Slide hosting services
Encyclopedia
A slide hosting service is a website
that allows users to upload, view, comment, and share slideshow
s created with presentation program
s. According to Alexa and Compete rankings, the most popular slide hosting services include websites such as Slideshare
, MyPlick , Slideboom, and SlideServe.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
that allows users to upload, view, comment, and share slideshow
Slideshow
A slide show is a display of a series of chosen information or pictures, done for artistic or instructional purposes. Slide shows are conducted by a presenter using an apparatus, such as a carousel slide projector, an overhead projector or in more recent years, a computer running presentation...
s created with presentation program
Presentation program
A presentation program is a computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show...
s. According to Alexa and Compete rankings, the most popular slide hosting services include websites such as Slideshare
SlideShare
SlideShare is a Web 2.0 based slide hosting service. Users can upload files privately or publicly in the following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenOffice presentations. Slide decks can then be viewed on the site itself, on hand held devices or embedded on other sites. Launched on...
, MyPlick , Slideboom, and SlideServe.
Main range of application
Slide hosting services became very popular in such fields as eLearning and web-conferencing. Many electronic courses contain videos, audios, animations, which is easy to accomplish within a PowerPoint presentation. After uploading a presentation to a slide hosting service, a user receives an HTML code, which allows embedding it to a website or blog, or sharing it with a friend afterwards. Slide hosting services’ users can join groups by interests and debate about any subject they are interested in. These portals are also used in advertising purposes.Technical concepts
Slide hosting services convert uploaded files into the Flash format. It allows viewing video clips online while downloading them and reducing the original file size.Popular slide hosting services (features)
| SlideShare | MyPlick | SlideBoom | SlideServe | authorSTREAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publish | |||||
| public | |||||
| private | |||||
| download | |||||
| ppt | |||||
| social networks | |||||
| embed | |||||
| supported files | |||||
| ppt | |||||
| pptx | |||||
| keynote | |||||
| audio hosting | |||||
| commentation | |||||
| text | |||||
| graphical annotations | |||||
| audio | |||||
| video | |||||
| member | |||||
| personal messages | |||||
| favorites presentations | |||||
| contacts | |||||
| player | |||||
| full screen | |||||
| play/pause | |||||
| next step | |||||
| previous step | |||||
| thumbnails | |||||
| transitions | |||||
| animations | |||||
| narrations | |||||
| sounds | |||||
| music integration | |||||
| videos | |||||
| audio synchronization | |||||
| presentation details | |||||
| title | |||||
| description | |||||
| tags | |||||
| category | |||||
| language | |||||
| presentation statistic | |||||
| views | |||||
| embeds | |||||
| favorites | |||||
| comments | |||||
| business analytics | |||||
| graphic dashboard | |||||
| other | |||||
| PRO account | |||||
| friend feed | |||||
| groups | |||||
| private groups | |||||
| events | |||||
| presentation transcript | |||||
| ppt to youtube | |||||
| youtube videos to ppt | |||||
| oneclick desktop ppt publish | |||||
| max file size | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1000 |