LearnCloud User Guide

Owned by Tiffany Janzen
Last updated: May 11, 2018

Table of Contents


What is the LearnCloud Website?


The LearnCloud website is an online repository of high-quality, free educational resources. It is crowdsourced by educators and other volunteers around the world. The LearnCloud website is where a Deployment Admin can access the LearnCloud Admin Panel.

Uploading Content to LearnCloud

Uploading a PDF

Adding a PDF Directly to LearnCloud

  1. Right Click on the PDF
  2. Select “Copy Link Address”
  3. Navigate back to the LearnCloud website
  4. Click “ADD +”  
  5. A window will pop up titled Add Content
  6. Click “Link”
  7. Paste the Link

Add PDF from Computer to LearnCloud

  1. Click “ADD +”  
  2. A window will pop up titled Add Content
  3. Click “Upload”
  4. Drag & Drop your PDF or “Open File Browser”

Uploading a YouTube Video

  1. On YouTube website, select the video to be uploaded
  2. Navigate to the specific video page
  3. Copy the video URL
  4. Navigate back to the LearnCloud website
  5. Click “ADD +”
  6. A window will pop up titled Add Content
  7. Stay on the Link tab
  8. Paste the video URL

If there is a YouTube video that is embedded in another website, open up the video and select the video URL not the website URL that it is on.

Uploading an App

  1. Navigate to the app on Google Play store
  2. Navigate to the specific app page
  3. Copy the app URL
  4. Navigate back to the LearnCloud website
  5. Click “ADD +”
  6. A window will pop up titled Add Content
  7. Stay on the Link tab
  8. Paste the app URL

Collections and Content 

To ensure a Collection that you have created is not altered when in your deployment library, you must clone the Collection or select "Make this a closed collection (only you can add content)."

Creating a New Collection 

  1. Navigate to the main page in the LearnCloud website
  2. Select “Content” which is listed near the top middle of the screen
  3. Find a piece of Content to add to a new Collection
  4. Move the cursor over the Content card
  5. Click “+ Add To Collection”
  6. Select “New” tab
  7. Chose a Collection name and enter a Description
  8. Chose Categories, add Age Groups and Languages
  9. Select “Add to Collection”  
  10. Repeat steps 1-9 to add more Content to the newly created Collection

Adding Content to an Existing Collection

  1. Navigate to the main page in the LearnCloud website
  2. Select “Content” which is listed near the top middle of the screen
  3. Find a piece of Content to add to an existing Collection
  4. Move the cursor over the Content card
  5. Click “+ Add to Collection”
  6. Select “Existing” tab
  7. Click on “Select Collections”
  8. Select an existing Collection
  9. Click “Add to Collection”


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