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Login to Issuu Go to http://issuu.com and sign in. If you haven’t already got an issuu account, you will need to create one.
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Go to My Library The link to your library can be found in a drop-down menu in the upper right hand corner of the issuu home page, underneath your username.
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Upload your Document Once in the library, you can upload a new journal document. The journal does not need to be complete before you upload it, as you will be able to update the revision later. The upload button is located in the upper right corner.
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Select and Describe Your File Use the browse button to select the file you would like to upload. The upload window also contains a series of descriptive fields which need to be completed before you can upload your file.
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Check and Confirm Upload Options Scroll down and check all the available upload options. In particular, you should ensure your document is viewable to the public, and that downloads are enabled. Once all your settings are correct, click Upload!
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Upload! After you click the Upload button, a progress bar will appear, followed by a bar that says ‘Preparing your document’. It may take issuu a little while to finalise your upload, so be patient!
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Upload Complete When your upload has been finalised you will be presented with the option to advertise your document. This is a paid option, and not necessary for this studio. We recommend you select ‘No Thanks’.
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Preview Your Document It is a good idea to preview your document before embedding it onto LMS. To preview, click on the document in the My Library page and select ‘Open’. A new browser window will appear containing your issuu document.
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Get Embed Your Code To get the code required to embed your document within the LMS Wiki, click the ‘Get Embed Code’ button. This button is located below the document preview.
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Review Embed Settings Once the ‘Embed this Publication’ dailogue box appears, scroll down and review the embed settings. You have the option to control the page layout, size, first page and background colour of your embedded document.
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Copy the Embed Code When you are happy with your settings, scroll up and ensure that the menu on the left hand side says ‘HTML’. Select and copy (Ctrl+C) all text within the ‘Get embed code’ field.
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Go to the LMS Wiki A Wiki for this unit has already been created on LMS. To access the Wiki, login to LMS and go to the ‘Wiki’ tab.
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You may have already created your WIKI page in this case simply click on your page then click EDIT
13 Create Your Wiki Page Add a new Wiki page for your work by clicking the ‘Add New Page’ button. Your page name must be your student number, followed by your full name., as demonstrated below. Ensure your page is stored within the correct tutorial group!
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Turn HTML Editor On Once your new page has been created, you will be taken automatically to the ‘Edit’ window. Turn the HTML Editor on by clicking the button indicated below.
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Paste Embed Code When the HTML Editor is turned on, a new dialog box will appear. Paste (Ctrl+V) the embed code from your issuu document into the ‘HTML Source Editor’ and then click ‘Update’.
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Save and Exit Once the HTML Source Code has been updated, click ‘Save and Exit; to save your changes and return to your Wiki preview page.
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Congratulations! Your Journal is now embedded on your LMS Wiki page.
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Updating your Document When you are ready to upload a new version of your document, return to the ‘My Library’ page on Issuu. Ensure the previous revision of your document is selected in the library, and then go to More > Update Document.
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Overwrite Links An error dialogue box will appear stating that your updated document will have a different link to the original revision. You will therefore need to update the embed code in the LMS Wiki. Click ‘Continue’.
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Insert Revised Document Browse for and insert your new revision, as per previous uploads. You may wish to change some of the description fields at this point, but please ensure your sharing options remain the same so that your document is downloadable.
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Upload Revised Document After clicking the ‘Upload’ button your document should begin uploading, as per the original revision.
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Check ‘My Library’ When yur upload is complete, check the document thumbnail in ‘My Library’. The thumbnail should now reflect your new revision.
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Get the NEW Embed Code Repeat steps 9 to 11 of this tutorial and copy the embed code for the new document revision (Ctrl+C).
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Broken Links on LMS When you return to LMS having updated your document you will notice that an error appears on your Wiki page stating that the document cannot be found. You will need to replace the old embed code with the new code.
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Paste NEW Embed Code Edit your Wiki page, and return to the HTML Editor. Select all text within the HTML Source Editor dialogue box (Ctrl+A) and delete it, then paste the new embed code (Ctrl+V) into the empty dialogue box. Click ‘Update’.
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Save and Exit Once your HTML Embed Code has been updated, click ‘Save and Exit’
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Document Update Complete! Your updated document should now be correctly embedded on your LMS Wiki page.