Monday, December 3, 2012

Web Wednesday12/5/12

Enhancing Your Class Website

Many of you have expressed an interest in embedding slideshows into your classroom blog.  This is a great way to showcase student work and to share what you've been up in your classroom.

Here are some quick directions for embedding a slideshow from Picasa into your blog:

  1. Go to Picasa Web Albums (log in using your RSU1 Gmail account).
  2. Click on Upload to add new photos; once they are uploaded, give your new album a name.
  3. Choose the album that you would like to embed by clicking on the title of the album from your Picasa home page.
  4. On the right-hand side, click on the "edit" button next to where it says "Only you" and change it to "public on the web."  
  5. Once you've made your album public, click on "Link to this Album" and then "Embed Slideshow."
  6. Choose the album size that you'd like and also whether you'd like it to autoplay and then copy the HTML code that appears in the box.
  7. Open a new tab in Firefox (go to File -> new tab) and go to Blogger.
  8. Click on New Post (or page, depending on where you want your slideshow to be) and then click on the "HTML" tab.  Paste your slideshow embed code.  
  9. Publish! 
Here's a video tutorial in case you get stuck:



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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    - This is so helpful (and addicting maybe?) I am having one minor problem with click and dragging photos into Picasa Web Albums - sometimes I can do it and sometimes not. (It seems like if I just started my computer it works - this is my PC at home that I'm referring to - but if I went to try it again the click and drag feature is blocked. I am able to open a bunch of pics at once with ctrl and select and then open - but not as fun as click and drag ... whine, whine)
    Anyhow, our pre-k blog is humming with slideshows. Many thanks -

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Your Pre-K blog looks fabulous Anne! I'm not sure why the "click and drag" feature doesn't work sometimes. I wonder if it would make a difference if you tried a different browser? (e.g if you're using Internet Explorer, try Firefox, or vice versa). I will play with it on one of our netbooks at PES and see if I can discover the magic switch for dragging and dropping. Blog on!

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