SlideRocket:
A Step Beyond PowerPoint
Created by Russell Smith
Technology Facilitator
North Edgecombe High School
What is SlideRocket?
SlideRocket is an online presentation website
that allows you to create and save interactive
presentations online.
How is SlideRocket different from PowerPoint?
• As mentioned previously, SlideRocket allows
you to create and access your presentations
online…no need to worry about carrying
around a flash drive or CD!
• SlideRocket offers the ability to access pictures and
other media directly from the internet, and has the
capability of displaying cool Web 2.0 widgets!
The SlideRocket Website
This is the main screen for the
SlideRocket website.
The URL address for SlideRocket is
http://www.sliderocket.com
Click here to
sign up for a
new account.
After you have created your
account…
You have three options once you
reach this screen:
• Watch a tutorial
• Import a PowerPoint
• Create a new presentation
Creating a new Presentation
When creating a new presentation, you will be prompted to give your
project a title, as well as choose a presentation theme.
More presentation themes are available if you upgrade your account.
The Opening Screen
Here is what your screen will look like when you start a new project.
Your toolbars are located on the left…
The menu properties are located on the right…
The Toolbar Menus
Insert text
Insert a
picture
Insert a
chart
Insert a
table
Insert a
video
Insert a
plugin
Insert a
shape
Insert a form
or poll question
Horizontal Menus
(located along the top)
Edit Menu
File
Menu
Slide Menu
Horizontal Menus
(located across the top)
Tools Menu
Share Menu
Arrange Menu
Horizontal Menus:
(located across the top)
View Menu
Help Menu
Text Menu Properties
TextFrame
3 Options:
• Resize to fit text
• Shrink text to fit
• Do not Autofit
Transform
Formatting
Positioning and
grouping your
text & objects
Formatting your
text
Text Menu Properties
The “Add Effect” menu allows you to
add a variety of visual effects to text
or an object, including:
•DropShadow
• Glow
• Bevel
• Blur
• Reflection
• AdjustColor
• Borders
• Aqua
• Flag
• Sonar
Text Menu Properties
The final option allows you to add
custom animation themes to your
presentation, much like PowerPoint.
You can choose various animation
effects, choose how they will enter
and/or exit the screen, and
determine the timing on the effects.
You can preview the selected effects
by clicking “Preview”.
Adding a Picture
When adding a picture, you have several options on where the
image will be imported from:
• My Library (files that you have imported into SlideRocket)
• Marketplace
• Flickr
• YouTube
Adding a Picture:
Marketplace
You are able to purchase pictures from the “Marketplace” option if you
choose. You will need to purchase credits in order to access these
pictures by clicking on “Buy Credits”…
Adding a Picture:
Flickr
You can access and import pictures from Flickr by typing in the
search field and clicking on the image you would like to use…
Adding a Picture:
YouTube
SlideRocket also allows you to import pictures from YouTube videos.
Copy and paste the URL address of a particular video in the box
shown below (that is, if YouTube isn’t blocked!)
Adding a Video
You can import a video in the same ways as importing a picture into
SlideRocket. Click “Add Asset” to browse for videos that you have
stored on your computer.
Adding a Video
Browse to the folder where the desired video is located and click
“Open” to import the video into “My Library”…
Adding a Video
It is important to note that you are only able to import videos with
the “.flv” format (Flash videos) or “.mp4” format into SlideRocket.
Adding Shapes
You can add shapes such as
rectangles, circles, diamonds,
and arrows using the shapes menu.
They can be formatted using the
properties box on the right side
of the screen.
Adding Charts
You can insert a variety of charts into
SlideRocket, including column charts,
Bar charts, Pie Charts, Line Charts, and
more.
As with other objects, charts can be
formatted using the menu on the
right side of the screen.
Adding Charts
Charts can be resized
and/or stretched as
needs using the re-sizing
nodes located in the
corners and along the
sides of the chart.
Editing Chart Data
You can edit the data in
a chart that you insert in
order to reflect your
Information…
Click the button labeled
“Edit Chart Data” and
enter in the desired data…
…the changed data
will be reflected in the
chart that is created!
Adding a Table
Adding a table in SlideRocket is similar to the way that
they are added in Microsoft Word or other programs.
Enter the desired number of columns and rows and click
“Create Table”.
Adding a Plug-In
There are 5 types of “plug-in” interactive widgets
that you can insert into your SlideRocket project:
• Quotes
• Snow
• Stock Quote
• TwitterFeed
•WordDefinition
Adding a Plug-In: Quotations
Type in the search topic
that you want to find
quotations for…
Click on the quotation
that you want to insert
from the choices that
are provided…
The quote that you
selected will be inserted,
complete with the name
of the speaker…
Adding a Plug-In: Snow
When you use the “Snow” plug-in, your screen will
come alive with an animated digital snowfall!
Adding a Plug-in: Snow
You can also select different types of symbols
(circles, rings, stars, dollar signs) to insert, and
change the count, size, size variation, and color…
Adding a Plug-In: StockQuote
Use the “StockQuote” plug-in to insert real-time,
updated stock information for a particular company.
You can type in a different stock symbol here
to view different stock information…
Adding a Plug-in: TwitterFeed
When using the “TwitterFeed” plug-in,
a real-time, continually updated
Twitter feed will be inserted into your
presentation…
Enter the term
that you would
like to search
by in this space…
Inserting a Plug-In: Forms
The “Forms” plug-in can only be inserted when you upgrade your
SlideRocket account.
Starting a new SlideRocket project
In the lower left corner of the screen,
select “New” to create a new
SlideRocket project…
Clicking on the
“Library” icon will
open up the
Slide Library,
containing slides
you have previously
created in order to
put together a new
slide presentation.
Playing your Presentation
Press the “Play” icon (in the lower left corner of the screen)
to present your project.
The slide
order is
shown on
the bottom
left of the
screen…
You can adjust
the sound of
the presentation,
e-mail the
presentation,
download the
presentation,
show the
presentation
full-screen,
or exit the
presentation
here…