SlideShare.

Prior to completing this course I had never heard of SlideShare, therefore, I engaged with the courseware and created an account with SlideShare (Central Queensland University, 2009). After creating an account I added a PowerPoint presentation that two of my fellow class members (Sheila Challacombe and Debbie Wehmeier) and I created as part of our assessment item for the course Ensuring Student Success, and the PowerPoint presentation is based upon the Year Two Diagnostic Net. If you would like to view the slideshow, you can do so below as I have embedded it into this post.

Year 2 Diagnostic Net

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Unfortunately I do not have access to a microphone; therefore, I was unable to make a narration audio file for my PowerPoint presentation. However, after reading the step by step process on the Moodle website about how to make a narration audio file (Central Queensland University, 2009), and viewing the Slidecasting 101 presentation on SlideShare by Jonathan Boutelle (Boutelle, 2006), I believe that I would be able to successfully add a narration audio file to my presentation, and I look forward to testing it out in the future when I get access to a microphone.

I think that using SlideShare and adding a narration audio file to the uploaded presentation would be very engaging for students within their learning environment as their preferred learning styles can be catered for, which leads to an effective learning environment being created. Adding a narration audio file to presentations would also be beneficial for students’ learning as students would be enhancing their peers’ knowledge by delivering their presentations to their peers, along with, gaining feedback from their peers about their presentation. Therefore, I am going to keep this service in mind when designing learning experiences and look forward to incorporating the use of SlideShare within my students’ learning experiences in the future.

Reference List:
Boutelle, J. (2006). Slidecasting 101. Retrieved August 16, 2009, from
http://www.slideshare.net/jboutelle/slidecasting-101

Central Queensland University (CQU). (2009). FAHE11001- Managing E-Learning: Moodle site. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Scot Aldred.