Thing 7: Using slideshare

Slideshare is a free web 2.0 tool that lets you upload PowerPoint or Open office presentations and share them online. You can also use Slideshare to research a subject to see what others have said to help you put your presentation together.

Some of the things you can do on Slideshare are:

• share slideshows publicly or privately. There are several ways to share privately
• synch audio to your slides
• market your event on slideshare
• join groups to connect with Slideshare members who share your interests
• download the original PowerPoint / pdf file
• embed your presentation into web 2.0 tools such as Blogs, Twitter or Facebook
• add tags to your presentations to make it easy for others to find
• and add comments to others' presentations

Note: slideshare does not support motion - so keep your presentation simple eg no fancy flyins etc

Users who upload presentation can choose to make them available to be downloaded. After you have uploaded a slideshow, you can go to the 'edit your slideshows' page and either keep 'All Rights Reserved' or choose from one of the Creative Commons licenses.

A useful tip: first convert your .ppt presentation to .pdf and then upload. Images in your presentation will render so much clearer.

Discovery exercise

1. Signup for a free account with Slideshare
   
   
2. Search for slideshows that interest you
   
   
3. Post a comment below about your experience...let us know if you found it useful...would go back again....what you liked....disliked etc