O my goodness . Thank you! I was looking for preschool hands on curriculum . There was one that I particularly liked but its 145 dollars! I am going to attempt to make some some hands on manipulatives for my son and laminate them. This definitely saves me a lot of money!
I used Libre Office when I first started on TPT. Not quite as user-friendly as PowerPoint but I was still able to create flattened products to upload to TPT
Hi Becca! Love your informative videos, they are a tremendous help! I am new to TPT and plan on opening up my store soon. My question is: I have seen amazing resources that go along with popular books (ex. The Very Hungry Caterpillar). How is copyright handled when it comes to creating content to sell on TPT in that situation?
This is a huge grey area. From what I can tell (and please do your own research), you can do resources that GO ALONG WITH a book or are INSPIRED BY a book, but you can't use the cover of the book or the words or anything like that. Also, you may want to check on trademarks. Some book series (like The Very Hungry Caterpillar) are trademarked, which means you can't use them. Just make sure you are very clear that it goes along with the book, but that you don't own the book and all of that stuff. Again-- do your own research on the topic too!
I am waiting on a drawing tablet and once i get it i was going to draw digitally. I bet i could draw some really cool work sheets for kids/ teachers. any tips on what is popular?
Hi Becca, Thank you very much for your tips. I am in Australian and we use A4 paper. I just realized that I should probably be making My products on letter size paper!! Perhaps that's why I'm struggling to sell anything!!
I love the information that you are providing! I stumbled across your channel last week as I have decided to start my own TPT store. You mentioned that you put a trademark at the bottom of your product. Would you suggest getting a logo and store name trademarked before selling products?
That’s definitely something to consider but you don’t have to do it before you start selling products. Especially since that is kind of an expensive process. But eventually yes it’s a good idea to do that
Thank you for your videos! I think I have watched all of them relating to TPT and they are really helpful. I do have a question. I just read somewhere that you can't use a personal version of PowerPoint to make your resources, you have to purchase a business or commercial version. Do you know if that is true? Okay, I had 2 questions. =) Can we use the generic clip art that is in PowerPoint in resources we are going to sell? Thanks so much!
Hi Juli! Sorry about the late reply.... I did not know the answer. I did not research and, from what I can tell, you do NOT need to buy the business one unless you need the other features. Home is fine. I also found that clip art is fine as long as it is from Microsoft (although I’m not sure how to tell if it’s from Microsoft or from a third party though), although they ask that you put “used with permission from Microsoft.” Here’s a link to the article I found www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/permissions/default
I would love to know the name of the music font please :) it’s perfect :) Also, I love the idea of the rhythm matching to the words, I haven’t seen that before
Glad I could give you an idea! Here’s the link to the font. Expensive but worth it when I use it for literally EVERYTHING www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Note-able-Font-Package-Essential-Music-Teacher-Self-Publisher-Tool-PCMac-804893
How do you lock images in powerpoint, but leave somethings editable in the document for buyers to edit? For example I am making student gift tags and I want everything to be locked down except for the space where the buyer can type their name.
I have created a TPT product to share with other counselors using a font I bought, however, whenever I share that resource, the font changes when the other counselors download it. What do I need to do to my product to stop this from happening? Thank you so much!
It needs to either be a PDF or you can flatten it by making images of every page and reinserting into a new PowerPoint. That happens because the other people dont have the same fonts
Hi Becca! I have been watching your videos and you mention copyright. I went to the United States copyright page and was scared to death. Could you tell me which copyright did you register for individual or standard?
Hi Amber! You do not not need to register your copyright. You automatically have the copyright of anything you create. If you want to trademark to protect your work, you can, but it's a lot of work and some money so I would only trademark big product lines you are worried about people stealing.
Hi Becca. Thanks so much for this super helpful tutorial! I just started a TPT shop last month. I have several views but no purchases! (Any advice about that?) Also I have downloaded nice fonts before from TPT but I can’t figure out how to get them to work in word or power point. Please let me know if you can help with that. Thanks so much.
Hi Kate! I use QuickTime, which comes free on Macs. You can also use Screencastify, which is a Chrome browser extension. They offer a free version, although I think your video can only be like 5 minutes with the free version.
Hi. I have started making products for TpT on Google Slides. I tried printing something with a border from there and from pdf form and it didn't fit on the whole page. How do you make these printable to fit on the whole page?
Do you happen to know where I could go to purchase photographs to use on my TPT products? I like to use the clipart but also may want to use real photographs on my products. I'm having difficulty find where I can access this. If you can help I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
Yes! Those are called stock photos, and if you Google Stock photos, you can find a bunch of websites that have them! Most of them you have to pay for (some have monthly subscriptions). I like one that I think is called istockphoto. Canta also has quite a few stock photos (some free, some paid) on their website, if you click photos and then type in what you're after. Hope that's helpful!
