- My groups
Getting Started
Students are motivated by the prospect of sharing their work with the world. Contributing to taxon pages on the Encyclopedia of Life is a rewarding class project. The most successful classes ensure that students are well-prepared for the task up front and have clear goals in mind before they begin writing. These help pages offer a step-by-step guide to using LifeDesks in your lesson plans.
Education LifeDesk Manuals (New!)
Developed by Dr. Petra Sierwald at the Field Museum of Natural History, these manuals support the use of Education LifeDesk in teaching, research, writing and contributions to EOL Taxon Pages. The manuals are in Microsoft Word format so that they can be downloaded and customized.
Click on the links below to download the manuals (MS Word):
Education LifeDesk Taxon Pages Instructor Manual
Education LifeDesk Taxon Pages Student Manual
These manuals are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
- Tips for Instructors
- Tutorials
- Create an Education LifeDesk account and join a group
- Setting Up a New Group
- Managing Group Members
- Preparing to use Education LifeDesk
- Research Methods
- Creating and Editing Taxon Pages
- Contents of Taxon Pages
- Adding Education Resources to EOL
- Citing Resources
- Reviewing Student Taxon Pages
- Publishing Taxon Pages to EOL
- Getting Started for Students