Now Presentation Channels on authorSTREAM

authorSTREAM has just launched Presentation Channels. This new function allows you to have a personalized Web page, in which you can showcase your presentations, by grouping them in categories. By categorizing the PPTs, people interested in a specific topic can go directly to the channel related to it. Moreover, you can also embed the channel in blogs and web pages, and even allow people to upload presentations related to the topic of your channel.

Here's how to create a channel on authorSTREAM:

You would need to go to "Your Stuff", then click on "Your Channels"

Then, click on "Create a Channel".



After this, you will see a new window, where you can enter channel information, upload the image that will represent your channel on authorSTREAM, and choose the theme you like the most.




When your channel is created, you can find it in the "Your Channels" dashboard.

Remember that you can create a maximum of 2 channels.

You can also subscribe to a channel. When you do this, you will receive a notification on your dashboard, whenever a new presentation is uploaded to the channel you subscribed to.

If you want to contribute a PPT presentation to any of the channels you subscribed to, then you must click on the link:


This also means that a user can be blocked from your channel through channel moderation, after subscription. When blocked, the PPTs of the blocked user will stop showing in the channel and he/she will no longer see the notifications on his/her dashboard.

So go right ahead and share your PowerPoint presentations through your own personalized channels.

Read more about this feature here:

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Download Presentations Easily now with Enhanced Search on authorSTREAM

Did you notice the change in authorSTREAM search results? We just upgraded authorSTREAM search to show up better (more relevant) results, much faster than before. Our Web dev team has done a nice job to make PowerPoint search on authorSTREAM an easy and quick operation, giving you enhanced usability with more sorting options.

Better relevance

Now, e.g., if we type the word "Tennis" in the search box, only relevant presentations appear.

Sorting Options

Additionally, you can sort search results by clicking on any of the three options above the main results window: "Relevance", "Latest" or "Downloadable".

As we can see in the next picture, the first two PPTs have the icon, but not the third one. If you click on the link "Downloadable", it will organize the results again and omit the ones that can not be downloaded.


This is how the results are displayed after we click on "Downloadable".

Using search results

If you click on , you will land on the presentation player page.



You will need to click on the icon again (yes, we know it should not require a second click; we will fix this in the next release). Now, if you are logged in, the PPT file will start downloading automatically; otherwise, the following dialogue box will appear:



You would simply need to log in and your presentation download will start automatically.

We hope you enjoy using the enhanced search facility on authorSTREAM. Do post your feedback in comments here. Enjoy!