Sabrina Fu's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T05:54:18ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFuhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950061020?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3ehxvliba2y12&xn_auth=no2009 Educators’ Calendartag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-13:649749:BlogPost:2612292009-01-13T02:26:34.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
News From <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/blog#109">Sameshow Blog</a>:<br />
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Enjoy your FREE 2009 Educators’ Calendar, full of interesting holidays, significant dates in history, and month- and week-long celebrations. It’s sure to present teachable moments all year long!<br />
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…<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/calendar/Educator_Calendar_2009.pdf"><img src="http://i.infoplease.com/images/tv/printables/calendar/Educator_Calendar_2009.gif"></img></a></p>
News From <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/blog#109">Sameshow Blog</a>:<br />
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Enjoy your FREE 2009 Educators’ Calendar, full of interesting holidays, significant dates in history, and month- and week-long celebrations. It’s sure to present teachable moments all year long!<br />
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<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/calendar/Educator_Calendar_2009.pdf"><img src="http://i.infoplease.com/images/tv/printables/calendar/Educator_Calendar_2009.gif"/></a></p>
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<a href="http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/calendar/Educator_Calendar_2009.pdf">Click to view the 2009 Educators’ Calendar >></a><br />
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Hope it helps!<br />
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<a href="http://e-learning-tips.blogspot.com">http://e-learning-tips.blogspot.com</a>Jing Goes Pro: One of Our Favorite Screencasting Tools Just Got Bettertag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-07:649749:BlogPost:2559532009-01-07T03:34:24.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
News from <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/jing_goes_pro.php">ReadWriteWeb</a>:<br />
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<b>Jing</b>, one of our favorite free screenshot and screencasting tools, just received a major update. Besides adding a new look and feel, TechSmith, Jing's parent company, also announced a new Pro version of Jing, which, for $14.95 a year, allows users to record their screencasts in HD H.264 video, directly upload them to YouTube, and remove the Jing logos that appear at the beginning and end of…
News from <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/jing_goes_pro.php">ReadWriteWeb</a>:<br />
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<b>Jing</b>, one of our favorite free screenshot and screencasting tools, just received a major update. Besides adding a new look and feel, TechSmith, Jing's parent company, also announced a new Pro version of Jing, which, for $14.95 a year, allows users to record their screencasts in HD H.264 video, directly upload them to YouTube, and remove the Jing logos that appear at the beginning and end of videos produced with the free version of Jing.<br />
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The free version also got a major face lift. While there aren't too many new features, one new function we definitely like is the ability to customize Jing's buttons according to your own workflow.<br />
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<b>High Quality Video and Direct YouTube Uploads</b><br />
For just about $15 a year, the Pro version is quite a bargain. Thanks to using the H.264/MPEG-4-AVC video codec, Jing now not only makes it easy to capture high-quality video (including online videos), but also to take those videos to other editors like iMovie, or to video sites like Vimeo or Viddler. The free version of Jing records videos in the SWF format, and TechSmith's Camtasia Studio is one of the few programs that can actually edit those Jing-produced videos.<br />
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The Pro version also lets you upload videos directly to YouTube. As with the free version of Jing, you can also use TechSmith's own Screencast.com to host your videos.<br />
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In this new version, Jing fixed the one issue that had always annoyed us when we tried to embed videos captured with the software: resizing the height and width of embedded videos now finally works.<br />
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<b>New Help Center</b><br />
Besides updating its desktop software, Jing also released a new 'Help Center,' with lots of tutorials and tips for getting the most out of Jing.<br />
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<b>Screenshots and Screencasting</b><br />
We mostly use Jing to take screenshots every day, and with this update and a subscription to the Pro version, Jing has also become an even more flexible and useful screencasting tool than ever before.<br />
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<b>Related Screencasting tools:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp">Camtasia</a> from Techsmith $299<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com">Captivate</a> from Adobe $699<br />
<a href="http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html#109">DemoCreator</a> from Wondershare $99<br />
<a href="http://www.allcapture.com/eng/index.php">All Capture</a> from Balesio $199Top 100 E-Learning Tools (And The Top 25 Free Ones)tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-12-31:649749:BlogPost:2481722008-12-31T09:30:00.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
