Provide students with the following directions for connecting their symbols:

• Click the bubble with your name in it.
• Click the Link icon. .
  
  
  
• An arrow will appear. Click the bubble that names your favorite food and see that an arrow now connects your name and your favorite food.
• Click the right bubble describing what you like to read about to link that bubble too.
• Uh-oh! Does your arrow point to your name instead of to your favorite food or favorite reading topic? If so, click the arrow and click DELETE to erase the arrow. Then, click the bubble with your name in it, click the Link icon, and click the food or book symbol. The first bubble you click is where the starting point of your arrow will be.

Notice that the word "bubble" is used instead of the word "symbol." Using the correct terminology often is less important than using words students easily understand, especially during independent work. Also, although the Create tool would create linked symbols immediately -- saving a step, having students create the symbols and then link them helps them understand why arrows should point from the main idea to the sub ideas.

Next: Saving your work.