Thinglink. Create interactive images.

Last updated on 12 February 2013

Thinglink is an online tool that will allow you to create interactive images and share them easily.

I might as well admit it right away, I am a big fan of ThingLink, of which I have already spoken here on Allweb2. In my view, ThingLink has great potential for use in the classroom and in education more broadly. Thinglink allows multimedia points to be inserted into a still image. In other words, in a photo.

You will be able to tell an entire story or enrich what a photograph says with multimedia frames that can be recognised on the image by points. It is by clicking on these points that users will be able to see the multimedia add-on encapsulated in the image. This may seem complicated at first glance, but on the contrary it is excessively simple.

After you sign up, you need to add a photograph to create your first interactive image. You can do this from your computer, but also directly from a Flickr account or from a web address. Once uploaded, you can start inserting one or more media points where you want them in the image. You can encapsulate a link, a sound, a video … You just have to save your work and immediately you can share it directly from the Thinglnk interface by email or on social networks. You can also retrieve an HTML code to insert your interactive image in your school blog.

Visitors who see your image can, if they wish, trigger these multimedia add-ons at their leisure by clicking on the dots. A very interesting option for classroom use is the possibility to allow other people to include links in your image. A collaborative edition perfect for group work.

In the classroom.

The potential is enormous. In a course on history, geography, SVT and French, you will be able to make your images ‘talk’. A sound file on a still image or a video box will make it possible to give a whole new dimension to the photos in a school book. Easy to use, you can even ask your students to do a desk search and present the results of their work as an interactive image through ThingLink.

Very easy to handle and use, Thinglink is a favorite. You can create up to 10 interactive images for free.

Link: Thinglink.