This document summarizes tools for sharing and collaborating on presentations online. It discusses services like SlideShare and Google Docs that allow uploading and embedding presentations on websites. While online tools limit features like animations and transitions, they enable collaboration in real-time and across devices. The document also outlines other Google Docs and Zoho applications for collaborative writing, spreadsheets, forms, and databases.

1. Slideshare and Google Docs 18 March 2009

2. Slideshare and Google Docs 18 March 2009 Tim Neumann Learning Technologies Unit Sub-brand to go here

3. Contents Presentations – some remarks Sharing Presentations Collaborating on Presentations Extending Online Collaboration

4. Presentations Combination of Media Text Images, Photos and Graphics Video Audio Animations will not be imported online (as of March 2009)

5. Presentations Authoring Tools MS Powerpoint Apple Keynote (Mac only) Open Office Impress (free) Adobe Flash (steep learning curve) Online Tools (e.g. Google Docs , Zoho Show )

6. Sharing Presentations Most Popular Services: SlideShare: Slide Sharing Community http://www.slideshare.net Focus on networking, groups, and building links between people Scribd: Document Publishing Site http://www.scribd.com Focus on making documents findable

7. Sharing Presentations Issues (1) Formats : online tools are usually versatile Powerpoint, Keynote, Open Office, PDF, Word, … Bells & Whistles : online tools are usually limited Embedded Hyperlinks & notes do work, sound & video must be added later, animations and transitions will be lost

8. Sharing Presentations Issues (2) Privacy : who can see what Different levels of privacy and access permissions possible Note: If set to ‘private’, presentations can usually still be shared. You can thus embed a presentation in a VLE yet keep it hidden from the public on the sharing website. Licensing : managing permissions for distribution, re-use and alteration Slideshare supports Creative Commons licences, other tools usually require manual licence management

9. Sharing Presentations Publication Usually based on Flash Users must have Flash Player installed (can be expected as standard) Can be embedded in other websites, including any VLE, e.g. Blackboard Presentation appears as part of a web page, no need for downloads Download permissions can be controlled Slideshare currently requires download for printing Statistics available Basic overview how often the slides have been viewed etc.

10. Collaborating on Presentations Collaborative Viewing Google Docs : Synchronised Presentations including live chat http://docs.google.com Zoho Show : all of the above plus Desktop Sharing http://show.zoho.com

11. Collaborating on Presentations Collaborative Authoring Google Docs , Zoho Show Web-based online tools Editing with multiple authors at the same time Limited to core options (no animations, no transitions - yet) Offline work possible (with Google Gears , a web browser plugin)

12. Extending Online Collaboration Beyond Presentations Collaborative Writing – Online Word Processing e.g. Google Docs , Zoho Writer , Wikis Collaborative Calculation – Online Spreadsheets e.g. Google Docs Spreadsheets , Zoho Sheet Collaborative Forms – Online Questionnaires e.g. Google Docs Spreadsheet Forms Collaborative Applications – Online Custom Databases e.g. Zoho Creator

13. Further Information Slideshare Tour: http://www.slideshare.net/tour MS PowerPoint 2007 integration: http://www.slideshare.net/developers/apps/pptribbon Google Presentation Getting started with Google Presentation How to insert a video in Google Presentation

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