Slideshare: Social Presentations

Melanie Houle (leader), Julie Stubbs, Glenda Watkins

What it is...

Slideshare is a presentation media that allows you to quickly and easily share presentations, complete with voice narration, across many platforms.

It allows both private sharing via intranets, or public sharing via the internet and social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zing.

What makes it different

SlideShare allowsfor easy embedding inweb pages.

It has streamlinedintegration of YouTube, PDFs and other documents.

Integrated MP3 audio allows for a "webinar" format.

Sharing Platform

Its most important feature is the SlideShare community.

This hosting platform allows your SlideCast to take advantage of Social Media to reach a wide audience.

To start using SlideShare

SlideShare is an online platform available on your PC or mobile device

Create an account at www.slideshare.net

Upload your PowerPoint or Google Docs presentation

Start sharing

Let's Get Started.....

● Go to slideshare.net● Set up a free user account ● Upload your slide presentation file

○ can upload publicly or privately○ add a title, description and category

● Slideshare can support files made from○ Microsoft Powerpoint○ PDF○ Apple Keynote ○ Open office

● Once downloaded the files will be stored under "My Uploads"

Want to add audio to your presentation?

● Create an MP3 file○ one recommended site is audacity.sourceforge.net

● Recording the MP3 file while viewing slides on the computer

Synchronize your audio with your slides...

● Return to slideshare.net● Access your saved slideshow presentation● Click on add audio

○ upload your MP3 file from your computer● Slideshare will then allow you to manually

synch the two (slideshow with audio)

Audio plus Visual Gives an Amazing Presentation

Slide Presentation MP3 file

Slidecast

Uses in the Virtual Classroom

Within the classroom setting I plan to use Slideshare to:

● Upload presentations about certain topics being presented in class

● Upload Powerpoints, PDF files, and other documents such as Word, Excel, and text files.

● Have students search for specific issues and share with the class

Uses in the Virtual Classroom Cont'd

● Download files so that students may view it's original content

● Produce webinars and slidecasts by adding voice

Impact on Virtual Classroom

Within the virtual classroom slideshare will enhance how information can be presented and distributed to all students. Slideshare will expose the students to additional resources and allow those resources to reach a larger target audience. It will also allow the students to revisit topics and presentations that have been presented in class. For many, this feature will augment their ability to properly prepare for class.

Useful Sites

http://www.slideshare.net/

https://www.slideshare.net/signup

http://educationtechnology-theoryandpractice.blogspot.com/2011/06/slideshare-for-teachers.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ShKOeMKb0

Disclaimer

This slideshare presentation can only be used for education purposes with proper reference given to the makers.