Slide Share is a website where users can upload, view, and share presentations and videos. Users have a personal profile page to track their own uploads. Content on Slide Share is publicly viewable and includes features like browsing by category. While useful for sharing content, Slide Share does not allow real-time collaboration. It is free to use and easy to sign up for with just basic account information. Slide Share can be used for academic purposes such as backing up and sharing class presentations.

1. The World of Slide Share

2. Some of the “W’s” for Slide Share What does this tool do, and how can YOU find it? Slide Share is a presentation sharing website where users can upload, view and share presentation /videos. You also have your own personal “My Slide Space” page, where you can keep track of your own posts.

4. To browse hundreds of thousands of others presentations posted on the cite.

5. Browse by subject or category such as business, fashion, etc.

6. Slide Share is also linked to Facebook and Twitter in which you may post to from the cite.

8. What surprised us about this tool It was surprising that there is no privacy options, everything is up for view to the public, original presentations can't be downloaded, every power point has its own url, its like a components that make it like a twitter or facebook because you have a profile where you can follow people and, post a recent activity, post whatever on your wall, and put your picture up, and have others give you feedback. What was also surprising was that slideshare cannot let people work together on power points or other files over the internet at the same time so people can work together without meeting physically because Google docs does, this could be something that slide share could work on for future users.

9. Is it free?? Slide share is a strictly web-based and free program. There is no need to download any type of software. You just need to sign-up and give basic information. Slide share is supported by other social networks such asFacebookand Twitter.

10. So Easy a Caveman Could Do It It is very simple so sign up to a new account. You will be asked for security information such: 1. Username 2. Email Address 3. Password 4. Confirm Password 5. Specify account (I.e. Company, Even, University/School) You will also be asked personal information like: 1.Name 2. Country 3. City 4. State 5. Website/ Blog 6. Purpose 7. Catcha word

11. Academic Purposes Slide share is definitely a handy and useful tool for academic purposes. Slide share can help you back up presentations for a class, share your presentations with other students, give you ideas for your own presentations, market and organization or a business, upload your hypothesis, and much more. Yes the tools can be used for academic purposes. You can upload your documents and your presentations, you can also follow other users. For example, if a teacher had a document or presentation that she/he wanted you to see, you could use slide share to view the slides. You can also post comments on the wall if you had any questions. You can also make contact lists.

12. Other things to know There is a widget that will let you embed a custom play list of presentations and documents on your Blog or website. You can display presentations on your Blog website. You create a badge to use as your link to your slide share profile