Glogster - text, music, video & images, and how to use it in your classroom

Glogster – a graphic blog

Nicole Barnes – EDF 6447 / Rangeview Primary

Sign up for a free account

Complete the details to create a free account

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

Create a Glog

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

distracting!

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

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

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!

Titles are great for headings

You can also add a URL to link to another website

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

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

Uploading an image, and taking a photo

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

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

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.

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

Be sure to choose aPlayer for yourvideo

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

Copy the Embed Code

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

Ta-Da, a Glogster in your blog!

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