Tech Side of Things

A faculty member had a need to share and allow commenting on documents for a group of less than tech savvy individuals. Here was a solution I came up with. I ruled out Google Docs simple because they don’t need to collaborate or edit the documents as a group, only comment on the posted docs. I would love to hear alternative solutions - anything else out there?

Scribd / Blogger Cheat Sheet

To Post a Document:
1. Login to http://www.scribd.com/people/login?
2. Click Upload
3. Click the large “Click to Upload” button
4. Select the file you wish to upload
5. If necessary add a title, description and mark as private
6. Click Publish
7. Click the Quick Post button
8. Click Blogger in the small popup window
(Clicked the wrong button? Click back bottom left corner)
9. Enter your Blogger username/password, title the posting and click Post
10. It would be a good idea to login to Blogger and check that the document is displayed as expected

To Access the Blog
1. Login to https://www.blogger.com/start
(use your gmail login/password)
2. To view your blog as authorized users will see it click View Blog
3. To add a new post click New Post

Working with New Posts:
1. Add a title
2. If you are not already on the Compose tab click Compose
3. Enter your text by typing or pasting.
4. Use the buttons across the text area to format your text. Holding your mouse over any of the buttons for a second or two will display a small label indicating the button’s function.

Adding Links to a Post:
1. Paste link or type the text you wish to be linked
2. Highlight the link and click the link button
3. Paste into the popup using the keyboard shortcut Command + V
4. Click OK

To Review Comments:
Under each post is a small comment link. Clicking the link will display the comments for that post.

I have a 1/2 sheet PDF of these directions attached with images Scribd & Blogger Document Sharing