Sometimes (most of the time!) the Upload button doesnt work well with our school network - it may be better from home if you have Broadband. However the single presentation upload feature is better:

Directions

Click the upload button and then click the blue link: Having trouble using bulk upload?  This allows you to upload one presentation at a time and works. the other benefit is that you can set the Privacy option here to restrict who sees the show. Fill in all of the details prior to hitting the Upload button at the bottom of the window.

Hi everyone

This is a summary of what we will do today in our Slideshare workshop:

We will:

1. Register as a slideshare user

2. Undertake a slideshare tour to grasp the basics

3. Browse slideshare to find some slideshows that interest us

4. Click on some slideshare tags to find slideshows related to specific topics that interest us

5. Setup our own Slidespace

6. Learn how to upload a powerpoint presentation and how to set privacy settings

7. Learn how to build a community: add Contact lists and Groups, and invite people to join

8. Learn how to stage and advertise events and invite people to come

9. How to add comments and respond to comments

10. Ask questions!

Slideshare is an online presentation sharing tool.

  • If you, or your students create Powerpoint presentations, then you can host, tag and share them online in Slideshare. Your students can access them anytime on any web browser.
  • Slideshare is also a great resource where you can share other people’s presentations.

Click on this hyperlink to go to slideshare.net

Click on the slideshare tour to discover several reasons why you might use slideshare

Click on Sign Up to register for slideshare. it is free. If you have already registered, log in by entering your username and password. Its a good idea to record these somewhere

Check out this slideshare presentation that reveals something of the power of visual presentations

You can browse hot Tags to find slideshows related to your interests or topics

This is how I found a slidecast on Podcasting

Or, alternatively you can enter a topic in the Search option

This is how I found a slideshow on Project Based Learning

This is a ’secret’ url to my private viewing of a draft slideshow I setup on slideshare:

DE eLearningDraft