Presentations& Videos

finding & adding to

your online course

finding educationalcontent can be…

challenging!

lots of sites are out there…

this is a list from wikipedia

some make it a little easier than others…

there’s the Moving Image Archive

- part of the Internet Archive - more than 80,000 videos available and all free- http://www.archive.org/details/movies

Annenberg Media, Learner.org

National Geographic and Nova

here are two more that have gotten good reviews…

50 Best Websites of 2008 – TimeTop 20 Tools for Learning 2008 - Learning & Performance

Technologies

1. SlideShare

what is it?

SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations on the web.

http://www.slideshare.net/

why use it?

you can upload your presentations (ppt, pdf, pps, pot, odp, keynote) and share with others

http://www.slideshare.net/

find/download interesting presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/

embed them into blogs or websites (or courses)

http://www.slideshare.net/

create a slidecast by linking your slides with audio

http://www.slideshare.net/

and it's completely free

http://www.slideshare.net/

how do I get started?

go to the SlideShare site(http://www.slideshare.net) and start browsing

http://www.slideshare.net/

view the presentation

email an invitation to view the presentation

download the file

embed the presentation*can be used in your online course*

embedding in three easy steps…

1.copy the embed URL

(right-click then Ctrl C)

2. go to a content area in your course and add new item

3. paste the embed code into the text box & submit

(right-click then Ctrl P)

Voila!

want to upload, but not necessarily share your own presentations?

create a SlideShare account(it’s free)

create: username & password

provide: working email address / gender / country city / state / are you human?

creating an account allows you to upload your presentations

these can be publicly shared or completely private

you decidePhoto credit: Ramzi Hashisho

THE SECRET URLhttp://www.slideshare.net/secret/

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Photo credit:Paul Brunskill

you always maintain control of your content and can remove it at any time

2. Hulu

what is it?

online video service that offers TV shows, movies and clips… all for free, anytime in the U.S.

http://www.hulu.com/about/

why use it?

quality and convenience

http://www.hulu.com/about/

easy to use and share

http://www.hulu.com/about/

free and LEGAL*advertising supported*

http://www.hulu.com/about/

how do I get started?

go to Hulu(http://www.hulu.com/) and start searching

search here by name or subject

search here by topic

subject or title

embed or link

link only

link or embed

the difference

embedded video on the content page

a linked video opening in the content window

embedding in three easy steps…

1.copy the embed URL

2. go to a content area in your course and add new item

3. paste the embed code into the text box & Submit

don’t forget to switch back from html modebefore submitting

Voila!