If you register at http://www.eslvideo.com, you can have a video and an interactive questionnaire on your blog. You can have one of the videos they offer, which are mostly music video clips, or you can create your own.
To have your own video, you have to uploaded it first to YouTube and then copy the embed code, log into eslvideo.com and click on create a quizz. Then, paste the embed code into the Quizz builder web form, title your quizz, add a description and click on Next. You'll move on to Step 2- Create a quizz, there you can edit the different sections and add questions for your quizz. Finally, when it's ready, go to your account page to view the quizz and use the quizz embed code to add it to your blog.
As you can see, you can either have your own recorded video or a video that you have found in YouTube or wherever,a short video from a docummentary, a excerpt from a TV programme, a music video clip, a funny scene, ... and then you can prepare a questionnaire for the other students to check if they have understood what the video is about.
Showing posts with label publishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publishing. Show all posts
Monday, 4 May 2009
Videos on your blog
You can have videos from YouTube or any other video place, such as Dailymotion, or any other you may know, and you can even have your own videos, recorded as in my case with a simple digital camera.
First, and as usual, you have to sign up as a user in http://www.youtube.com. Once you have signed in as a registered user, you'll see that you can look for videos, add them to your favourites, create playlists or even copy the embed code and have them published in your blog.
If you want to upload your own video to YouTube, click on your username (my account) at the top of the page, click on My Videos and select My uploaded videos. Then, click on New and select upload video. As usual, you have to examine your folder, select the file, fill in the information about the file and finally click on upload.
Once the file has been uploaded and all changes saved, you can go to your videos in your account and if you click on the video, it will open up in a bigger size and some information on the right and below will appear. On the right, you'll find both the link and the embed code to have the video published on your blog. Copy the embed code, go to your blog and paste the code in a new post, and then click on view blog to see if you have been succesful. Good luck!
First, and as usual, you have to sign up as a user in http://www.youtube.com. Once you have signed in as a registered user, you'll see that you can look for videos, add them to your favourites, create playlists or even copy the embed code and have them published in your blog.
If you want to upload your own video to YouTube, click on your username (my account) at the top of the page, click on My Videos and select My uploaded videos. Then, click on New and select upload video. As usual, you have to examine your folder, select the file, fill in the information about the file and finally click on upload.
Once the file has been uploaded and all changes saved, you can go to your videos in your account and if you click on the video, it will open up in a bigger size and some information on the right and below will appear. On the right, you'll find both the link and the embed code to have the video published on your blog. Copy the embed code, go to your blog and paste the code in a new post, and then click on view blog to see if you have been succesful. Good luck!
Hosting audio and publishing it on the blog
To publish audio on your blog,first you have to find a place to host your files. Some of them allow you only to create a link to copy on your blog, some others are much more complete and they let you both copy the link or create a player to embed on your blog, which is much nicer.
To have a link, you can host your file in many hosting places, such as Box.net or FileFactory.com. You just have to upload the file and then copy the link they give you.
There are not so many places where you can upload your audio file and have your player embeded now. Some which used to be quite good are now under construction (such as GoEar and BooMp3), but finally I have found one I like, which is http://www.esnips.com. This is a good hosting place for any kind of files, which also allows you to create nice widgets for your folder to have them on your blog too.
But today we are interested in audio (you may do some research on your own and see what other possibilities you have and find out what a widget is).
So, let's see how to do it. Go to http://www.esnips.com and sign up. Once you have signed up and signed in, you can create a folder -which you can customize- and upload the file. Click on examine to find the mp3 file in your computer, fill in the information you are required and click on upload file. Once the file has been uploaded, you have two options, either click on MP3 widget to embed a player on your blog, or click on share file, to copy the link or send it by email to someone. The first option is very nice, so we will click on MP3 widget and we will choose one of the widgets from the preview, we will customize it a little bit, if we want to, and finally we'll copy the embed code to paste it on a post in our blog.
You can have the text, the picture and the audio player in the same post or in different ones, that depends on how you like it best.
To have a link, you can host your file in many hosting places, such as Box.net or FileFactory.com. You just have to upload the file and then copy the link they give you.
There are not so many places where you can upload your audio file and have your player embeded now. Some which used to be quite good are now under construction (such as GoEar and BooMp3), but finally I have found one I like, which is http://www.esnips.com. This is a good hosting place for any kind of files, which also allows you to create nice widgets for your folder to have them on your blog too.
But today we are interested in audio (you may do some research on your own and see what other possibilities you have and find out what a widget is).
So, let's see how to do it. Go to http://www.esnips.com and sign up. Once you have signed up and signed in, you can create a folder -which you can customize- and upload the file. Click on examine to find the mp3 file in your computer, fill in the information you are required and click on upload file. Once the file has been uploaded, you have two options, either click on MP3 widget to embed a player on your blog, or click on share file, to copy the link or send it by email to someone. The first option is very nice, so we will click on MP3 widget and we will choose one of the widgets from the preview, we will customize it a little bit, if we want to, and finally we'll copy the embed code to paste it on a post in our blog.
