Introduction to Glogster

1. Glogster – a graphic blog Nicole Barnes – EDF 6447 / Rangeview Primary

2. Sign up for a free account

3. Complete the details to create a free account

4. Create a Glog When you create your own Glogster, you need to click on the rubbish bin to delete the elements on the page and go to WALL for a new background

5. There is a variety of backgrounds to choose from – but be careful when picking a background – they don’t want to be too distracting!

6. Text is for adding Text! Stickers are used for writing lots of text

7. Once inserted in your glog, you can reposition it and edit it.

8. Colour of course, is the coloured tiles, and they change the background colour. The link is to create a hyperlink to another website, the Ab1 is to change the font and colour of font, and fx, is of course, for effects!

9. Titles are great for headings

10. You can also add a URL to link to another website

11. There a graphics to add to your glog, or choose your own . .

12. Upload allows you to search for images off your computer, whilst Grab allows you to take a photo using the computers camera.

13. Uploading an image, and taking a photo

14. You can also add your own sound, choose a player and add audio

15. You can upload your own music files or Grab a recording of yourself speaking into the computer microphone

16. Using the Webcam, you can take a photo of yourself, record your voice or even take a video of yourself just by clicking on record.

17. Glogster also links to SchoolTube, so you can search for a video on a related topic and easily insert into your glog

18. Be sure to choose a Player for your video

19. The Glogster toolbar is where you can save, publish or preview your work. To save your glog, give it a title, category and click on finished, then SAVE and PUBLISH will appear, click on this

20. Copy the Embed Code

21. In a publication, blog or wiki in the Ultranet, click on SOURCE and paste (Ctrl V) the code in Be sure to save and approve or publish your work

22. Ta-Da, a Glogster in your blog!

23. Your dashboard is where you will find your glogs and add comments to glogs