<a href="http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2008/12/my-review-of-2008-part-ii.html">Jane Hart</a> over at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has compiled some great lists for e-learning tools. The lists are geared more toward educators, but I think a decent majority of the items are relevant for students as well, especially grad students who spend their days walking that line between penniless student and underpaid educator.<br />
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There’s the…
<a href="http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2008/12/my-review-of-2008-part-ii.html">Jane Hart</a> over at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has compiled some great lists for e-learning tools. The lists are geared more toward educators, but I think a decent majority of the items are relevant for students as well, especially grad students who spend their days walking that line between penniless student and underpaid educator.<br />
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There’s the <a href="http://c4lpt.co.uk/articles/25tools.html">Top 25 Free Tools List</a>, which is awesome for its no-charge-ness:<br />
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1. <b>Firefox plus extensions</b>—web browser<br />
2. <b>delicious</b>—social bookmarking tool<br />
3. <b>Google Reader</b>—rss reader<br />
4. <b>Gmail</b>–webmail<br />
5. <b>Skype</b>—instant messenger<br />
6. <b>Google Calendar</b>—online calendar<br />
7. <b>Google Docs</b>—online office suite<br />
8. <b>Slideshare</b>—presentation sharing tool<br />
9. <b>flickr</b>—image hosting and sharing tool<br />
10. <b>Voicethread</b>—collaborative slideshow tool<br />
11. <b>Wordpress</b>—blogging tool<br />
12. <b>Audacity</b>—audio/podcasting tool<br />
13. <b>YouTube</b>—video hosting and sharing tool<br />
14. <b>Jing</b>—screencasting tool<br />
15. <b>PBwiki</b>—wiki tool<br />
16. <b>PollDaddy</b>—polling tool<br />
17. <b>Nvu</b>—web authoring tool<br />
18. <b>Yugma</b>—web meeting tool<br />
19. <b>Ustream</b>—live broadcasting tool<br />
20. <b>Ning</b>—(private) social networking tool<br />
21. <b>Freemind</b>—mind mapping tool<br />
22. <b>Moodle</b>—course management system<br />
23. <b>eXe</b>—course authoring tool<br />
24. <b>iGoogle</b>—personal start page tool<br />
25. <b>twitter</b>—microblogging tool<br />
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And there’s the slide show below of the <a href="http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html">Top 100 Tools For Learning 2008</a>:<br />
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</div>Test Your Students' Xmas Knowledge - Make Christmas Quizzes with Sounds & Videostag:www.classroom20.com,2008-12-10:649749:BlogPost:2321022008-12-10T07:49:51.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
When the season of goodwill and tidings comes, you may like to find some funny ways for sharing some cheer with your friends on Christmas.<br />
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Quizzing is a good way to impress your folks in the Season's party. Well, you can really add some Christmas merriness and enrich the Season's spirit with some simple questions which go in perfect sync with the Christmas mood. …<br></br>
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When the season of goodwill and tidings comes, you may like to find some funny ways for sharing some cheer with your friends on Christmas.<br />
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Quizzing is a good way to impress your folks in the Season's party. Well, you can really add some Christmas merriness and enrich the Season's spirit with some simple questions which go in perfect sync with the Christmas mood. <br/>
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Here are some tips to create a Christmas quiz which is ideal for office and family parties, either to get the evening going in Christmas mood, or as a focal point of the evening to cheer people up. <br/><br/>
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<h2>Quizzing to Explore Christmas History</h2>
Each year, during the month of December, millions of homes across the world are decorated with Christmas trees and fairy lights. Where does this tradition come from? That is an interesting quizzing topic to start with. You can create some quizzes about the history of Christmas and ask your families or friends to take.<br />
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How much do you really know about this festive holiday? Best of Luck and let's get quizzing!<br />
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<h2>Add Christmas Music to Your Quiz</h2>
Many of us are eminently familiar with the great Christmas music, having heard them over and over again each year in December. So why not add some beautiful Huron Carols, Sacred Carols, Winter Songs and Novelty songs to your quiz?<br />
You can click the link below to download popular Christmas songs. <br/>
<a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/twlvdays.mid" target="_blank">The Twelve Days of Christmas (I)</a> <br/>
<a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/12days.mid" target="_blank">The Twelve Days of Christmas (II)</a> <br/>
<a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/drum.mid" target="_blank">Little Drummer Boy (I)</a> <br/>
<a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/drummer.mid" target="_blank">Little Drummer Boy (II)</a> <br/>
<a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/lildrum.mid" target="_blank">Little Drummer Boy (III)</a> <br/>
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For more songs, you can click <a href="http://www.shirleycason.com/christmasmusicmp3.html" target="_blank">here</a> or learn much more from Google.<br/>
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<h2>Use Christmas Graphics to bring Christmas up to the Quiz</h2>
Pictures captured in the big day with a digital camera or downloaded from the online stock can be used in your quiz for sharing and enjoying. Combination with Christams imagined even songs will make your quiz not just a question list but wondershare Christmas enjoyment. <br/>
