Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Embedit.in: a great sharing utility for educators

Embedit.in is a very cool web2.0 service . It is a free document viewing and sharing tool that allows its users to embed any document or any webpage in their  blog, profile, or website. It works with PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and many more . It is one of the best applications online , i have tried it and thought you might also like it .


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Some features of Embedit.in

Here are some of the features that Embeit.in offers for its users :
  • It is free and easy to use
  • It requires a signup but it is simple and fast
  • It handles a wide variety of file formats such as DOC, XLS, PPT, WPD, ODT,PDF, TXT, BMP,EPS and many more
  • you can share files using different services
  • files can be linked to or embedded in a web page, with or without thumbnail
  • easily mark up or add comments to your document.
  • no limitation to the number of documents that can be uploaded or length of time they can be shared

How can i ge started using Embetit.in ?

First log on to Embedit.in main page and open your free account
On its homepage click either on “ select files “ button to upload files from your desktop or click on “ embed a url “ button to upload documents from your blog or webpage .



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Once uploaded ,Embedit.in provides  different ways to share the files plus a number of access control options
Access to your files can be made either private or public .


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You can also use the mark-up features to highlight , add or comment on a text .
To learn more about this fantastic web2.0 utility watch this video tutorial .

Embedit.in Tutorial

Applications of Embedit.in  in eucation

I think you might have already liked it by now . You can try it in your classroom with your students . Use it to embed urls of educative blogs and websites and turn pages to online documents that you share with students .embedit.in is the easiest way for students  to embed any document or any webpage in their blog, profile, or website. Sharing and collaborating has another taste with Embedit.in . Try it , you like it .
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