Slideshare is a website that allows users to upload and share slide presentations, PDFs, documents and more. It has over 16 million users. Users can publish, archive and disseminate presentations by uploading images or files to the site. Slideshare functions similarly to YouTube but is focused on sharing slide-based content. It allows storing and sharing large files without emailing them. Users can add tags, descriptions and search for presentations on Slideshare. However, the presentations are static without narration to explain them. File formats may also be altered during uploading.

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2. What is
Slideshare?
Slideshare is a website that offers users the
possibility to upload and share publicly or privately
slide presentations in Power Point, PDF, Portfolios,
Word Documents, and Open Office. More than 16
million people are currently using this medium. This
is because it allows to archive, publish and
disseminate the presentations that one can develop
personally or upload via the web. This is done by
broadcasting your own images or creating them
previously and then uploading them to this support.
This famous site is considered to be similar to
YouTube but with a device-oriented use.
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3. Slideshare features
It offers the possibility of storing and
sharing different types of material
without the need to attach large files to
e-mail accounts.
It allows you to add name, description
and tags. It also supports the
possibility of files in pdf format.
It allows you to add name, description
and tags. It also supports the
possibility of files in pdf format.
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4. Slideshare
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You can search for presentations, post
comments on them, share them via e-
mail or embed them in a web page.
It allows publishing and socializing
content in a fast and agile way.
It offers the possibility of creating
interesting presentations, and adding
music or voices of different tenor.
It has flash format for online
visualizations.
Supports files up to 20 mb in size.
It is easy to use, since creating an
account is extremely simple, it is done
in a few steps, and it is also free.

5. What is it for?
One of its main uses is the possibility it
provides to share material. Like so many
other media, this tool has the characteristic
of allowing access to audiovisual material
being a very dynamic and flexible service.
Another of its uses is to send presentations
of several megabytes that are difficult to
send by e-mail.
It can also be mentioned as one of its
important uses the fact of being able to
make comments on the topic covered in the
slideshow.
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6. Disadvantages
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Very limited format
They are of little value if there is no
presenter explaining and expanding
the information.
It does not support animations. They
are static.
Sometimes the incompatibility of the
formats produces some alterations in
the presentations after uploading it to
Slideshare.

7. Other uses of this tool
This system allows blender learning (semi face-to-face classes) and distance learning.
Slideshare streamlines the work of a teacher to conduct a class, with the sending of an
explanatory slide.
Teachers can also create class blogs in which they can attach presentations with
homework and home study material.
Through this site it is possible to speed up this type of meetings and generate an even
greater interest of the attendees.
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On the other hand, it is recommended that when using this tool, the slides should be
simple, with colors and images, as well as little text.