Free Christmas Photo Stock is available here. <br/><br/>
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Now, <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/samples/xmas-quiz/index.html#109">here</a> is a sample quiz with Christmas songs and Christmas photos for your reference. And you can prepare yourself for creating your own Merry Christmas quizzes.<p></p>
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<a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/download/quiz-creator-download.html#109">Click here to download a free trial of QuizCreator</a> and <strong>start making Christmas Quizzes</strong> now! <br/>How to Create Quizzes From Exceltag:www.classroom20.com,2008-12-08:649749:BlogPost:2309722008-12-08T07:00:00.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
Here is a step-by-step tutorial of <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator/import-quiz-from-excel.html#109">create quizzes from excel</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/index.html#109">Wondershare QuizCreator</a> provides users with two options of adding different question types to a quiz.<br />
1. Create questions one by one in <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator.html#109">QuizCreator</a>.<br />
2. Import questions from an external source: An existing…
Here is a step-by-step tutorial of <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator/import-quiz-from-excel.html#109">create quizzes from excel</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/index.html#109">Wondershare QuizCreator</a> provides users with two options of adding different question types to a quiz.<br />
1. Create questions one by one in <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator.html#109">QuizCreator</a>.<br />
2. Import questions from an external source: An existing Excel document.<br />
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Using the import Excel feature is a quick solution to creating questions and saving your time. QuizCreator includes an Excel template file named template.xls to help users create a formatted document that can be imported into the program. The following is the step-by-step tutorial of how to do it:<br />
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<a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/samples/math-quiz/math-quiz.html#109">Click to view a quiz created by QuizCreator>></a><br />
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<b>1. Start Mark and End Mark</b><br />
The start mark and end mark are indicators for Excel to communicate with QuizCreator and therefore are unchangeable. You need to retain these two cells at the beginning and the end of the worksheet.<br />
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<b>2. Question ID & Question Number</b><br />
Every question type has a unique question ID assigned to in the Excel template. When imported to QuizCreator, the ID will tell it which question type it falls into. This is a mandatory field of a question created in Excel.<br />
<b>ID Question Type</b><br />
<b>90001 True/False<br />
90002 Multiple Choice(single answer)<br />
90003 Multiple Choice(multiple answers)<br />
90004 Fill in Blanks<br />
90005 Matching<br />
90006 Sequence<br />
90007 Essay</b><br />
Every question created in Excel must have a question number to go with it. All question numbers must be in consecutive order, otherwise, they can not be imported into QuizCreator.<br />
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<b>3. Quiz Title</b><br />
The cell next to the Start Mark is the quiz title.<br />
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<b>4. Create a question</b><br />
When creating questions in the Excel document, there are three required items and one optional item which need to be entered.<br />
Required Items: Question Number, Question ID , Question Content<br />
Optional Item: Image<br />
QuizCreator has a unique feature which allows quiz designers to insert a static image or animated Flash into a question. In Excel, this feature is also available. By putting the full file path of the image or Flash in the Image Path field, you can add an image to a specific question.<br />
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eg: If an image file named image.jpg in the MyPicture folder of drive C is to be insert into a question, you will need to input the full filename path into the Image Path cell. C:\Backup\My Documents\My Pictures Note:You will not be able to create a click map question using the Excel template as this format is not yet supported.<br />
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<b>5. Add Answers</b><br />
True or False<br />
For True/False questions, insert TRUE and FALSE as the possible answers and indicate the correct answer by putting Y in the same row.<br />
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<b>Multiple Choice (single answer)</b><br />
For multiple choice (single answer) questions the maximum number of possible answers is 8. Indicate the correct answer by putting Y in the same row.<br />
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<b>Multiple Choice(multiple answers)</b><br />
For multiple choice (multiple answers) questions, the maximum number of possible answers is 8.Indicate the correct answers by putting Y in the same rows.<br />
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<b>Fill in Blanks</b><br />
To add answers to a Fill in the Blanks question, you may add up to 8 answer items and leave the correct answer area blank.<br />
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<b>Matching</b><br />
For Matching questions, you may add up to 8 answer items in the left column and put the corresponding matches in the right column.<br />
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<b>Sequence</b><br />
With a Sequence question, you can put the answer items in random order in the left column and in the correct order in the right column. The maximum number of answer items is 8.<br />
