Content curation within Scoop.it is the process of discovering, selecting, organizing, and sharing relevant and valuable content from various sources on a specific topic or subject. Curators can add their own context, commentary, and insights to the curated content to provide additional value and perspective.
Scoop.it allows you to discover, edit, publish, and distribute the best content for your audience.
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Content Types
You can publish various types of content on Scoop.it:
Web articles
PDF
Word
Excel
Scoop without a link
Instagram posts
YouTube videos
Tweets
Curation Scenarios
You can curate content in different ways depending on the time you can assign to content curation, the frequency of your curation and how your team works. Scoop.it has a solution for everyone.
Suggestions
Suggestions based on your keywords are available in your topic pages. You can update these keywords, or create several queries with our Enterprise license.
Upload a Document
With our Enterprise plan, you can upload documents directly from your computer to your topic pages. These documents can be PDFs, Excel or Word documents, videos, etc.
Bookmarklet
The bookmarklet enables you to curate content very easily. You just need to add it to your favorites bar, then click it when you find an article you would like to add to your topic pages.
By using the bookmarklet you can access the Scoop.it publication window directly on the original source. Saving you time by not needing to go to Scoop.it to publish the article.
You keep being asked to log in by using the bookmarklet on Firefox?
Please follow the steps: Safari > Preferences > Cookies > Make sure you have the same setup as below.
Once done, try again to scoop an article using the bookmarklet.
Integrate Content Automatically
You can set up different sources to import content automatically into your topic page. The content will be automatically uploaded to your topic page without prior validation. You can edit or delete content after its publication.
Content can be imported from:
Meltwater Explore (via RSS feed)
Radarly
RSS feed or Sitemap
Understanding the Dates on Your Publication
The Curation Date : This is the date on which the post was published on the topic page.
The Publication Date : This is the date on which the article was published to the original source.
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