1. A Multimedia Teaching
Tool
TOP Spring-2012, 8W2
Group Members and Co-leaders:
Corey Buttram, Brian Burns
Slidecast of this presentation is here.
2. SlideShare
A free community for sharing presentations online
• Used in many industries, including education, business,
and information technology
• Allows uploading of existing Powerpoints and google
documents to create shareable online presentations
• Also allows for sharing documents such as PDF files
• Audio files can be added to a slideshow but must be
recorded separately and synced online
• An example slideshare presentation can be seen here
3. Create Your
SlideShare Account
Visit www.slideshare.net to set up your free
account and create a profile.
Note: There is an option to upgrade to a multi-
tiered paid PRO plan with additional features.
An education discount is available. However,
this presentation focuses on the features
available with the free account. Click Here for
details.
4. Get Started with SlideShare
• Uploading your first presentation is easy:
Click on the yellow Upload button and
identify your file. Add a description and
you're done.
• Take a look at SlideShare 101 to find out
more about the features offered.
• Use the Help pages, especially if you'd like
to learn how to create a SlideCast
(presentation synced with voice)
5. Use SlideShare In Your
Online Course
SlideShare can be used in the online classroom
environment in many ways. Here are a few suggestions:
• Use SlideShare to upload an existing Powerpoint to
create an online presentation sharing your ideas or to
introduce classes to a concept.
• Have students in a marketing class create their own
SlideShare presentation to introduce a brand or
product.
• Use another user’s SlideShare presentation as a topic
for a weekly online discussion forum.
• Suggest students create a SlideCast as an online
alternative to the face to face group presentation.
6. SlideShare in Our Courses
Corey: I'm looking forwarding to converting
and updating an existing presentation
originally created by a retiring colleague.
I will most likely record audio and turn this
into a SlideCast to be used in online
ITE119 classes.
7. SlideShare in Our Courses
Brian: I was rather unimpressed with the free
version of slideshare and do not think the upgraded
version is much better. There are many tools out
there I think are both better and easier to use. This
is not a product I plan to use.
As an alternative, I created an audio presentation
directly using powerpoint and saved it as a
windows media file and uploaded to the free
video storage place www.screencast.com. The
video can be found here. This is for MTH 163.