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<b>Short Essay</b><br />
For Short Essay questions, you can either insert a model answer for reference here or just leave it blank.<br />
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<a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-software-download.html#109">Download QuizCreator and Create Quizzes Now >></a>Last Minutes Tips From Devil to Boost Cyber Monday Salestag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-28:649749:BlogPost:2248762008-11-28T13:23:37.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
<b>Help E-retailers Capture Dollars on Cyber Monday</b><br />
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Story from <a href="http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/powerpointtoflash/">DMO Blog</a>:<br />
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As this time of year is make it or break it for many retailers, now is the last chance to prepare for the busy period. E-retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday" -- but even so, online sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong…
<b>Help E-retailers Capture Dollars on Cyber Monday</b><br />
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Story from <a href="http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/powerpointtoflash/">DMO Blog</a>:<br />
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As this time of year is make it or break it for many retailers, now is the last chance to prepare for the busy period. E-retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday" -- but even so, online sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth. Here are some tips help you capture dollars on Cyber Monday.<br />
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<b>Tip 1: Send eCards to Your Customers with Promotion Info</b><br />
If you have email addresses of your customers, you could send a holiday eCard to them with your wishes and promotion information. An eCard would be friendly than a .txt email. There are many eCard tools like PPT to eCard help you build the holiday card in minutes.<br />
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<b>Tip 2: Set Google Pay Per Click Adwords and Get Traffic</b><br />
Open Google Adwords and get traffic from Google could be an easy way to get higher traffic. Many users search “Cyber Monday Offer”, “Cyber Monday Discount” and the like on Google, E-retailers could open some related keywords on Google and get the traffic quickly.<br />
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<b>Tip 3: List a Promotion on CyberMonday.com</b><br />
Use the marketing muscle of the site CyberMonday.com run by Shop.org. "A lot of smaller e-tailers don't know the site exists, but it's an extra area of exposure you can capitalize on," said Leuenberger. "To stand out, though, you have to have a great deal, something beyond just free shipping."<br />
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"We do quite a bit of testing, and this is one of those little things that make a big difference to the bottom line," said Leuenberger. "It will boost the average order value."<br />
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<b>Tip 4: Create Product Bundle Gift Packages & Free Shipping</b><br />
Develop a "gift package" bundle that includes items that complement each other. Make sure the price of the bundled package costs less than if the shopper actually purchased each product separately from your store.<br />
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<b>Tip 5: Dress Up your Products with Flash Presentations</b><br />
As Flash is the ultimate output, we should set up more engaging content to outstand the products and embed to web easily. But Adobe Flash Professional is difficult for most businessmen to create a Flash presentation, but they are familiar with PowerPoint. <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/christmas-promotion.html#109">Wondershare Business Pack</a> is designed for E-retailers to do holiday promotion. It helps retailers rapidly build products presentations, eCard and quiz games without any programming skills. Now it offers up to 56% discount for Cyber Monday. You could go to <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/christmas-promotion.html#109">http://www.sameshow.com/christmas-promotion.html#109</a> and learn more about it.<br />
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<b>Tip 6: Give a Free Gift Away for Orders Over a Certain Amount</b><br />
"I'm not talking free shipping promos. Add something different to it," said Leuenberger. "Something with a flare. Such as, 'If you buy this flashlight, get a pack of batteries free.' Make it worth their while. People expect free shipping, so if you're trying to be competitive, be the one who offers that plus a deal, and you'll get more sales."<br />
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<b>Tip 7: 1. Share the Love, Spread it Out</b><br />
One-day sales are great for everyone, except your fulfillment staff. In order to prevent hysteria for your customer service staff, run the sale over a few days rather than one day only. This also will allow time for customer viral marketing to kick in.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sameshow.com/christmas-promotion.html#109">Click to view some samples created by Wondershare Business Pack >></a>Publish a Quiz on Your Blog and Track the Quiz Results Online For Freetag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-26:649749:BlogPost:2238032008-11-26T12:36:50.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
Here is a step-by-step tutorial from <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator/create-online-quiz.html#109">Online-Quiz-Creator.com</a>, Our teachers could rapidly create a multimedia quiz and publish it to web or Blog. It also provide <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-management-system.html#109">Quiz Management System</a> to track the quiz results online <b>For Free</b>.
