On my list, for example, I can see that have saved The Cult of Done Manifesto in their bookmarks; I can also see their comments, and their tags for the same site. I never really got the use and value of tags before.
Now I do. And thanks for The Cult of Done Manifesto. Joanna, namaste. Thank you, thank you thank you! Hi Matie. Tag clouds are a way of organising content which helps users see what the most common topics are.
In a tag cloud typically the tags with the largest font size are the ones which are used with the most items. Smaller tags are associated with fewer items.
Clicking on one of the tags in the cloud will take you to all of the content labelled with that tag, meaning it is a quick way to see a lot of information on a topic.
They are called clouds because the tags are often presented together in a way that gives the group a shape similar to a cloud. You can see the tag cloud for this blog on the right-hand side of the page. Some of the largest words are Support, Professional and Development, as many of the posts on here have been about opportunities for support and professional development. There are two main educational uses of tag clouds.
The first is the classification of content and resources using tags to create an alternative thematic index to a group of content. Currently these are not supported by Blackboard but they are normally possible if you are using external tools like blogs or wikis. Many WordPress blogs also use a keyword cloud as a plug-in to provide users with the most popular content quickly.
A tag cloud is not just a simple listing or categorization of keywords, but a weighted list. This means that the optical conversion of the word cloud is based on the weighting of the individual terms as well. Therefore, before setting up a tag cloud, you have to establish a formula to determine the weighting. The more frequently a keyword is used, the more conspicuously it should be displayed in color or font size.
Moreover, a different font can also be used for more frequently used terms. The most common formula for creating a tag cloud is as follows:.
A detailed listing of methods for creating a tag cloud algorithm is available at [1]. In the case of blogs or websites, the individual words of a tag cloud get linked to the subpages that are most relevant to these keywords. Or they refer to the corresponding category page.
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