Slideshare is an online document hosting service for uploading and sharing presentations. It allows students to share presentations for educational purposes and researchers to share specialist knowledge. To use Slideshare, users create an account, search for presentations by keyword, and have the option to download, upload, or embed presentations. Uploaded presentations can be edited, including replacing documents while maintaining the URL.

1. Slideshare is an online
document hosting ser-
vice, particularly known
for PowerPoint uploads:
upload, view, be inspired, comment & share.
Pedagogical Uses
 Student presentations (including narrated versions) can
be uploaded to share with a wider audience
 Students develop a knowledge of copyright and intellec-
tual property in putting materials in the public domain
Research Uses
 Specialist knowledge can be evidenced, and discovered
via keywords used in (accompanying) text.
 Presentations can be embedded into blogs, particularly
helpful for conference presentations.
Setting Up an Account
 Go to https://
www.slideshare.net/
 Look to top-right for ‘Signup’.
 Follow the simple instructions,
ensuring that
you add a pic-
ture and brief
bio.
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2. Searching for Presentations
Simply go to the
search box at the
top of the page, enter the search term, and press return, or
the search icon.
The written description will help you determine whether to
look further. Click on the presentation name to see the
presentation. Recency of presentations is visible.
Searching for Users
Search as above, but once
results are returned, se-
lect the ‘Users’ box.
Downloading a Presentation
Either at the search stage, or
look above the presentation for
‘Save File’. If the option isn’t visible, it’s not downloadable.
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3. Uploading a Presentation
 Select the ‘Upload’ button next
to the search box. Unless you
pay for the ‘Pro’ version, click
again on the next orange ‘Upload’ button.
 Find a file saved on your hard-drive. Press ‘open’ once
the file has been selected.
 Whilst the file is uploading, you have the opportunity to
add details (if you wish untick ‘allow file download’), but
don’t panic if
you’re not fast
enough as you can
complete once up-
loaded. Include ti-
tle, tags and de-
scription to allow
others to find your
work easily:
Embedding a Presentation
At the top of the uploaded presentation find ‘Embed’, then
simply ‘Copy’ the HTML code into your blog or website.
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4. Editing Uploaded Material
 Go to your user name, and allow
the list to drop down. Some op-
tions are only available for ‘Pro’
users.
 Select ‘My Uploads’
 A list of all your uploaded presen-
tations will appear. Select Edit/
Delete on the required
presentation.
 You can then edit all the
details about the presen-
tation.
 Consider applying a
‘Creative Commons’ li-
cence to your material, to
allow wider distribution.
 A newer version of the
document can be up-
loaded, maintaining the
web address (URL).
Simply select ‘Replace document’. This is particularly
good for getting a URL before you give a presentation.
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