2. Welcome!! Please log into http://edu.glogster.com Go ahead and register if you don’t have an account.
3. What is Glogster? Interactive Poster Students can showcase their learning through different methods Text, Picture, Sound, Video, etc.
4. Dashboard Messages – Place to check the student accounts you’ve created Student Management – Where you can monitor all your students’ activities on Glogster Your Glog & Favorite Glogs
6. Basic Controls Delete General Edits (Colors, Links, fonts, special effects) Reset to Default Put it behind Clone Bring it forward
7. “Edit” Controls Special Effects (Shadow, Alpha [visibility]) Sticker Colors Add a Link Text Options (Colors, font, Size, align)
8. Regular Tools “Regular Tools” = Tools that you can use without uploading anything to Glogster. Include: Graphics, Text, Wall
9. Graphics Used like stickers. Can change color and size. No input available.
10. Text Text is automatically wrapped with scrollbar. Fonts include: Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Greek Edit Option: Font type, alignment, bold/italic, size, color.
11. Wall Glog Wall = Background for the glog. Page Wall = Background for the page that’s behind the glog. Not visible if you embed your glog to another medium (such as a website)
12. Uploadable Tools “Uploadable Tools” = Tools that require you to upload material to the Glogster. Include: Image, Video, Sound
13. Common Controls Upload: Upload files from your computer. Link: Copy & paste the link of the file you wish to use, and Glogster will do it for you. Grab: Using webcam/microphone to capture image/sound and upload it to Glogster.
14. Image Frames = Picture frames that surround the image. When using “Link”, make sure you copy and paste the entire URL of the picture. Common file type: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png
15. Video Player Include: Start/Pause, Stop, Full Screen. Options: Autoplay, volume. Schooltube search included. Youtube: Grab the URL of the Youtube. Supported Formats: .mpeg, .mp4, .flv, .mov, .m4v (and more) Link: .flv (only)
16. Sound Players: Some has pause/stop button, some doesn’t. Options: Autoplay, volume. Supported Formats: .mp3, .wav, .wma, .ogg, .m4a (and more) Link: .mp3 (only)
17. Premium (paid) Only Unless you have paid account, you will not be able to use these functions. Include: Attachments, drawings. Other premium features: student portfolios, teacher presentations, full student/class/school management, student sharing.
18. Data & Draw Data = Attachment. No edit options available. Draw = Draw your own graphics. Limited editing options.
19. Publish & Share Unfinished = Save, but not searchable or viewable by anyone other than the Glog maker. Finished = Saved glog but private, viewable only to the people who has its address. Cannot be searched on Glogster.com Public = Any user can view, print or embed it in another webpage. Share: Facebook, Twitter, Websites, etc.
20. Known Issues Student account cannot log in Sluggish at times Grab files are slow to appear
21. Tutorial Videos & Site Website: https://sites.google.com/a/archer.org/glogster-tutorial/(searchable under Archer Sites -> Technology)Include: PowerPoint Presentations, Video Tutorial, FAQ
Explain on top of the glog there’s the common controls that can be used ahead of time
Teacher presentation = book
Ask teachers to go on the site right away. Go to Digital Hub -> Site -> Browse -> Technology -> Glogster WebsiteQuick walk through of the site. Point out FAQ & e-mail me
Ask teachers to input feedback. Give about 5 minutes
