31310923-Slide-and-Presentation-Sharing-Sites.ppt

Un proyecto técnico

1. Useful Web Gizmos:Useful Web Gizmos:
Slide/Presentation Sharing Slide/Presentation Sharing
SitesSites
Marie T. AscherMarie T. Ascher
Associate Director, USERSAssociate Director, USERS
Health Sciences LibraryHealth Sciences Library
New York Medical CollegeNew York Medical College
13 May 201013 May 2010

2. DescriptionDescription
This 30-minute session will introduce This 30-minute session will introduce
participants to sites on the web which participants to sites on the web which
allow users to upload, share, and search allow users to upload, share, and search
slides and slide presentations.slides and slide presentations.
Potential uses for slide sharing in Potential uses for slide sharing in
education and research will be described education and research will be described
and discussed.and discussed.

3. Why share?Why share?
MarketingMarketing
CollaborationCollaboration
Distribution Distribution
StorageStorage
Embedding Embedding

4. ProcessProcess
1.1.UploadUpload
- to external servers, converts to Flash*
  
- to external servers, converts to Flash*
  
2.2.PublishPublish
- title, tags, description, category, share- title, tags, description, category, share
3.3.TrackTrack
- statistics on views, comments, ratings - statistics on views, comments, ratings

5. Some Popular Sites
(in alphabetical order)
* indicates noteworthy special features
Which one should you use? Let’s look at the features:

6. authorSTREAM http://www.authorstream.com/ 
Supports: ppt, pps, pptx, ppsx
 
   *Fast upload and conversion (to Flash)
 
   Widget code for embedding immediately available
 
   Need to buy video credits to convert PPTs to video
 
   Public/Private options
 
   Post to Twitter
 
   *Present Live
 
   Subscribe to "Channels" - create a maximum of two

7. Docstoc http://www.docstoc.com/
 
   Max file size 50MB   
 
   Supports additional document types: pdf, doc, docx,
xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx, rtf, and txt
 
   Folder upload allowed
 
   Public/private options
 
   Create, subscribe to, and contribute to channels
 
   Add "friends"
 
   *docstoc Sync / OneClick – easy upload

8. Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
 
   Max file size 100MB
 
   Supports even more file types: pdf, ps, doc, docx,
ppt, pps, ppts\X, xls, xlsx, odt, sxw, odp, sxi, ods, sxc,
rtf, txt
 
   
"Largest social publishing site"
 
   
*Scribd store
 
   
1HTML5 instead of Flash (coming soon)
 
   
Wordpress format embedding (and HTML)
 
   
Public/private options

9.  SlideBoom http://www.slideboom.com/
 
   
Max file size 100MB
 
   
Supports: ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx
 
   
Free and Pro account types
 
   
Up to 100 presentations (limited) in free account
 
   
*Graphic commenting features
 
   
Wordpress plug-in
   

10.  
 
SlideServe http://www.slideserve.com/
 
   
Max file size 50MB
 
   
Supports: ppt, pps, pot
 
   
Conversion to Flash on user end

11.  SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net 
 
  
Max file size 100MB (500MB for videos)
 
   
Supports: pdf, ppt, pps, pptx, ppsx, pot, potx, odp, key, zip (Apple Keynote)
doc, docx, rtf, xls, odt, ods, Apple iWork Pages.
 
 
   Slower load time (busier site?)
 
   "Social" - profile, auto-shares (if selected) with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn   
 
   
*Most popular slide sharing site, maximum visibility
 
 
   
Can insert YouTube videos into presentations
 
   
*Slidecasting
 
   
Wordpress and Blogger (and more!) embed formats
 

12. Other means of Other means of
sharing/sending/collaborating…sharing/sending/collaborating…

13. http://bit.ly/bxq5hm

14.  
 
ZohoShow http://show.zoho.com/
 
   
Max file size 30MB
 
   
Supports: ppt, pps, odp, sxi
 
   
Upload as read-write or read-only
 
   No embeddable code generated, just a URL
Not as “social”

15.  
 
Google Docs http://docs.google.com
 
   
Max file size 10MB* for ppts to be converted, much
larger for those not to be converted
 
   
Multiple document types – Either uploaded in native
format or converted to Google Docs format for
collaborative editing
 
 
Embed via Publish function
Not as “social”

16. Specialized sites ?Specialized sites ?

17. Pathology…

18. SearchingSearching
Most of the sites have a rudimentary search Most of the sites have a rudimentary search
functionfunction
Sortable by most viewed, highest rated, most Sortable by most viewed, highest rated, most
recent, etc.recent, etc.
Search by license type: public domain, Creative Search by license type: public domain, Creative
CommonsCommons
Ability to subscribe to channels or networks, Ability to subscribe to channels or networks,
friends friends
Slideshare and Scribd have the largest Slideshare and Scribd have the largest
repositories of presentations and documentsrepositories of presentations and documents

19. Search for “glaucoma”Search for “glaucoma”
authorSTREAM: 11 presentationsauthorSTREAM: 11 presentations
Docstoc: ~300 documentsDocstoc: ~300 documents
Scribd: 358 documentsScribd: 358 documents
SlideBoom: 6 presentationsSlideBoom: 6 presentations
SlideServe: 3 presentationsSlideServe: 3 presentations
SlideShare: 1119 presentationsSlideShare: 1119 presentations

20. ConclusionConclusion
Slide and presentation sharing sites (and Slide and presentation sharing sites (and
social document sharing sites) offer an social document sharing sites) offer an
alternate and informal publication method alternate and informal publication method
which is social, collaborative and offers which is social, collaborative and offers
potential wide distribution.potential wide distribution.
These sites are easy to use and a These sites are easy to use and a
valuable resource for researchers and valuable resource for researchers and
academics.academics.

21. Let’s discuss how YOU might Let’s discuss how YOU might
use…use…
Thank you!Thank you!
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