Here is a step-by-step tutorial from <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-creator/create-online-quiz.html#109">Online-Quiz-Creator.com</a>, Our teachers could rapidly create a multimedia quiz and publish it to web or Blog. It also provide <a href="http://www.online-quiz-creator.com/quiz-management-system.html#109">Quiz Management System</a> to track the quiz results online <b>For Free</b>.Exam 2.0: Host Your Next Exam Online at Online-Quiz-Creator.comtag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-18:649749:BlogPost:2171392008-11-18T07:30:00.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
News from <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/blog">sameshow blog</a>:<br />
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<b>Things You’ll Need:</b><br />
PowerPoint software<br />
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<b>Step 1:</b><br />
Put your opening activity or warm-up on PowerPoint instead of the overhead. As students share their responses, add them to the next slide.<br />
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<b>Step 2:</b><br />
Prepare lectures in PowerPoint. Adding pictures and short video clips makes the presentation truly multimedia and more fully engages students in the…
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<b>Things You’ll Need:</b><br />
PowerPoint software<br />
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<b>Step 1:</b><br />
Put your opening activity or warm-up on PowerPoint instead of the overhead. As students share their responses, add them to the next slide.<br />
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<b>Step 2:</b><br />
Prepare lectures in PowerPoint. Adding pictures and short video clips makes the presentation truly multimedia and more fully engages students in the material. Instructional goals will be met while multiple learning styles are addressed.<br />
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<b>Step 3:</b><br />
Website links can also be added to presentations. Taking a virtual tour of Egypt or browsing an online biography of an author will be a click away. Post links so they are available to students who want to explore the sites more deeply.<br />
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<b>Step 4:</b><br />
Post all PowerPoint presentations on a class website. Students can revisit material from home or the library. Absent students can access the class presentation while home sick or the next day. Here is a tutorial of how to put PowerPoint online <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/other/powerpoint-to-web.html">http://www.sameshow.com/other/powerpoint-to-web.html</a><br />
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<b>Step 5:</b><br />
Create review games using PowerPoint. Jeopardy and other game show formats can be found in template form all over the Internet. Teachers just add their specific content and the game is good to go. Students love team competitions and more visual students can easily see the questions and answers.<br />
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<b>Step 6:</b><br />
Tutor students on basic PowerPoint techniques so they can use their skills to make their own presentations for class assignments. Once students master the basics, you can also slowly introduce more advanced skills, especially by using them in your own presentations.<br />
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<b>Step 7:</b><br />
Share you presentations with other teachers. If each teacher creates several PowerPoints in your subject area, you won't have to make as many to have your whole year covered.<br />
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<b>Step 8:</b><br />
Give students a skeletal outline of the presentation to fill in as they listen. Discussion questions can also be included on the handout.<br />
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<b>Tips & Warnings</b><br />
1. Don't put too much information on each slide, which might overwhelm students. Instead, highlight key ideas and then elaborate during the verbal part of the presentation.<br />
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2. Save your presentations from year to year. They will only need a short update, saving tremendous preparation time for you.<br />
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3. Don't let lectures become too passive from incorrect use of PowerPoint. Embed discussion questions and mini-activities between lecture material to keep students engaged.Web as Desktop: Live presentations on the web!tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-09:649749:BlogPost:1871132008-09-09T07:52:06.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
<b>Are you suffering the high cost and continual repetition of live presentations?</b><br />
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<i>"As a president, I always join many meetings and trade shows to present our products or corporation. There is no problem with the live presentation. But I’m stuck when I want to sharing the meeting with others after it. Because I need present the same presentation again and again even spend additional high costs on driving or flying. The boring continual repetition makes me crazy. Is there any way to take…</i>
<b>Are you suffering the high cost and continual repetition of live presentations?</b><br />
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<i>"As a president, I always join many meetings and trade shows to present our products or corporation. There is no problem with the live presentation. But I’m stuck when I want to sharing the meeting with others after it. Because I need present the same presentation again and again even spend additional high costs on driving or flying. The boring continual repetition makes me crazy. Is there any way to take my live presentation to the web? – Mr. Cooper”</i><br />
