Slideshare
How often are you making new presentations to introduce students to material? You are re-inventing the wheel, because there are literally thousands of pre-existing presentations you can download (and some you can even edit). There are two (very easy) ways to do this. My favorite is Slideshare. You can download presentations from Slidshare, upload your own presentations to Slideshare, AND you can get an “embed” code from uploaded presentations to share the presentations on blogs and websites.
Sourcing Presentations on Slideshare
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Put your keywords in the “search” bar
3. Choose a presentation to view
4. Click on “save” to download the presentation (usually is saves to your “downloads” file)
5. Open your presentation (it will automatically open in the program it was created in)
6. Usually you can edit the presentation
7. If you re-share the presentation or use it professionally, make sure to cite the original url used to download the file
Uploading Presentations to Slideshare
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Click on “signup” and follow the prompts to make a free account
3. Login
4. Click on “upload” and follow the prompts to add a presentation
Embedding Slideshares into Websites and Blogs
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Find the presentation you want to embed
3. Click on “embed”
4. Copy the code that appears (highlight and press “ctrl” and “c”)
5. Go to your website and/or blog
a. How you enter embed codes varies from website to website
b. Make sure you have a choice where you can enter html (code language)
c. Paste the coped embed code (press “ctrl” and “v”)
d. Save/publish
How often are you making new presentations to introduce students to material? You are re-inventing the wheel, because there are literally thousands of pre-existing presentations you can download (and some you can even edit). There are two (very easy) ways to do this. My favorite is Slideshare. You can download presentations from Slidshare, upload your own presentations to Slideshare, AND you can get an “embed” code from uploaded presentations to share the presentations on blogs and websites.
Sourcing Presentations on Slideshare
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Put your keywords in the “search” bar
3. Choose a presentation to view
4. Click on “save” to download the presentation (usually is saves to your “downloads” file)
5. Open your presentation (it will automatically open in the program it was created in)
6. Usually you can edit the presentation
7. If you re-share the presentation or use it professionally, make sure to cite the original url used to download the file
Uploading Presentations to Slideshare
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Click on “signup” and follow the prompts to make a free account
3. Login
4. Click on “upload” and follow the prompts to add a presentation
Embedding Slideshares into Websites and Blogs
1. Go to www.slideshare.net
2. Find the presentation you want to embed
3. Click on “embed”
4. Copy the code that appears (highlight and press “ctrl” and “c”)
5. Go to your website and/or blog
a. How you enter embed codes varies from website to website
b. Make sure you have a choice where you can enter html (code language)
c. Paste the coped embed code (press “ctrl” and “v”)
d. Save/publish