Glogster- tutorial

Web 2.0: Glogster

What is Glogster?

Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs. A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image. It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with the content.

Why Use Glogster?

Glogster provides an online environment to design interactive posters. The user inserts text, images, photos, audio (MP3), videos, special effects and other elements into their glogs to generate a multimedia online creation. Glogster is based on Adobe Flash elements. Posters can be shared with other users on the site, embedded in external wikis or blogs, and shared via many social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Glogs can also be exported and saved to computer-compatible formats.

Users can integrate dynamic multi-sensory resources into traditionally text-oriented tasks. This Web 2.0 tool allows students to demonstrate their mastery of a subject by creating a poster that shows the information they learned.

An important disadvantage is that, since most of the files that you attach may be heavy, it may take too long in to open each element. Bare this in mind if you need this glogster for a presentation you may have some problems.

How to Create an Account

If this is your first time- Create an account

You can choose from these two options.

Complete the form with your personal information and click “register”. Do not forget to confirm your e-mail account. They will email you a link which you have to access in order to confirm your account.

If you have a Facebook account

Once you create an account you can start “gloging”. Take a look at Glogster’s home page:

How to Create a Glog

1.       Choose from the Glog template to start.

2.       Double click any of the elements that are automatically included. You can edit it, drag and drop it to any position that you like, resize or delete.

3.       If you want to add another element click the tool bar.

1.       Click here to make the tool bar appear or disappear.

2.       Click here to upload any kind of file. It will save in your account for later uses.

3.       Hyperlink any of the elements to another glog or website.

4.       You can go back to a previews or later step.

5.       Click here to preview your work.

6.       Once you have finished, click here to save your work.

Tag your work so that it can easily be found other users or yourself. Decide whether you want to make it public or private.

After you have saved it you can share it through Facebook Twitter or send the link to a friend. You can choose if you want Glogster to automatically share all your works on Facebook (Check this in Account setting)

7.       Click “text” on the tool bar, to add or edit some text.

  

8.       Click “graphics” on the tool bar, to add or edit some graphics.

9.       Click “image” on the tool bar, to add or edit some images.

You can upload a picture, find on the internet or grab it from you camera. You can also surf the net and find a piture from Google, Picasa, Flicks, Photobucket, Facebook and Clipart.

Once you are satisfied with the picture you can select a frame from the given categories.

10.   Click “wall” on the tool bar, to add or edit the background colour of your board.

You can upload a picture, find on the internet or grab it from you camera. You can also surf the net and find a piture from Google, Picasa, Flicks, Photobucket, Facebook and Clipart. You can also choose from the ready made walls that are in the Gallery or use a solid colour as well.

11.   Click “audio” on the tool bar, to add or edit some audio file.

There are any ready-made audio files. Therefore it is important that you either upload, link or grab your own audios. Once you have one you can choose a player from the different categories.

12.   Click “video” on the tool bar, to add or edit some videos. If you have not uploaded, linked or grabed any video, you can simply find one video on YouTube or Vimeo.

Then you should select the player.

Finally you must decide whether it will play automatically or if the viewer should play it.

13.   Click “data” on the tool bar, to add or edit any kind of information.

Example

Here is link to an example of a board.