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PowerPoint is still the most popular tool for presentations now. It could integrate images, movies, narrations, animations to make the presentation animated and interactive. But the PowerPoint file is big and hard to share on the web, hard to integrate with the presenter’s video and narration to live up the presentation.<br />
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<b>How to distribute the live presentations to web to reduce the cost?</b><br />
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As everybody knows that, web presentation is a big cost and time saving solution. If we could run the presentation with the presenter’s video and narration online, it will be perfect. The difficulty of the web presentation is hard to integrate the presenter’s video and narration along with the PowerPoint presentation content. Is there any way to fix this problem?<br />
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<b>A brand new service</b> gives you an easy-to-use way to integrate the presenter’s video with PowerPoint slideshows, sharing the results online. This simple tool makes it a piece of cake to run the presenter’s video content side-by-side with PowerPoint presentations. So the audience could get the presentation running alongside with presenter’s video and narration in action, likes that the presenter stands by them. This really has the power to bring online presentations to life. There are many tools such as <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html">Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional</a> and services like <a href="http://www.omnisio.com/">Omnisio</a>, <a href="http://www.zentation.com/">Zentation</a> to integrate the video along with the PowerPoint slideshows. Here is the comparability of the two ways.<br />
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<b>PPT2Flash Professional</b> converts the PowerPoint presentations to Flash with presenter’s video and narration in one click. It works as a PowerPoint add-in. Presenter could easily distribute the Flash presentations to their website or training center for sharing. The Flash format is safer and smaller for web distribution.<br />
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Learn more about Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional from: <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html">http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html</a><br />
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View samples from here: <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/samples.html">http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/samples.html</a><br />
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<b>Omnisio</b> and <b>Zentation</b> are simple online applications for the synchronization and sharing of the Slideshare-hosted PowerPoint decks and Google Video-hosted content. You could upload your video to Youtube and then upload the PowerPoint presentation to Slideshare, use Omnisio and Zentation to synchronization them together. They will generate one webpage for you. You could share the content with others on this webpage.<br />
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<b>For inner continual presentations</b>, PPT2Flash Professional seems a better solution.<br />
<b>For external one time presentation</b>, Omnisio and Zentation are better solutions.Wondershare PPT2Flash for shockwave in Powerpointtag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-02:649749:BlogPost:1846472008-09-02T06:30:00.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
After another teacher asked me how to put swf files into powerpoint I recalled how complicated this was, but with many teachers having resources already in Powerpoint rather than Smart Notebook it was a matter of finding a way for teachers to insert flash and movie, record narration in ppt. And even it could add our teachers' video and narration along with the PowerPoint courses.<br />
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Then I remembered Wondershare PPT2Flash that is great for educators. It…
After another teacher asked me how to put swf files into powerpoint I recalled how complicated this was, but with many teachers having resources already in Powerpoint rather than Smart Notebook it was a matter of finding a way for teachers to insert flash and movie, record narration in ppt. And even it could add our teachers' video and narration along with the PowerPoint courses.<br />
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Then I remembered Wondershare PPT2Flash that is great for educators. It adds several toolbar buttons to powerpoint for publishing the content, great for use with moodle and also has an insert flash button. It really doesn’t get any easier.<br />
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After convert to Flash, my students could view the content via IE Broswer, Firefox, Safari and Moodle. No need PowerPoint viewer any more. I like the way to convert PowerPoint to Flash.<br />
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Learn more about it from: <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html">http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html</a><br />
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View converted Flash content from: <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/samples.html">http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/samples.html</a>2 Ways to Import a PowerPoint Courses to Moodletag:www.classroom20.com,2008-08-28:649749:BlogPost:1831722008-08-28T12:36:02.000ZSabrina Fuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SabrinaFu
As a Moodle user, I am really impressed by its powerful features. I can even upload a PowerPoint presentation as one lesson for learning and teaching. Actually, we have at least two options to import a PowerPoint to Moodle.<br />
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<b>Option1. Import a PowerPoint as webpage (Without animations, transitions and media files)</b><br />