You can have the text, the picture and the audio player in the same post or in different ones, that depends on how you like it best.
Friday, 1 May 2009
A Powerpoint presentation on your blog
To publish a presentation on your blog, you will first need either Office or Open office software to create your presentation.
Once you have created your presentation, you need a hosting site. A good place to host presentations is http://www.slideshare.net/. As usual, you will have to sign up first and next time, you will just have to log in with the details you first gave (so, please remember to write down your username and password!).
To upload a presentation you just have to follow the instructions. It's quite easy. Click on upload and then select single upload from the different options you are offered. Click on examine to select your file from your computer. Fill in the information about the file, so people can find your document on the web. Finally, click on upload and wait a little bit (you'll see a message saying: Work in progress).
Once the file has been uploaded, click on it and it will open in a bigger size. Next to the file, on the right, you'll see a box where there is the embed code for you to copy and paste on a new post on your blog. You may click on view blog to see if your presentation has been correctly published on your blog. If it is still not there, wait a little bit, it may take a bit longer.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Publishing files
Another nice way to publish files is using ISSUU. This service allows you to publish documents with text, pictures and you can even insert a link to an audio file.
You can first create a word file, insert some pictures or some scanned drawings, and finally convert it into a pdf file.
You can convert a word file into a pdf by clicking on the pdf link in your word programme (on the right hand-side corner) or by clicking on print, select printer and click on pdf printer, in this way a pdf file will be created from your word file.
Once you have your pdf file, you can uploaded to http://www.issuu.com.
First, as usual, you'll have to sign up and confirm your registration by email. Next time you access the site you'll need to remember the details to log in, so please write them down.
So, log in and click on upload document. Then, click on browse to select the file. Fill in the general information you are required about the text . In the media section, if you click on choose options, you can insert a link to an audio file, which you may have previously uploaded to an audio hosting place, such as Snips.
When all the info has been filled in, click on upload and after listening to a quick introduction video to Issu, select the uploaded document and click on embed.
Click on customize and embed, to change colour and other things, and when you are ready, copy the embed code, open a new window in your navigator, go to your blog and copy the embed code on a new post.
You can first create a word file, insert some pictures or some scanned drawings, and finally convert it into a pdf file.
You can convert a word file into a pdf by clicking on the pdf link in your word programme (on the right hand-side corner) or by clicking on print, select printer and click on pdf printer, in this way a pdf file will be created from your word file.
Once you have your pdf file, you can uploaded to http://www.issuu.com.
First, as usual, you'll have to sign up and confirm your registration by email. Next time you access the site you'll need to remember the details to log in, so please write them down.
So, log in and click on upload document. Then, click on browse to select the file. Fill in the general information you are required about the text . In the media section, if you click on choose options, you can insert a link to an audio file, which you may have previously uploaded to an audio hosting place, such as Snips.
When all the info has been filled in, click on upload and after listening to a quick introduction video to Issu, select the uploaded document and click on embed.
Click on customize and embed, to change colour and other things, and when you are ready, copy the embed code, open a new window in your navigator, go to your blog and copy the embed code on a new post.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Publishing a word file on your blog
In order to publish a word file on your blog, you need to upload the file to a hosting page called Scribd: http://www.scribd.com, where you will first need to sign up. Remember to write down the details as you will need it next time you want to log in.
Once you have become a registered user, choose upload file (I recommend you the single file uploader), click on examine to select the file from your computer and then click on upload. Then, you will be required to fill in some information about the file, once you have done so, you can go to share this document and copy the embed code.
Now open a new window on your navigator (you'd better not close the other one, just in case), go to the blog, create a new post, write whatever you need to and then paste the code on the post.
Finally, click on publish and go to view blog to see the result
Once you have become a registered user, choose upload file (I recommend you the single file uploader), click on examine to select the file from your computer and then click on upload. Then, you will be required to fill in some information about the file, once you have done so, you can go to share this document and copy the embed code.
Now open a new window on your navigator (you'd better not close the other one, just in case), go to the blog, create a new post, write whatever you need to and then paste the code on the post.
Finally, click on publish and go to view blog to see the result
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Publishing things on the blog: Hosting files and embeding the code
As I said, there are many kind of files that you can publish on your blog and it is often the same technique: finding a hosting page, logging in, uploading the file, copying the embed code and pasting it on a new post.
But, let's see in more detail what kind of files you can publish and where they can be hosted. These are the best hosting pages I have found:
Word files: Scribd.com (Box.net, eSnips.com, ...)
