web 2.0 presentation tool & resources: slideshare & slidecast, zoho show, thinkfree &...

Web 2.0 Presentation Tools & Resources:

SlideShare & Slidecast, Zoho Show, Thinkfree &

Mixcaster

Web 2.0 Presentation Tools & Resources:

SlideShare & Slidecast, Zoho Show, Thinkfree &

MixcasterPatricia F. Anderson

<pfa@umich.edu>Health Sciences Libraries,

UM August 9, 2007

Patricia F. Anderson <pfa@umich.edu>

Health Sciences Libraries, UM

August 9, 2007

© 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

Web 2.0 is Useful for …Web 2.0 is Useful for …

Folk who use multiple computers in various locations

Discovery of items similar to your selections

Sharing resources with peers, managers, students & others

Web site development & supportBuilding communities and discovering

like-minded individuals

Folk who use multiple computers in various locations

Discovery of items similar to your selections

Sharing resources with peers, managers, students & others

Web site development & supportBuilding communities and discovering

like-minded individuals

Web 2.0 Presentation Resources

Web 2.0 Presentation Resources

When making a presentation, you want pictures, and a few words. And people.

Finding Pictures:Google ImagesOther Image Search EnginesFlickr

Building your presentation -- Zoho: Show

Sharing your presentation (& finding other presentations) -- SlideShare.net

When making a presentation, you want pictures, and a few words. And people.

Finding Pictures:Google ImagesOther Image Search EnginesFlickr

Building your presentation -- Zoho: Show

Sharing your presentation (& finding other presentations) -- SlideShare.net

Creating AccountsCreating Accounts

Each account per tool (Flickr, Zoho, Slideshare, Thinkfree) must usually be associated with a unique e-mail address.

If creating an account to be shared across an office, consider creating an e-mail list to serve as the contact e-mail address.

Each account per tool (Flickr, Zoho, Slideshare, Thinkfree) must usually be associated with a unique e-mail address.

If creating an account to be shared across an office, consider creating an e-mail list to serve as the contact e-mail address.

More: Copyright & Licensing

More: Copyright & Licensing

Creative Commons license options for both SlideShare and FlickrIs there an institutional policy?What does your boss think?

Most conservative license is “All Rights Reserved.”

Next most conservative, but more open, is Creative Commons, non-commercial use only, no derivatives.

Creative Commons license options for both SlideShare and FlickrIs there an institutional policy?What does your boss think?

Most conservative license is “All Rights Reserved.”

Next most conservative, but more open, is Creative Commons, non-commercial use only, no derivatives.

Slideshare.net: HomeSlideshare.net: Home

Slideshare.net: Home: Featured Slideshare.net: Home: Featured

Slideshare.net: AboutSlideshare.net: About

Content from those who want to get their ideas out:Not-for-profitsInternational schoolsConsultantsIndividuals

Content from those who want to get their ideas out:Not-for-profitsInternational schoolsConsultantsIndividuals

SlideShare.net: About 2SlideShare.net: About 2

Things to do with SlideShare:Find teaching materialsShare teaching materialsShare conference slidesReview content remotely from secured

computers.NOTES about sharing:

People can download your presentation without asking you first, unless YOU specify otherwise when uploading the file.

People can ask you.

Things to do with SlideShare:Find teaching materialsShare teaching materialsShare conference slidesReview content remotely from secured

computers.NOTES about sharing:

People can download your presentation without asking you first, unless YOU specify otherwise when uploading the file.

People can ask you.

Slideshare.net: Things to Do

Slideshare.net: Things to Do

Slideshare.net: TagsSlideshare.net: Tags

Slideshare.net: Tag Browse Slideshare.net: Tag Browse

SlideShare.net: SearchingSlideShare.net: Searching

No advanced searchSloppy search, but getting better all

the time. Content growing rapidly.Community still “young” (in Web 2.0

terms), so few comments / added tags

Pluses: Searches full text of presentation slides, and breaks out full text in display

No advanced searchSloppy search, but getting better all

the time. Content growing rapidly.Community still “young” (in Web 2.0

terms), so few comments / added tags

Pluses: Searches full text of presentation slides, and breaks out full text in display

SlideShare.net: My SlideSpace

SlideShare.net: My SlideSpace

SlideShare.net: My SlideSpace

SlideShare.net: My SlideSpace

PresentationsFavoritesTagsContactsComments

PresentationsFavoritesTagsContactsComments

SlidesShare.net: My SlideSpace

SlidesShare.net: My SlideSpace

Feedback & Discussion

Who are you reaching?

Track use and downloads

Build a following, build your reputation

Feedback & Discussion

Who are you reaching?

Track use and downloads

Build a following, build your reputation

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

Do it yourself podcast creation: sync slides to audio.

Do it yourself podcast creation: sync slides to audio.