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Moodle has native feature to capture text and graphics from a series of PowerPoint presentation slides and insert them into the…
As a Moodle user, I am really impressed by its powerful features. I can even upload a PowerPoint presentation as one lesson for learning and teaching. Actually, we have at least two options to import a PowerPoint to Moodle.<br />
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<b>Option1. Import a PowerPoint as webpage (Without animations, transitions and media files)</b><br />
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Moodle has native feature to capture text and graphics from a series of PowerPoint presentation slides and insert them into the content area of a series of branch tables, as text and images.<br />
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You can follow these steps to import now.<br />
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1. <b>Save a PowerPoint as html webpage</b><br />
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Open a PowerPoint Presentation<br />
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Go to <b>File-> Save As</b><br />
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Select Web Page from the drop-down of Save As Type<br />
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Click <b>Save</b><br />
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2. <b>Zip the folder</b><br />
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Browse to the folder created by <b>Saving As Web Page</b><br />
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<b>Zip</b> only the folder but not the html file with a zipping program<br />
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3. <b>Import to Moodle</b><br />
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Run a Moodle course in <b>Edit</b> mode<br />
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Add an <b>Activity-> Add a Lesson</b>, name a lesson and set settings<br />
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Select Import PowerPoint in the drop-down list<br />
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Browse to the <b>Zip</b> file on the local disk and click to upload<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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1. Complicated presentations with animations, transitions and graphic effects can not be imported correctly. Text presentations with simple graphic images works best.<br />
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2. This feature does not work with PowerPoint 2003 and onward.<br />
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If you want to import only presentations created by PowerPoint 2003, you need to modify the settings of Moodle.<br />
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Go to Moodle\mod\lesson\importppt.php<br />
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In line 135<br />
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Replace: unzip_file($base.$zipfile, $base, false)<br />
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with: unzip_file($base.$zipfile, $base.$dirname, false);<br />
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With these modifications, you can not upload presentations created by other versions of PowerPoint.<br />
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<b>Option 2. Import a PowerPoint as a SCORM Course (With Animations, transitions and media files)</b><br />
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The SCORM module in Moodle enables users to import an external course with SCORM course. You can use a conversion tool to turn a PowerPoint to a SCORM course and then upload it to Moodle.<br />
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Use a conversion tool to convert a PowerPoint to SCORM course, such as <a href="http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html">PPT2Flash Professional</a> to convert PowerPoint to SCORM course. The following is the step-by-step tutorial of how to convert the PowerPoint presentation to Flash course with animations, transitions, Flash animations, videos and sounds, and then upload to Moodle.<br />
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1. Download PPT2Flash Professional and install it with all default settings.<br />
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2. Run "PPT2Flash Professional", select "Launch PowerPoint" on the start menu, go to the Plug-in menu of "PPT2Flash Professional" in PowerPoint, there is a embed menu of PPT2Flash Professional in PowerPoint.<br />
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3. Open your course in PowerPoint and click "Publish" button to publish the course with SCORM/AICC compliance.<br />
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4. When conversion is completed, select "Open output folder" and go to the published folder, there is a .zip file in there. Upload this .zip file to your Moodle.<br />
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<b>Upload the course to Moodle</b><br />
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1. Login your moodle, run a Moodle course in Edit mode.<br />
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2. Select "Add an Activity", and select "SCORM/AICC" from the drop-down list.<br />
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3. Browse to the SCORM Zip file created by PPT2Flash Professional.<br />
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4. Upload the zip file to Moodle.<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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1. Presentations with animations, transitions, background music, narration, attachments can be converted to SCORM course correctly.<br />
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2. PPT2Flash Professional works with PowerPoint2000/2003/XP/2007.<br />
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