New Blogging & Networking Features

authorSTREAM added some new blogging and networking features to the user console:

Better Sharing Options

authorSTREAM has released yet another feature designed to better assist users in sharing PowerPoint presentations. This new feature allows PPT authors to share presentations via authorSTREAM on networking and blogging sites, such as: blogger, orkut and My Space. Combining authorSTREAM and networking sites allows users to showcase themselves and their work much more easily.

Simple process

The process is simple because the feature is built into your authorSTREAM account. First sign in, go to your presentations and right beside your thumbnail picture of your presentation you will have a link called “Send to Blogs & Networks”. Once clicked the link will open a window that will feature a wide variety of blogs and networks of which you can upload your presentation to. Once you select which site you wish to upload to, enter your username and password for the respective site and it will automatically upload itself.

So go ahead and try this new feature and let us know what you think.

Dave Grewal

authorSTREAM Removes all Size Constraints to Upload PPT files

PowerPoint files too big? – we have now eliminated all size requirements to upload PPT files on authorSTREAM. We found that our users love to use animations, graphics, pictures and audio narrations to create amazing presentations, but the other side of the picture is that these add-ons also increase the size of a PowerPoint presentation. Therefore, we have extended the file-size limit to upload presentations from 30 MB to 1 GB on authorSTREAM, to better serve our users.

We now fully encourage all users to go ahead and add as many pictures, graphics, animation and narrations onto their presentations as they wish. We are committed to make authorSTREAM a strong and versatile website that continues to grow and expand it’s capabilities.

However, if users are still wary about the size of their PPT files, we suggest using authorPOINT lite with authorSTREAM

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PowerPoint Podcasts on Your iPod

The new PowerPoint to podcast feature on authorSTREAM to transfer PowerPoint podcasts into your iPod, makes PowerPoint available on iPods and allows for greater flexibility and convenience for those who frequently use PowerPoint for school, business or leisure presentations. PowerPoint users can now easily utilize their iPods to practice, learn and enjoy PowerPoint on the go, without having to use bulky and uncomfortable laptops. Here's a quick tutorial:

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by DaveGrewal

Some uses of PowerPoint podcasts on iPods:

- Business persons preparing and practicing for an important presentation or meeting with ease and convenience of their iPod.
- Travelers can conveniently listen to iPod PowerPoint presentations as guides about famous sites and landmarks as they travel from place-to-place.
- Teacher can create video podcasts using PowerPoint (with or without narration) and distribute it to further assist educating students outside of the classroom.
- Marketing professionals can create video podcasts from PowerPoint about their products so potential buyers get a better idea of their features and benefits.
- Real estate agents can create PowerPoint slide shows of properties to sell and have potential customers transfer them to their iPods.

Some PowerPoint podcast samples:

Business Promotion

Tourism PowerPoint

Teaching PowerPoint

To have your PowerPoint presentation available on iPod, simply upload your presentation to www.authorSTREAM.com. authorSTREAM will keep your audio in PowerPoint while it makes the presentation available in high quality for iPod. Any viewer of your presentation can then download the podcast on to his iTunes and watch it on the go.

The feature to convert PowerPoint to podcasts for iPod is absolutely free, as easy to use as uploading your file, and has excellent podcast quality. Finally, PowerPoint has become portable and easy to share. Imagine how can it improve your life?

Good reads on video podcasting:

• iPod in Education: The Potential for Teaching and Learning
• iPod in Education: The Potential for Language Acquisition
• iPod in Classroom
• Future Technological Approaches to Distance Learning