Step-by-step instructions for creating a Timeline using TimeGlider:

Creation of Timelines in TimeGlider consists of the following 4 steps:

1. Account Setup, a one time process

2. Creation of new Timeline
3. Creation of Events
4. Publication of Timeline

Step 1: Account Setup:

a. Go to the Timeglider website at http://www.timeglider.com/ and click on Signup link at

the top right corner which is displayed as followed:

Figure 1: Login and Signup Option

b. Get acquainted with the features under each of the 3 plans available and select the
STUDENTS ONLY option by clicking on the free* button.

Figure 2: Packages available

c. Fill out the registration form with your basic information as followed:

Identify the mane of the animal shown in the picture. This one is a tiger. Makers of the
program ask this question to make sure you are a human who can think, not a robot.
 Click the Sign up button, the system will log you in, and you are ready to create your first
timeline.

Figure 3: Basic Personal Info and Signup Option

d. On future occasions, just enter your email address and password to login.

Figure 4: Login Screen

The system will then welcome you back with a request for support. Click Continue to the
app button.

Figure 5: Continue to the app Option

Step 2: Create New Timeline

a. On your first login, the system will display on the top left corner the following menu and
popup screen as shown in Menu 1. Click on new timeline option to start a new one, or you
may click on timelines menu to activate the popup box where the new timeline option will
be shown with a list of previous timelines if they exist as in Menu 2.
 Menu 1 (On First Login) Menu 2 (After creation of first timeline)
Important: The free student version is limited to a maximum of 3 timelines.
Figure 6: Timelines Menu

Figure 7: Create New Timeline

Fill out the timeline creation form by answering the questions as suggested in the built-in guide
which is accessible by clicking on the guide button.

Figure 8: Guide option

Step 3: Create Events

a. Click on New Event option

This option will create a new event. The start date of the first event will default to the focus
date. It is important to have the data for your timeline ready. For this exercise I am using
data collected from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Haitian_history;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Haiti).

You need to keep in mind that your timeline will have many events and each event will
created the same steps below.

1. Event Title: This is the title of the event. You need to make it as explicit as possible.

2. Theme: Manage themes an colors for events

3. Starts date: This is the starting date of the event. In figure 1 I choose December 5th,
1492 which mark the date Columbus landed in Haiti.

4. Ends date: If your event happened within a timeframe, check the Span checkbox and
enter the End date. Otherwise, ignore it

5. Ignore the time fields if they are not important.

6. Date display: You may choose to display dates in the format [Month Day Year, Time]
as in [August 20, 1968, 7:30pm] or [Month Day Year] as in [August 20, 1968] or
[Month Year,] as in [August 1968,] or [Year] as in [1968]

7. Importance: Importance ranges in values from 1 to 100. The higher the bigger the
event will be displayed.

8. Timelines: Select here the timeline to which the event will be applied.

9. Delete: Delete the current event.

10. Description: You provide here a description of the event being created. You may use
text copied form other sites with appropriate references. See figure 9.

11. Image: You can either upload a picture to represent the event or use the URL of a
picture from the internet. See figures 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

12. Links/Audio/Video->Links Label: Provide short description of the link. See Figure
17.

13. Links/Audio/Video->Links URL: Provide URL of the link. See Figure 17.

14. Links/Audio/Video->Audio/Video: Provide URL of the audio or video link. See

Figure 17.

15. Tag: Figure 18 - Tag Option, not available with the free, student version
Figure 9: Create Events Option

Figure 10: Themes, Color Option

Figure 11: Event Description Option.

Figure 12: Lane Image Display Option

Figure 13: Inline Image Display Option

Figure 14: Upload, Pick from Library Options

Figure 15 Upload Files Option

Figure 16: Drag Files Options

 Figure 17: Links, Audio, Video Option

Figure 18 - Tag Option, not available with the free, student version.

b. Repeat Step 3 for every event.

Step 4: Publication of Timeline

Figure 19: Sharing Timelines Selection Option

Figure 20: URL and Embed Codes for Timelines

Figure 21: Table of Main Timeline Menu Options