Someone sent you a Bloom link. This page is for you: everything you can do inside a presentation, with nothing to sign up for and nothing to install.
Opening the link
Click the link and the presentation opens in your browser, on desktop or mobile. No account, no download. The order and arrangement you see is exactly how the sender curated it.
Browsing
Scroll through the references at your own pace. If the sender enabled titles or notes, you'll see them alongside the work — notes may appear on hover or always, depending on how the link was set up.
What you can do depends on the link
The sender controls which features are on for your link, so you may see some or all of these:
- Search — search within the presentation to jump to a specific reference.
- Favorite — mark the references you like. This is usually why you got the link: your favorites tell the sender exactly which options to move forward with, so favorite generously.
- Download — pull the references you've selected down to your device.
- Comment — leave feedback directly on a reference. Comments stay attached to the thing they're about, which beats describing it in an email.
If one of these isn't visible, it isn't enabled on your link — ask the sender if you need it.
Identifying yourself
Before you favorite or comment, you can enter your name. Do it — especially if several people are reviewing the same link. It's how the sender knows which favorites and comments came from you, and it takes two seconds.
Leaving useful feedback
Comment on the specific reference rather than summarizing at the end. Short and concrete works best: what's working, what isn't, what you'd want more of. The sender sees your comments in their Bloom workspace and can reply.
Good to know: the link may be revoked once the review wraps up. If it stops working, that's expected — ask the sender for a fresh one if you still need access.