Contents of this article:
- What are Tags?
- Why Tag a Reflection?
- Using Tags
- Public and Private Tags
- Tags on Shared Reflections
- Tagged Reflections
What are Tags?
Tags are a way of categorising your reflections. You can add multiple tags to reflections, for example: Best Practice, Year 9, and Math as 3 separate tags, which you could then filter by to sort your reflections.
You can add public tags (available for all users that you have chosen to share the reflection with to see/add to) and private tags (only for your reference).
Why Tag a Reflection?
Filtering your reflection by tags is a useful tool to search for reflections in your Reflections library. You can tag individual reflections with certain labels that relate to that observation. Reflections can then be filtered by a tag to quickly find particular reflections.
To do so, click the Reflections search icon under your You tab. Then click the Tag icon shown below.
Type in your tag and click enter to confirm search.
Any reflections with that tag will show below.
Once you have a collection of reflections, it can be useful to filter your library to view specific reflections.
Using Tags
NOTE: When creating a tag, avoid the use of hashtags (#) and other symbols. They will cause the tag you created to be removed.
To tag a reflection, click the three horizontal line icon on the reflection. Then click Tags.
Type into the bar to add a tag. Click the tag in the list that appears as you type, or press the tab/enter key on your keyboard to attach the tag to that reflection. To remove a tag, click on the 'x'.
Public Tags and Private Tags
- Public Tags - visible to all users with access to the reflection.
- Private Tags - only visible to you.
In this example, the owner of the reflection has tagged the reflection: fractions, independent-learning, maths, and year-7. Anyone who can access the reflection can filter and view these tags.
You can also add private tag that is only relevant to you.
NOTE: Be careful with your spelling and decide whether you will use spaces or capitalisation. If there is a difference (e.g. questioning, Questioning, questiong or classdiscussion, class discussion) they will register as separate tags and make the filter process less straightforward.
Tags on Shared Reflections
Once a reflection is shared with you, you can click the three dot icon, then Tags, to view the existing tags. This is found under the People tab on your IRIS navigation panel.
You can add your own private tags to a shared reflection. You will have control over these and can add them to reflections shared with you to meet your own organisation and filtering needs. The owner of the reflection will not be able to see these as they are private to you.
Tagged Reflections
You will be able to see any tagged reflections by this icon in the top left corner of the thumbnail. The number in the icon denotes the number of tags that have been added.