Super informative, thank you! Becca, is there a way, other than leaving a file in PP form, for teachers to edit them? I'm making ESL worksheets, and I would like to make the names on my worksheets editable, since names can often be tricky for ELL students to learn (think teacher and classmate names). Thank you for posting these videos, they've been invaluable on my TpT journey :)
The easiest way is going to be to do the PowerPoint. You can also make editable PDFs but those require specialized tools. I would suggest just going with the PowerPoint
@@BeccaDavis thank you ☺️ I saw the PowerPoint editing tools but I didn’t want to pay the fee for my ginormous canva files 😜 thank you again, your a rock star 💫
I use Canva for some things but the rules about whether or not you can use them in your products are fuzzy to say the least. They’ve been very conflicting lately.
For things purchased on TPT, the seller should provide you with guidelines in their Terms of Use page. The general rule is, if you did not make it, you need to at least cite it. If it is free, double check that it is ok to use. Anything specific-- Google.
Hi! great advice!!! Just one question: does it mean I can't use fonts that are available on PPT and use them to make flashcards for example and then sell them legally?
From what I can find, you are allowed to use them. I just prefer not to. login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&checkda=1&ct=1634486675&rver=6.7.6643.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https:%2F%2Fanswers.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fsite%2Fcompletesignin%3Fsilent%3DTrue%26returnUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fanswers.microsoft.com%252Fen-us%252Fmsoffice%252Fforum%252Fall%252Fcommercial-use-of-fonts%252Fd8c20caa-39e4-4583-aacc-02a6131612aa&id=273572&aadredir=1
Exactly, found out the hard way about uploading fonts to google slides. It’s so frustrating. I have an awesome product that I need to fix one page and may have to redo the whole thing! It’s 100+pages. 😭
It went better than expected-- I broke my previous one day record. Which, ironically, was the last sale. How was it for you? Games are fun. What kind of games are you thinking? Board games? Card games?
Becca Davis The sale was good! August had been absolutely dead and it boosted my earnings significantly. Now that school is back in session sales are getting more consistent again 😀 Card games are where I think I could do my best work but I’d be interested in seeing how board games are made also!
Yay! School being in session has made a huge difference for me too! I have never made either of them, but I had planned on making some games anyway, so I'll let you know once I know how to do it!
Hello, I was wondering where I could find KP and TTG fonts you mentioned, I tied going to TPT to search for the font. I could be searching for it or wording it wrong. Thank you.
Thanks Becca! Awesome to remember to make B&W versions of products for TpT!
You are glowing becca 🌞
I’m new at this! Thank you for all the information! Where can I find these cool clip arts and fonts?
O my goodness . Thank you! I was looking for preschool hands on curriculum . There was one that I particularly liked but its 145 dollars! I am going to attempt to make some some hands on manipulatives for my son and laminate them. This definitely saves me a lot of money!
You can do it! It’s not as hard as it seems, although it takes some time
Great video. I would love to see your uploading process to tpt in regards to thumbnail and preview pages.
Thanks for the suggestion! I will look into that soon!
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Thank you so much for all your advice, you are so inspiring! Wish you a new year full of creativity, happiness and success!
Same to you!
@@BeccaDavis Thank you so much!
Thank you! Very clear, easy to follow, and helpful! Great tips for someone beginning to make their own products.
Hi Becca, you could possibly do a video explaining the licensing protocols needed for fonts, clipart and digital paper.
For making them? I don't make them so I'm not sure. The best thing I can think of is to read other people's terms of use.
So helpful! I’ve downloaded fonts onto my MacBook but can’t seem to find them in PPT or Word. Can you help?
I'm re-watching your video. Doing some TpT homework, on if I should jump on board and all that. I don't have Powerpoint, but I have Photoshop :)
Photoshop is super powerful! I’ve never used it, but a lot of people do really well with it!
I used Libre Office when I first started on TPT. Not quite as user-friendly as PowerPoint but I was still able to create flattened products to upload to TPT
Just discovered you today! I’m an SLP and your videos are SUPER helpful and motivating! Thank you for all of the tips 🤗
I am so happy for you! I know S LPs need a lot of resources so that will be a great thing to get into. Good luck with your store!
Hi Becca! Love your informative videos, they are a tremendous help!
I am new to TPT and plan on opening up my store soon. My question is: I have seen amazing resources that go along with popular books (ex. The Very Hungry Caterpillar). How is copyright handled when it comes to creating content to sell on TPT in that situation?
This is a huge grey area. From what I can tell (and please do your own research), you can do resources that GO ALONG WITH a book or are INSPIRED BY a book, but you can't use the cover of the book or the words or anything like that. Also, you may want to check on trademarks. Some book series (like The Very Hungry Caterpillar) are trademarked, which means you can't use them. Just make sure you are very clear that it goes along with the book, but that you don't own the book and all of that stuff. Again-- do your own research on the topic too!