Pdf files with pictures (Beautiful books and magazines): Issuu
Powerpoint: Slideshare.net
Audio and player to embed on your blog: Esnips (GoEar, BooMp3)
Audio and link to your blog: Filefactory
Podcasts (Audio files you and other people can subscribe to): Podomatic
Video: YouTube
Picture albums: Picasa, Flickr
Video with questionnaire or subtitles: ESL Video, Yappr
Photo Slideshows: Slide.com
Animated avatars: Voki, Lively
Mind maps: Bubble.us
Games and nice graphics: Classtools.net
Forms and Spreadsheets for your surveys (and place for many other kind of files,such as documents, presentations, spreadsheets or html files, Hot Potatoes' exercises): google.com
Questionnaires: mystudiyo.com
Cartoons: Kandoo
Animated books: mape.org.uk (very similar to Powerpoint, but with nice ideas to use)
More for surveys and graphics: surveymonkey.com and graphic.org
Interactive presentations with pictures, images and audio: Voicethread
There are some things which are more difficult to embed and you may prefer to simply create a link to the hosting page. For example, hot potatoes games (without picures) can be uploaded to Scribd or Box.net and accessed by means of a link on the blog.
But, let's see in more detail what kind of files you can publish and where they can be hosted. These are the best hosting pages I have found:
Word files: Scribd.com (Box.net, eSnips.com, ...)
Pdf files with pictures (Beautiful books and magazines): Issuu
Powerpoint: Slideshare.net
Audio and player to embed on your blog: Esnips (GoEar, BooMp3)
Audio and link to your blog: Filefactory
Podcasts (Audio files you and other people can subscribe to): Podomatic
Video: YouTube
Picture albums: Picasa, Flickr
Video with questionnaire or subtitles: ESL Video, Yappr
Photo Slideshows: Slide.com
Animated avatars: Voki, Lively
Mind maps: Bubble.us
Games and nice graphics: Classtools.net
Forms and Spreadsheets for your surveys (and place for many other kind of files,such as documents, presentations, spreadsheets or html files, Hot Potatoes' exercises): google.com
Questionnaires: mystudiyo.com
Cartoons: Kandoo
Animated books: mape.org.uk (very similar to Powerpoint, but with nice ideas to use)
More for surveys and graphics: surveymonkey.com and graphic.org
Interactive presentations with pictures, images and audio: Voicethread
There are some things which are more difficult to embed and you may prefer to simply create a link to the hosting page. For example, hot potatoes games (without picures) can be uploaded to Scribd or Box.net and accessed by means of a link on the blog.
Publishing things on your blog: The technique
There are plenty of things you can publish on your blog, most kind of files are allowed and if you are a bit creative you can end up with a nice piece of work.
The technique to upload files and publish them on your blog is nearly always the same one. First you find a place where to host your file and you register or sign up. Once you are a registered user, you have to log in or sign in with your email and password every time you access the hosting page (so, please, don't forget to write down every detail!)
Once you have logged in, you can upload the file. The hosting page will ask you to examine your folders in your computer and select the file to upload. Then, you will have to fill in some details -such as kind of text, content, file type, ...- and tags for the file, so it can be found by other people. And finally you'll upload the file.
Once the file is uploaded, there are different ways you can share it with your friends and other people on the Internet. Very often the hosting page offers you an easy way to send it by email or publish it on places such as Facebook, Myspace, ..., but to make it simple, I would say that there are two things you can do: copy the link or embed the code. If you copy the link on your blog or website, people on clicking on the link will access your hosting page. If you copy the embed code, the file will be published on your blog, and that's what I recommend.
So, once you have uploaded the file, fill in the details and look for the embed code. Copy the embed code and go to your blog. Create a new post, write something if you want to, leave some space and paste the embed code. Put some labels to your post, publish it and go to view blog to see if the file has been correctly published.
The technique to upload files and publish them on your blog is nearly always the same one. First you find a place where to host your file and you register or sign up. Once you are a registered user, you have to log in or sign in with your email and password every time you access the hosting page (so, please, don't forget to write down every detail!)
Once you have logged in, you can upload the file. The hosting page will ask you to examine your folders in your computer and select the file to upload. Then, you will have to fill in some details -such as kind of text, content, file type, ...- and tags for the file, so it can be found by other people. And finally you'll upload the file.
Once the file is uploaded, there are different ways you can share it with your friends and other people on the Internet. Very often the hosting page offers you an easy way to send it by email or publish it on places such as Facebook, Myspace, ..., but to make it simple, I would say that there are two things you can do: copy the link or embed the code. If you copy the link on your blog or website, people on clicking on the link will access your hosting page. If you copy the embed code, the file will be published on your blog, and that's what I recommend.
So, once you have uploaded the file, fill in the details and look for the embed code. Copy the embed code and go to your blog. Create a new post, write something if you want to, leave some space and paste the embed code. Put some labels to your post, publish it and go to view blog to see if the file has been correctly published.
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