Glogster for students

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Step by step guide for creating a student Glogster account and starting a Glog.

Transcript of Glogster for students

The only limits are your imagination.

Responding To Literature.

Recounting a

Historical Event.

Explaining Problem

Solving Techniques.

Advertising a

Geographic Location.

Sharing Research.

Glogster is good for…

Click on “I’m a student.”

• Fill in the following

information.

• Your teacher will see

the nickname you

create.

• Be sure to enter our

school code. (You

should get a school code

from your teacher or Ms.

Covintree.)

Click “CREATE A NEW GLOG.”

Glogster helps gets you started

with a variety of templates.

Choose the one you want!

To get rid of images, click on the image

and then click the pink garbage can.

The background is called the “WALL.”

To change the wall, pick a category

and look through the pages of choices.

To use one, click on it then click “USE IT.”

The wall can be changed at any point.

To add text boxes,

choose “TEXT” then click “USE IT.”

Text boxes can be edited!

• You can change the

• Color

• Size

• Location

• Direction

Click EDIT to make changes.

Change the

color of the

shape.

Link to a website.

Change the font,

color, and style.

Change effects.

If your text is too large for the container, not to

worry.... you will get a scroll bar like this.

Graphics can enhance the appearance of your project.

Think of it like adding stickers to a poster.... but better!

Some of these are animated.

There are pages and pages of graphics

in many categories.

Find what you like and click “USE IT.”

Graphics can be edited!

• You can change the

• Color

• Size

• Direction

Adding images to Glogster is quite easy.

Use your own or provide an image link.

To use your own picture,

click UPLOAD,

and find the picture.

When the picture has uploaded, it will appear in the

window. Click the picture, the click USE IT!

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You can

also add

FRAMES to

your

images.

Glogster

also allows

you to

upload

videos

(even from

YouTube)

and music.

It is a good idea to save your work

periodically. Click “SAVE AND PUBLISH.”

Name your Glog, select a category, then

click “SAVE & PUBLISH.”

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Once you saved, if you’re

Not Finished? • Click “CONTINUE

EDITING” to go

back to work.

Finished? • There are many

ways to share your

Glog.

• Make sure that at

least one share is

with your teacher.

• Glogster does not always work well

on table devices.

• Credit images that aren’t yours by

linking back to the original source.

• Glog pages CAN BE PRINTED.

Final thoughts…

Ask for help if you need it & Have Fun!

• K. Covintree, created 9/30/2013.

• This presentation is a revision of one

created by Lori. P. Sheldon

(http://www.keystonemoments.com)

and shortened by slideshare.net user

kilkenny.