How to use glogster
Download as PPTX, PDF2 likes7,668 views
Glogs are virtual posters that integrate text, audio, video, images and hyperlinks. To create a glog, users sign up for a Glogster account and choose a template. They can then add multimedia content like text, graphics, videos and audio. Users can customize the size, style and layout of the added content. After adding all content, users preview and save their glog, name it, add tags and set the privacy settings before sharing it.
How to use glogster
- 1. How to use Glogster www.glogster.com
- 2. Glogs are virtual posters integrating text, audio, video, images and hyperlinks. Start a glog by going to www.glogster.com . Then… Click here to get started.
- 3. Create your own glogster account! 1. Fill in all the particulars following the instructions in red. 2. Then click here.
- 4. When this page appears go to your email account that you registered with.
- 5. You would have received a mail from Glogster. Open it and… Click on the link here.
- 6. Congratulations! You are now an official member of Glogster! Now… Click here to update account.
- 7. This is how you will appear to the rest of the glogging community! 1. Upload and fill particulars. 2. Click here.
- 8. Now you can start making your own glog! Click here to create new glog.
- 9. Start by choosing a template… 1. Browse through the templates 2. Click on the one you would like to work with.
- 10. Now you can start adding audio, video, text, graphics and hyperlinks! 1. Click on anything that you want to change or update. 2. To change text content and style, click here.
- 11. Let’s start by adding text… 2. Change 1. Click here font, and type to style, enter new text. size, color of text here after high- lighting the text.
- 12. Click the following icons to play around with your boxes … To To make To make revert this box copies of box to stand below selected smaller To lock other boxes. box. size. the box. To To make discard this box the box. stand above other boxes. This applies to all text boxes, image boxes, video boxes, audio boxes and graphics.
- 13. Now, we can move on to graphics… To change graphic, click here.
- 14. Glogster offers a variety of graphics to choose from! 2. Click on Some are animated too… the graphic you like. 1.Browse through different 3. Click graphics here to use it.
- 15. You can decide the size and orientation of anything you use! Click and move the arrows at the corners Click and of move the graphic twisted to change arrows to size. change orientation. This applies to all text boxes, image boxes, video boxes and graphics.
- 16. Also experiment with shadows, transparency and adding links… Click here to add a link along with graphic. Click here to add shadow or change transparency. This applies to all text boxes, image boxes, video boxes , audio boxes and graphics.
- 17. Now, to add videos… Click on this to change video box.
- 18. Videos can be inserted in many ways… Click here Click here to upload to upload a video video from your Click here using a webcam at to upload link. that video from moment. your computer.
- 19. You can also upload a video from Youtube by… 2. Enter keywords to 3. Click on search for video video 1. Click chosen. here. 4. Click here to add to My Videos for later use. 5. Click here to add themed players for the video. 6. Click here to upload video.
- 20. Decide which video your viewers see first and how loud they are by… 2. Select autoplay 1. Click and adjust here. volume of video here.
- 21. Now, for images… Click here to change image box.
- 22. You can insert images by… 1. Upload images from Facebook, 3. Click on Flickr or 2. Enter keywords to image that Picasa search for images. you like. accounts. 4. Click here to add (OR) 1. to My Images for Choose later use. images from 5. Click here google. to add frame for image. 6. Click here to use image.
- 23. To add an audio clipping… Click here.
- 24. Then… 2. Upload an audio at the 1. Click (OR) 2. Upload moment using here an audio by your webcam. adding a link. 3. Select a (OR) 2. Upload an themed audio from your player. computer. 4. Click here to use it.
- 25. To add an attachment to your glog… Click here.
- 26. Then… 2. Add link of file 1. Click to be attached. (OR) 2. here. Upload file from your computer. 3. Click here to use it.
- 27. The Wall of your glog can be made attractive too! Click here.
- 28. Then… 2. Upload, add link or 1. Click capture using webcam here. an image to be used for the wall. (OR) 2. Select an image from My Gallery. 3. Align, stretch and set the image for (OR) the wall. 2. Select a solid 4. Click here colour. to use it. The Page wall can be customized in a similar way by clicking on ‘Page Wall’.
- 29. After adding all your multimedia– you’re all done! Go for a sneak preview and save!! Click here for Click a preview. here to save glog.
- 30. Name your glog… 1. Enter name of you glog here. 2. Then click here.
- 31. Just a few finishing touches…. 1. Enter Tags for your glog. 2. Set Privacy settings. 3. Click here.
- 32. And you’re all done! Share your glog with others using the link in the box!