How to embed slide show presentation to a website for free but also limit the audience

It started with my need to create a nice module in Moodle for my organization. To make it interesting, I intended to make it in a slide show presentation, controllable by the user.

I have known Slideshare that provide that kind of service, deemed to be the YouTube of presentation slides, which is free and easy to use.

Since the material I wanna share internally is also supposed to be kept internally, I kinda expected that Slideshare provide the capability to do private sharing (unlisted capability of YouTube), meaning sharing it to those you intended it to. So I tried Slideshare.

However, Slideshare only provides that capability to pro (paid) user. It means if I upload my stuff in Slideshare, it is view-able by others too.
So, I tried to find alternatives and stumbled across a number of similar tools. An example of said tools can be read here :

• 14 Alternatives to SlideShare for Top-Notch Presenters
• 6 SlideShare Alternative

I tried Empressr, with its capability of sharing privately, with password. It just didn't work with embedding in Moodle. Reading all the others' description, I couldn't determine which one can provide me with the feature I needed. I didn't have time to try them one by one. Another quick googling and I found out that presentation slides from Google Drive could be viewed as a slide show when embedded in another web page. It could serve my need. A ha!

So I uploaded the presentation slide to Google Drive, made it viewable only to those who has the link.
(For a step by step guidance, see this : How To Display Presentation Slides on a Blog Post with Google Drive)

The last part is to embed it to Moodle page :
I used this :

Click here to get the code in text if you don't wanna type it :)

Change the red text to the id of your presentation slide in Google Drive.
If your sharing link is something like this:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gRzW98_UtFOy570K6UZY5PG5fsasaEEe4Lmz8qBFi3_oDc/edit?usp=sharing

The id to use is the one in red text.

This solved my case : embedding somewhat private material in controllable slide show presentation in an internal webpage for internal consumption :)

I believe that we learn by practice..

 A quote I like, related to Knowledge Management, and can be used to explain why we need the practice part.

Teladan

Quote yang sangat ku suka dari websitenya Indonesia Mengajar :

"Berhenti mengeluh tidaklah cukup. Berkata-kata indah dengan penuh semangat juga tidak akan pernah cukup. Lakukan sesuatu saat ini juga. Satu langkah kita akan mengundang yang lain untuk juga bergerak."

That's a very powerful last sentence.

Three Things that Make Me Happy Today

1. I'm somewhat recovered from my fever and severe headache of the past 3 days. Hence, I was able to conduct my church choir for 2 services in the morning. Then teaching Angelic Choir with other laoshi-es. And finally rehearsed with some of the church choir for Bang Albin's wedding.

2. I bought Catching Fire! The second book of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

After watching The Hunger Games movie, I put the book on my wishlist for Christmas and got it from my office mate. After reading it, I want to continue I decided to buy this second book :) Fortunately, I could buy it today.

3. I finished all preparation for my new motorbike to be able to take it on the road!

After buying it, I needed to wait for 2 weeks for the STNK to be ready. After receiving it along with 2 plates of the vehicle number, I needed to fix them to the bike of course. Alas, I have no tools. So I went to a small workshop, bought 2 plates that function as the frame (so I did not need to have the plates drilled), and let the mechanics fix them for Rp.25.000,- (it includes the price of the frame plates, which are Rp.20.000,-)

So, I'm happy :)

Bangkok Trip: The Preparation

Actually, this is my second time to Bangkok. 

The first time was when I attended The 1st Knowledge Management Forum organized by World Vision International last year. 

This time it is due to the Asia Pacific Horizon Learning and Implementation Planning Event, still related to my work in World Vision. It is on 6-10 August 2012. But.. since I wanna meet several friends of mine in Bangkok, I plan to arrive earlier and return later. So I booked my flight, with Garuda Indonesia, for 4 August 2012 with returning date at 12 August 2012.

So I have two weekends at hand. Unfortunately my Thai friend is away in Norway so I can't stay at her apartment. I will stay there on the 2nd weekend. The options for the first weekend are either book a hotel or find a couch to surf (www.couchsurfing.com) . I go for the latter since it's gonna add new experience for me, compared to just staying in a hotel as usual. I'm gonna post about the couchsurfing experience later.

By the way, if you want to find a good hotel instead, you can try agoda.com. There is a vast range of hotels there, which you can choose based on review of other travelers or location or rating or price, etc.

Quick Note : Thai currency is Baht. As of August 2012, $1 is about 30 Baht and 1 Baht is about Rp.300,- 

If you received coins in Thai, check again. It could be 1, 5 or 10 Baht. But it could also be a smaller amount since 1 Baht = 100 Satang. 

Another Note: during this blog series, I will switch between English and Bahasa Indonesia. I will write in Bahasa Indonesia if I want to specifically address Indonesian reader, for example on how to use the BTS in Bangkok. It is available elsewhere in English, but none that I know of in Bahasa Indonesia. 

So, till the next post! Sawadee Khab!  :D