bookmarks bar.

9. Saving Bookmarks
1. Go to linkedin.com.
2. Click on the Cloud It button that
you‟ve dragged to your bookmarks
bar and you will see the
MySocialCloud interface appear.
3. LinkedIn is a professional
networking site, so you might want
to add it to a list called “Business
Resources,” but you can
personalize the title to anything you
want.
4. Type in “Business Resources” and
hit the Enter key to create that list.
The MySocialCloud interface. The name will become blue,
indicating that you‟ve created that
list on your profile.

10. Saving Bookmarks
5. You can now choose to make that
bookmark private or public. Mark it as public
so your students will be able to see it! Keep it
private until you‟re ready to show them.
6. Hit save. Your profile now has one list called
“Business Resources,” which contains one
bookmark. The next time you want to save a
bookmark to “Business Resources,” you will
see that the list name will pop up when you
start typing in the list section, so you can just
select it and hit save.
Note: If for some reason, you cannot use the
Cloud It button, you can manually add a
bookmark by clicking on the plus sign at the
top of the MySocialCloud page.

11. Sharing Bookmarks
1. Pretend that Jane Doe is a professor who
doesn‟t know about LinkedIn yet. To share this
page with her, go to linkedin.com and click
the Cloud It button.
2. You will see the bookmarking window pop
up again. This is because, on the left, the Add
Bookmark tab is selected.
3. Select the Share Page tab.
4. Start typing in Jane Doe until you see her
profile appear, and then select it.
5. Add a comment if you wish, and click
Share to send it to her.
Three different tabs.
6. You‟ll notice the icons for Facebook,
Twitter, Google +, and Buffer. You can share
any bookmark to any and all of those
networks as well.

12. Lists
Here, you will be able to see your own lists, your saved for
later section, and your sharing history.

13. My Lists
Now that you’ve saved something, let’s see what
your profile looks like. Click on the Lists tab at the
top of the MySocialCloud page.
1. Hopefully, you‟ve connected your Facebook
and/or Twitter accounts (slide 5) so that you have
a profile photo. Small icons will show up next to
your name when you make these connections.
2. Next to your profile photo, you can see that the
lists tab is selected. Click on the bookmarks tab to
view all of your bookmarks in the order that
you‟ve saved them to your profile (most recent
ones are at the top).
3. On the right side, you will see 0 subscriptions because you haven‟t subscribed to
anyone yet. You will also see 0 subscribers because none of your students or fellow
teachers have subscribed to you yet. Make sure to ask students to subscribe to you
so that your updates appear in their streams.

14. Saved for Later
-When adding a bookmark, if you don‟t type in
the name of one of your lists, your bookmark will
get saved to this section.
-Everything in this section is marked as private, so
no other students or professors will be able to see
anything here.
-You can come back to that bookmark later,
hover over the tile, and click Edit in order to add
it to a list.
-This is great for quickly storing research you find
online and then coming back to it later.

15. Shared
-In this section you will see your sharing
history, allowing you to see what you‟ve
shared with whom, and what
conversations happened.
-Since nobody has shared anything with
you yet, you will not see anything in your
“Shared with Me” section.
-Click on “Shared by Me” and you will
see the LinkedIn bookmark that you
shared earlier with Jane Doe.

16. The Vault
This is where all of your login information can be stored. The
idea here is that your MySocialCloud password will be your
key to the Internet. Because it is stored and encrypted online,
your information is safe and easily accessible to you from any
computer with an Internet connection.

17. Adding a login
1. Go back to linkedin.com and
Add Login tab make sure you are signed out. (If
you do not have a LinkedIn
account, use any website that
you have login credentials for.)
2. Click on the Cloud It button
and the MySocialCloud interface
will appear.
3. Select the Add Login tab on the
left side and you will see a form to
save a new login.
4. Edit the title if you‟d like.

18. Adding a login
5. Type in your username.
6. Type in your password. Click on
the eye in order to show the
characters.
7. Optional: Use the Secure Note
field to type in a phrase or keyword
that might be asked as a security
question by the website (ex. What
was your first dog‟s name?).
8. Click Save.
9. A popup will appear, asking if
you‟d like to bookmark the site as
well. Since you already added it to
your Business Resources list (slide 9),
click No.

19. Random Password
Generator (Optional)
Clicking “Generate Secure Password” will suggest a
randomized 15-character password that is highly
secure.
1. In a separate tab on your browser, log into your
LinkedIn account using your normal password.
2. Click Settings on LinkedIn , then Change Password.
3. Go back to the tab where you have the
MySocialCloud login form open.
4. Click “Generate Secure Password”
5. If you don‟t like the suggested password, then click
“Another One.” If you like it, then click “Yes.”
6. Copy that new password to your clipboard (Ctrl+C)
and paste it (Ctrl+V) into your password settings on
LinkedIn. Click Save there on Linkedin.
7. Click Save on the MySocialCloud password form as
well. Now, both MySocialCloud and LinkedIn are
storing your new, highly secure password.

20. Auto-login
A new tab will appear if you
have a login stored. How will you remember your passwords
if they are all supposed to be different?
Use the Cloud It button!
The Login button
1. Log out of linkedin.com and go to the
homepage.
2. Click the Cloud It button and when
the MySocialCloud interface appears,
you will see your username displayed. If
you have more than one account
saved for LinkedIn, all of your usernames
will appear.
3. Click the blue Login button to log
yourself in--no typing necessary!
4. Clicking the Auto-fill button will fill in
your information without logging you in.
Due to the way some sites are coded,
this button may be necessary when the
Auto-login button isn‟t working on that
particular site.

21. Search
Use the magnifying glass at the top of the
MySocialCloud page in order to search for a
Magnifying glass person or topic within MySocialCloud.
1. Click on the magnifying glass.
2. Type “Business” into the search bar and hit
the Enter key.
3. The Bookmarks tab is highlighted, which
means that you are searching for individual
bookmarks.
4. If you look to the left, you will notice that the
Explore tab is also highlighted, meaning you are
searching all of MySocialCloud‟s bookmarks. If
you are searching for a bookmark on your
profile and you forgot which list it was in, then
click on the My Stuff tab.
5. Click on the Lists tab to search for lists that
have the word business in them.
6. You can click on the People tab, but you will
most likely not find anyone named Business!

22. Tips
• Click on the question mark at the top of the page for video
tutorials on each feature of the site.
• Now that you know how to create a list, create one for each
of your courses. In addition to that, you can create lists that
showcase your research or hobbies in case any of your
students or other professors are interested.
• On the first day of class, ask your students to visit your profile
(mysocialcloud.com/jonathandoe) and to subscribe to the list
that reflects the course they are in. As you add articles and
videos throughout the year, students will be notified, and they
can always come back to that link to see the resources.
• Be sure to share interesting articles and tips with your other
colleagues on MySocialCloud. They will appreciate the
knowledge you are sharing!

23. Questions?
• Click on the question mark at the top of the page.
• Frequently asked questions:
Go to www.mysocialcloud.com/#!/faq
• Send an email: contact@mysocialcloud.com
• Tweet us! @My_SocialCloud
• Post on our Facebook wall:
www.facebook.com/socialcloud