@@BeccaDavis Thank you so much! This really helped clear things up a bit for me. 😊
I am waiting on a drawing tablet and once i get it i was going to draw digitally. I bet i could draw some really cool work sheets for kids/ teachers. any tips on what is popular?
That is awesome! That totally depends on which teachers you are trying to target.
Fantastic video. Really helpful...but how do you save?
Save it as a PDF? Just click save as and then click the drop down where it says PowerPoint and change it to pdf
Thank you so much for all your valuable information!
You’re so welcome!
Thank you, Becca! That was a great get-me-started use of my time!
Yay! I’m so excited!
Can I use the fonts on PowerPoint for selling on TPT, or do I need to purchase my own fonts?
Hi Becca, Thank you very much for your tips. I am in Australian and we use A4 paper. I just realized that I should probably be making My products on letter size paper!! Perhaps that's why I'm struggling to sell anything!!
Naomi McDougall possibly! Try it out and see.
Also... what is the "trademark" you are writing in small font? Is it the name of your store?
Yes! It’s (c) 2020 R. Davis, BeccasMusicRoom.com or sometimes just the name and not the website. It depends on the product and the size
Want to create and sell busy binder for toddlers. Please tell which software have to use
Can I use any pictures and backgrounds and fonts first timer
Where can I find the TTG fonts? I've searched, but can't find these ones anywhere!
Hi Becca, I have a question, Can I write or put like a Signature on the bottow of the worksheet?
thank you so much....i have been trying to work out how to create in power point
PowerPoint is the best because you can move things all around!
Great video, thank you, how did you make the worksheet black and white toward the end?
I switched out the colored images for the black and white clip art that matched!
how did you add the music notation font?
I love the information that you are providing! I stumbled across your channel last week as I have decided to start my own TPT store. You mentioned that you put a trademark at the bottom of your product. Would you suggest getting a logo and store name trademarked before selling products?
That’s definitely something to consider but you don’t have to do it before you start selling products. Especially since that is kind of an expensive process. But eventually yes it’s a good idea to do that
@@BeccaDavis Thank you!!
Thank you for your videos! I think I have watched all of them relating to TPT and they are really helpful. I do have a question. I just read somewhere that you can't use a personal version of PowerPoint to make your resources, you have to purchase a business or commercial version. Do you know if that is true? Okay, I had 2 questions. =) Can we use the generic clip art that is in PowerPoint in resources we are going to sell? Thanks so much!
Hi Juli! Sorry about the late reply.... I did not know the answer. I did not research and, from what I can tell, you do NOT need to buy the business one unless you need the other features. Home is fine. I also found that clip art is fine as long as it is from Microsoft (although I’m not sure how to tell if it’s from Microsoft or from a third party though), although they ask that you put “used with permission from Microsoft.” Here’s a link to the article I found www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/permissions/default
Where to get pictures and backgrounds and fonts you can use for selling
LOVE THIS!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!
Becca, Do you know if we can use Adobe graphics on our TPT products and student worksheets?
I am not sure. Google adobe terms of use and you should be able to find that sort of stuff out. I’ve never used it before
I would love to know the name of the music font please :) it’s perfect :)
Also, I love the idea of the rhythm matching to the words, I haven’t seen that before
Glad I could give you an idea! Here’s the link to the font. Expensive but worth it when I use it for literally EVERYTHING www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Note-able-Font-Package-Essential-Music-Teacher-Self-Publisher-Tool-PCMac-804893
From where can I get such amazing borders and free clip art from?
Teachers Pay Teachers!
How do you lock images in powerpoint, but leave somethings editable in the document for buyers to edit? For example I am making student gift tags and I want everything to be locked down except for the space where the buyer can type their name.
Thanks Becca. This is really useful.
You're so welcome!
I have created a TPT product to share with other counselors using a font I bought, however, whenever I share that resource, the font changes when the other counselors download it. What do I need to do to my product to stop this from happening? Thank you so much!
It needs to either be a PDF or you can flatten it by making images of every page and reinserting into a new PowerPoint. That happens because the other people dont have the same fonts
Hi Becca! I have been watching your videos and you mention copyright. I went to the United States copyright page and was scared to death. Could you tell me which copyright did you register for individual or standard?
Hi Amber! You do not not need to register your copyright. You automatically have the copyright of anything you create. If you want to trademark to protect your work, you can, but it's a lot of work and some money so I would only trademark big product lines you are worried about people stealing.
Hi Becca. Thanks so much for this super helpful tutorial! I just started a TPT shop last month. I have several views but no purchases! (Any advice about that?) Also I have downloaded nice fonts before from TPT but I can’t figure out how to get them to work in word or power point. Please let me know if you can help with that. Thanks so much.
