libguides 2012 slideshare

Sign up with ‘SlideShare’ to create an online slideshow. ‘SlideShare’ is a good way to share

presentations, documents and professional videos. ‘SlideShare’ allows you to upload your PowerPoint presentations. ‘SlideShare’ then converts it, so that

you can embed the slideshow in your guide.http://www.slideshare.net/

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

• First create your PowerPoint presentation.

• When you are happy with it, go to SlideShare and login.

• Click UPLOAD to begin uploading your presentation.

To upload one file at a time click on the ‘Trouble Uploading’ tab. (The upload seems to work faster using this link)

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Browse for the PowerPoint file you want to upload

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Choose the file you wish to upload and click ‘Open’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShareWhile SlideShare is converting your file…..Fill in some information in the ‘Tags’ field and the ‘Description’ field. Wait for the file to convert….

Your file has been successfully converted…….

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Here you can Share your slideshow in twitter, facebook or email

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Go to the menu bar at the top – click on the down arrow and choose ‘My Uploads’.This will give you a list of all your uploads.

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Click on the name of the file that you wish to embed

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Click ‘Embed’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Click ‘Customize’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Tick ‘Without related content’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Click ‘Copy’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Go to Libguides.Choose ‘Add New Box’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Choose ‘Multimedia boxes’ and then ‘Embedded Media and Widgets’ from the drop down menu

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Fill in the ‘Box title’ and ‘Position’ and then click ‘Create Box’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Click ‘Add Media/Widget Code’

Paste the code that you copied from SlideShare in the ‘Embed Code’ box.‘Save Changes’

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

You will notice that the slideshow is on the left of the page and that there is some text at the bottom of the slideshow.

<center> <div style="width:427px" id="__ss_13594452"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman/libguides-2012-create-your-profile-box-13594452" title="Libguides 2012 create your profile box" target="_blank">Libguides 2012 create your profile box</a></strong> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13594452?rel=0" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more PowerPoint from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman" target="_blank">Jen at University of Cape Town</a> </div> </div></center>

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Tip: To centre the slideshow in the box, edit the embedded text with the highlighted code.<center> at the beginning of the code and </center> at the end of the code. See example below.

<center> <div style="width:427px" id="__ss_13594452"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman/libguides-2012-create-your-profile-box-13594452" title="Libguides 2012 create your profile box" target="_blank">Libguides 2012 create your profile box</a></strong> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13594452?rel=0" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more PowerPoint from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman" target="_blank">Jen at University of Cape Town</a> </div> </div></center>

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Tip: Now you wish to remove the text at the end of the slideshow. Delete the highlighted text.

View more PowerPoint from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman" target="_blank">Jen at University of Cape Town</a> </div> </div></center>

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

Save Changes

Libguides at UCT: Using SlideShare

The slideshow is now centered in the box and there is no text at the bottom of the slideshow.