3 ways to make your work available for a download
Apr 26, 2016
Have you created a template that you would love to share? Perhaps, you have created images or icons and would be proud to see them being used by other people. If your answer is yes, try out these methods, which make it possible for others to download your files.
Method 1: Start a post on the ELH (Elearning Heroes) forums
This is one of the easiest methods by which you can make your work available for a download. All you need to do is:
- Click ‘Discuss’ followed by ‘New Discussion’
- Add a title . (Tip: I include the word ‘Freebie’ or ‘Free’ in the title so that my file gets featured in the search result displayed by ELH’s internal search engine.)
- Give a short description of your file in the ‘Body’ section.
- Click the ‘Attachments’ button to upload your file.
- Choose the appropriate forum and post your discussion.
Method 2: Opt for free a file-hosting service
Another method of sharing your work is by using a file-hosting service. There are many free hosting services, and most of them offer a minimum of 2GB of free space. I usually use either box.com or dropbox.com. You just need to :
- Upload your file, and get a shareable link. Tip: I create different folders (example images, templates) to put the relevant files. Life becomes a bit easy if one is organised, right?
- Embed the link into an image or a text that you have on a forum/ or your blog. To embed a a link, you need to:
- Select the text/image in which you want to insert the link.In the screenshot given below, I want to embed the link in the word ‘download’.
- Click the insert icon link( it is usually represented by image of a chain) and paste the shareable link.
- When a person clicks the word/image where you have inserted the shareable link, a dialog box, prompting the person to download the file, will open.
- Select the text/image in which you want to insert the link.In the screenshot given below, I want to embed the link in the word ‘download’.
Method 3: Head to your Gmail/Outlook account:
If you have a Gmail or an Outlook account, you can use the allied services – Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive – to share your files.
The process is similar to that of file-hosting services. You have got to upload the files, get a shareable link and then share that link with others.
Try these methods, and share your experiences.
2 Replies
Thanks Punam. I was clicking around looking for exactly what you have posted.
Glad to know that my article came handy to you, Piewsook :)
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