Instructions for using slideshare to embed documents within Moodle.
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1. Slideshare 1. Open a web browser and type slideshare.net
into the address bar. Hit Enter. 2. Click on the Signup link in the
top right-hand corner. 3. Enter your details and click Join now.
Persevere a little longer and enter just a few more details then
click Sign Up. 4. Skip the next step by clicking the Skip this
button. Breathe deeply, we are now going to upload a document: 1.
From the slideshare Upload page click Email upload. 2. Click on the
custom email address that is displayed (it will take the form
[email protected] and will be unique to your slideshare
account). Your email client will open a new mail message with the
slideshare address in the 'To...' field. 3. In the Subject field of
the new mail message give the document a title. 4. In the body of
the mail message describe the document. 5. Click 'Send'. Your
document will take a few minutes to appear in your Slidespace, so
go and make yourself a well- earned cup of coffee! Now let's
display your document in Moodle: 1. From your Slidespace click on
the thumbnail of the document you would like to embed. 2. Click on
the custom link underneath the Embed code. More options will
appear. 3. Click in the 'Without related presentations' text box.
The code will become highlighted. 4. Copy the code to the clipboard
by pressing Ctrl-C. 5. Open a new browser tab or window and visit
the staff intranet. Click on the Moodle link (or alternatively type
elearning.wintec.ac.nz directly into the address bar). Hit Enter.
6. Choose a course from your 'My courses'. 7. Click 'Turn editing
on'. (Wipe the sweet from your brow). 8. In a block click in the
'Add a resource' drop-down menu and select 'Compose a web page'.
Give your new web page a name. 9. Skip over the Summary box to the
Full text box. Click on the 'Toggle HTML Source' button. 10. Now
paste in the slideshare code by choosing Paste from the Page menu
(or press Ctrl+P). 11. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click
'Save and display'. This work is licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand
License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/