Collecting Content
You can add project content to collections associated with your account or to Reading Groups you created or moderate as a means to easily refer back to them later.
Do you see a resource you want to explore in more detail later? Add it to your My Starred collection. Is the project you are engaging with right now something you want to include in your semester reading list? Add it to the Reading Group you created for the class.
This functionality is achieved via the Star toggles that display in various places throughout the Manifold interface. The Star toggle appears as a button enclosing a star icon. When you hover over the toggle, it expands with a brief admonition encouraging you to “Add” the content to you one of your groups.
By default, every user has one default group associated with their account: My Starred. If you create or are a moderator of a Reading Group, you will be able to add content to those as well.
When you select the Star toggle—an action we refer to as “starring”—a modal will appear listing all the collections associated with you account, each with its own Star toggle beside it. From there you can select one or more groups you want to add that particular content to. When you do so, the corresponding toggle will transition to a selected state and appear blue. If you select it again, you will remove the content from that group and the toggle will revert to its original unchecked state.
To learn more about how to access and engage with Starred content, see the My Starred and Reading Groups sections.
Star toggles appear in the following spaces throughout the interface:
- Next to a project or journal issue thumbnail in library views
- Beside the title of a Project, Journal issue, Text, Resource Collection, or Resource on a Project landing page
- Next to an text-section entry listed on the table of contents dropdown in the Manifold Reader
- Following the title of the text in the Manifold Reader’s menu bar