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

Click “Edit” on an already loaded slide presentation

Click “Edit” on an already loaded slide presentation

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: SlidecastNeed to provide a URL for audio

MP3 file - no option to upload file.Assumption is URL needs to be

stable / permanent

Need to provide a URL for audio MP3 file - no option to upload file.

Assumption is URL needs to be stable / permanent

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: SlidecastCan load audio and process right

away, or come back later to finish.Can load audio and process right

away, or come back later to finish.

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

Audio synchronization tool requires good vision.

Audio synchronization tool requires good vision.

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

Select slides currently being edited

Select slides currently being edited

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

Select audio range currently being edited

Drag bars in audio to mark beginning and end of range.

Select audio range currently being edited

Drag bars in audio to mark beginning and end of range.

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

What it looks like at the end of editing.

What it looks like at the end of editing.

SlideShare.net: SlidecastSlideShare.net: Slidecast

What it looks like when it is completed.

What it looks like when it is completed.

Zoho Show: HomeZoho Show: Home

Zoho Show: What You Can Do

Zoho Show: What You Can Do

Zoho Show: Ways to Use ItZoho Show: Ways to Use It Backup your presentation, in case:

Your computer fries at a conference When you have to use someone else’s computer You are working from a public computer without your

preferred presentation software Last minute edits / updates to previously loaded

presentation Pseudo Webcast presentations -- conference

call + online slideshow you control Interviewing job candidates remotely Guest speakers & consulting presentations

Backup your presentation, in case: Your computer fries at a conference When you have to use someone else’s computer You are working from a public computer without your

preferred presentation software Last minute edits / updates to previously loaded

presentation Pseudo Webcast presentations -- conference

call + online slideshow you control Interviewing job candidates remotely Guest speakers & consulting presentations

Zoho Show: New Presentation

Zoho Show: New Presentation

Zoho Show: Editing Interface

Zoho Show: Editing Interface

Zoho Show: Adding a New Slide

Zoho Show: Adding a New Slide

Zoho Show: Images & Flickr

Zoho Show: Images & Flickr

Zoho Show: Images & Flickr

Zoho Show: Images & Flickr

Success!Success!

Zoho Show: ActionsZoho Show: Actions

Import PPTExport as HTMLShare with Others

Import PPTExport as HTMLShare with Others

Other Free Zoho Online Tools

Other Free Zoho Online Tools

Zoho Writer (word processing)Zoho Sheet (spreadsheet)Zoho Polls (surveys)Zoho Creator (online databases)Zoho WikiMore … at Zoho.com

Zoho Writer (word processing)Zoho Sheet (spreadsheet)Zoho Polls (surveys)Zoho Creator (online databases)Zoho WikiMore … at Zoho.com

ThinkfreeThinkfree

Like Zoho, provides a suite of applications

Like Zoho, provides a suite of applications

ThinkfreeThinkfree

Quick Edit for online presentationPower Edit to create Powerpoint

compatible documents

Quick Edit for online presentationPower Edit to create Powerpoint

compatible documents

Thinkfree: Quick EditThinkfree: Quick Edit

Thinkfree: Edit ViewThinkfree: Edit View

Thinkfree: Upload FilesThinkfree: Upload Files

Upload files - same reasons as for Zoho Show.

Upload files - same reasons as for Zoho Show.

Thinkfree: Upload FilesThinkfree: Upload Files

What uploaded file looks like.What uploaded file looks like.

Thinkfree: FYIThinkfree: FYI

CONS:Not compatible with all browsersNew - still needs some fine-tuning

PROS:Interface comfortable to people

familiar with Powerpoint

CONS:Not compatible with all browsersNew - still needs some fine-tuning

PROS:Interface comfortable to people

familiar with Powerpoint

MixerCastMixerCast

Blends uploaded media files into shareable presentation.

Blends uploaded media files into shareable presentation.

MixerCastMixerCast

Upload and annotate various media types

Upload and annotate various media types

MixerCastMixerCast

Wizard available to simplify production.

Wizard available to simplify production.

MixerCastMixerCast

Variety of layoutsVariety of layouts

SynopsisSynopsis

Topics:Slideshare: Import, share, no online editingSlideshare: Slidecast: PodcastZoho Show: Import, edit, share, live webcastingThinkfree: Import, edit, share, export – like PPTMixerCast: Not like PPT, more multimedia, share

NOTE: Google Presentations still forthcomingContact Info: Patricia Anderson,

pfa@umich.edu

Topics:Slideshare: Import, share, no online editingSlideshare: Slidecast: PodcastZoho Show: Import, edit, share, live webcastingThinkfree: Import, edit, share, export – like PPTMixerCast: Not like PPT, more multimedia, share

NOTE: Google Presentations still forthcomingContact Info: Patricia Anderson,

pfa@umich.edu