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 * SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net**

//By Laura Perani// Presentation created in PowerPoint, uploaded to SlideShare and embeded in this wiki. media type="custom" key="7221717" Presentation shared publicly through SlideShare, embeded in this wiki. media type="custom" key="7221733" =What is SlideShare?= SlideShare is an online, community-based presentation hosting service designed to allow users to upload PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF presentations onto a webspace, providing access to a network of viewers. Viewers and users can participate by sharing or viewing slide shows organized by categories, business or groups. This format is ideal for the exchange of ideas and information.

= = =**SlideShare Features**=
 * Share slide shows publicly or privately
 * Embed slide shows in blogs or websites as Flash objects
 * View slide shows as a small window or full screen
 * Put audio to a slide show to create webinars or musical presentations
 * Download the original file
 * Archive presentations
 * Share slide shows on social networking sites, blogs, and bookmarking sites
 * Form social networks, add friends, join groups and make professional contacts
 * Access mobily from iPhone or Android app

Upon uploading to Slideshare, a presentation is converted into Flash format meaning that others wishing to view the presentation are not required to have PowerPoint installed on their computer. Users easily enter this free site (without even having to join) and can upload their own presentation or view any public presentations.

The site supports pdf, ppt, pps, pptx, ppsx, pot, potx (Powerpoint); odp (OpenOffice); key, zip (Apple Keynote) Documents: pdf, doc, docx, rtf, xls (MSOffice); odt, ods(OpenOffice); Apple iWork Pages And can accommodate a maximum file size of 100MB for presentations & documents



=Advantages of SlideShare= = = =Disadvantages of SlideShare=
 * Large selection of interesting, free content, intuitively grouped and easy to locate
 * Large social networking site dedicated to presentations
 * Can preview large files
 * Easy to join and use
 * Free
 * Interesting fonts revert to Arial or Times
 * Internal links in the presentations get lost
 * Perma-urls are not editable
 * Motion or animations in PowerPoint presentations are not supported in SlideShare

=Comparison= Three applications in this group are for creating presentations. Keynote and Prezi are comparable to PowerPoint but with more creative features. Glogster is another presentation application, however with Glogster the end product is similar to an interactive poster. AuthorSTREAM and SlideShare are both presentation sharing websites. AuthorSTREAM can accommodate larger files, and has more powerful tools including live chat but will only work with PowerPoint. Below is an example of a free, public SlideShare embeded in this wiki. The subject of this presentation is a comparison of Slideshare and AuthorSTREAM. media type="custom" key="7224057" =References= = = = = = = Odencm, (2007). SlideShare and authorSTREAM Presentation sharing. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net Ranjan, A. (2007). SlideShare Quick Tour - Summary of features & capabilities. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net Slideshare. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net Tools directory. Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Retrieved from http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/wp.html