Thursday, April 3, 2008

Free Thursdays - Use Scribd to Store and Publish your Docs

Scribd is a free, web-based, document sharing community that enables you publish, distribute, and share documents of all kinds. E-books, essays, academic papers, newsletters, photo albums, school work, and sheet music are just a few of the different kinds of documents you can publish and share on Scribd.

Create your doc in any format (word, xls, rtf, jpg, etc) and upon upload to Scribd it is converted to their Flash viewer format so that it can be viewed inside a web browser. They also convert it to several downloadable formats, including PDF, Microsoft Word, and plain text. You can control the types of downloadable formats that are made available.

Visit Scribd just to search their database of docs. I searched "MacGyver" and found:

  1. The Unofficial MacGyver How-to Handbook Revised 2nd Edition - written by my buddy and former Blackboard support rep Bret Terrill.
  2. MacGyver Theme song sheet music.
If you're looking for something more useful...

I searched "how to write a paper" and found:
  1. Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper
There are a ton of digital docs available to print (sadly you cannot edit them, you just upload a new version).

If you are looking for an alternative to posting PDF or Word docs for students, Scribd might be your answer.