Posting videos on the blog

Posting a video on the blog can basically be done two different ways:

1) If you find a video that you like on the internet in websites such as YouTube, TeacherTube, etc., you can find a code for embedding into your post in pretty much the same way you can embed a PowerPoint presentation (I discussed that in another post, label "embed").

2) If you have a video in your computer, you can upload directly to blogger by clicking on the "Add Video" icon on the posting window, and then choosing the file you want and click "Upload". The add video box will specify which formats are compatible, but basically they accept AVI, QuickTime and Windows Media formats, max size 100 MB.

A word of caution - a 15MB video I uploaded took a LONG TIME, so don't get discouraged if it seems to take a while.

Some more info about posting PowerPoint presentations

Some more things about uploading PowerPoint presentations into Google Docs to be used in a blog post:

• When uploading a presentation (.ppt) into Google Docs the maximum size is 10MB.
• When converting a 2007 presentation (.pptx) into 2003 format, the size increases DRAMATICALLY.
• I haven't figured out how to upload larger than 10MB presentations - only thing I can think of at this time is to split the file into smaller ones and upload one by one, then put it back together in Docs (by copy-paste whole slides).

Adding PowerPoint presentations

When adding PowerPoint presentations by uploading them to Google Docs and then embedding, we need to make sure they are PowerPoint 2003 format (.ppt) - the new format is not listed as acceptable (I haven't tested it yet though).