Curating and collaborating website Wakelet have recently announced the launch of their new Wakelet Spaces. A Wakelet Space is a separate area and profile within your Wakelet account where you can quickly and easily create collections that you can invite members to collaborate on.
Each Space that you create is created under one account and one single email, so there is never any need to log in and out and swap accounts. Wakelet Spaces work in exactly the same way as your Wakelet home area.
You can create collections and bookmarks and personalized Space profile pages all while remaining separate from your main Wakelet page giving you more flexibility and better organization. Once you have created a Space you can invite other members to create their own collections within your Space and collaborate on sharing resources within them.
How to Create a Wakelet Space
To Create a Wakelet Space, look at the left hand side of the page with your profile image and a plus button. Click the plus button to create a new Space.
A menu will appear, where you can give your Space a name and an image.
Give the Space a name, and click on the circle to choose an image (or upload one). Click on Create when done.
With the space created, you can use it the same way you use your regular home area of Wakelet. Create new collections inside it, or move existing collections from your home area into it.
You can also moving existing collections from your home area to other Spaces. Hover your mouse over any collection, click move collection and then select the Space you wish to move it to.
Inviting others to collaborate on your Space
To invite people to your Space, click the members button on the left hand side of your Space, then click invite members. This will open a screen where you can choose to invite people through email, invite link, unique code or QR code.
When people join the Space, they will be able to create new collections within it, and contribute to existing collections.
Invite by link: Copy the link and share it with whoever you want. Via email, Zoom chat etc. When someone clicks that link, they will be prompted to sign in, and join the Space.
Invite by unique code: Share this code with anyone you want – again this could be via email or chat. Users with the code can then click the plus button in their own Spaces panel, click the join a Space button, and enter the code to join.
Space Privacy Settings
Spaces have 2 privacy settings – private, and public. When you first create a Space, it’s private – only you can see it or access it. You can invite people into this private Space to collaborate and build collections.
If you wish, you can make your space Public. This gives your Space an address and publishes it on the web.
This video from Wakelet explains more:
If you are looking for a way to collaborate with colleagues or students then Wakelet is well worth exploring. I’ve written a guide to Wakelet in the past which explains how to use it.