Here's how to install fonts: www.fontspring.com/support/how-do-i-install-fonts-on-my-windows-pc
@@BeccaDavis Thanks so much.
Hey Becca, what program do you use for screensharing?
Hi Kate! I use QuickTime, which comes free on Macs. You can also use Screencastify, which is a Chrome browser extension. They offer a free version, although I think your video can only be like 5 minutes with the free version.
Becca Davis Awesome - thank you! I’ll try that 😊
Hi. I have started making products for TpT on Google Slides. I tried printing something with a border from there and from pdf form and it didn't fit on the whole page. How do you make these printable to fit on the whole page?
JACLYN DANCSECS hi Jaclyn! Make sure you change the slide size so that it is letter paper size. That should help!
Thanks so much!!
Do you happen to know where I could go to purchase photographs to use on my TPT products? I like to use the clipart but also may want to use real photographs on my products. I'm having difficulty find where I can access this. If you can help I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
Yes! Those are called stock photos, and if you Google Stock photos, you can find a bunch of websites that have them! Most of them you have to pay for (some have monthly subscriptions). I like one that I think is called istockphoto. Canta also has quite a few stock photos (some free, some paid) on their website, if you click photos and then type in what you're after. Hope that's helpful!
@@BeccaDavis Thanks!
Super informative, thank you! Becca, is there a way, other than leaving a file in PP form, for teachers to edit them? I'm making ESL worksheets, and I would like to make the names on my worksheets editable, since names can often be tricky for ELL students to learn (think teacher and classmate names). Thank you for posting these videos, they've been invaluable on my TpT journey :)
The easiest way is going to be to do the PowerPoint. You can also make editable PDFs but those require specialized tools. I would suggest just going with the PowerPoint
@@BeccaDavis thank you ☺️ I saw the PowerPoint editing tools but I didn’t want to pay the fee for my ginormous canva files 😜 thank you again, your a rock star 💫
Great tip!
Thanks for watching!
I am late to this but have you used Canva ? You can set your designs as backgrounds on slides
I use Canva for some things but the rules about whether or not you can use them in your products are fuzzy to say the least. They’ve been very conflicting lately.
Where do we find the information on how to use things when making products for TPT and not breaking copyright laws?
For things purchased on TPT, the seller should provide you with guidelines in their Terms of Use page. The general rule is, if you did not make it, you need to at least cite it. If it is free, double check that it is ok to use. Anything specific-- Google.
Thank you!
Hi! great advice!!! Just one question: does it mean I can't use fonts that are available on PPT and use them to make flashcards for example and then sell them legally?
From what I can find, you are allowed to use them. I just prefer not to. login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&checkda=1&ct=1634486675&rver=6.7.6643.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https:%2F%2Fanswers.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fsite%2Fcompletesignin%3Fsilent%3DTrue%26returnUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fanswers.microsoft.com%252Fen-us%252Fmsoffice%252Fforum%252Fall%252Fcommercial-use-of-fonts%252Fd8c20caa-39e4-4583-aacc-02a6131612aa&id=273572&aadredir=1
@@BeccaDavis Thank you for your answer:)
What microphone are you using?
In this video I didn’t have a mic, just the Mac laptop. Now I have a Blue Snowball from Amazon
I have created a drag and drop worksheet on google slides. What do I save it as and how to post it on tpt as a drop and drag?
You will post as a digital resource. ua-cam.com/video/hmCuR-SOfSw/v-deo.html
@@BeccaDavis Thank you.
The click is distracting. FYI you can gently tap it without clicking it :) I just learned this lol 😆
Sorry about that, but this laptop is about 10 years old so I don’t think there’s any gentle tapping it!
Where did you find the KP fonts and the TTG fonts?
They are on TPT!
Thanks Becc, regards from Jakarta
Where can I find good graphics and borders for free? Thanks
On TPT! Just search and then use the filter for "free"
Exactly, found out the hard way about uploading fonts to google slides. It’s so frustrating. I have an awesome product that I need to fix one page and may have to redo the whole thing! It’s 100+pages. 😭
Oh no! That's the worst.
I hope the bonus sale day went well for you! 😀
Products I’d love to learn how to make: GAMES. I struggle so hard to create games.
It went better than expected-- I broke my previous one day record. Which, ironically, was the last sale. How was it for you?
Games are fun. What kind of games are you thinking? Board games? Card games?
Becca Davis The sale was good! August had been absolutely dead and it boosted my earnings significantly. Now that school is back in session sales are getting more consistent again 😀
Card games are where I think I could do my best work but I’d be interested in seeing how board games are made also!
Yay! School being in session has made a huge difference for me too! I have never made either of them, but I had planned on making some games anyway, so I'll let you know once I know how to do it!
Becca Davis that sounds wonderful 😀🙌🏻
@@BeccaDavis have you made a video yet on how to make games for TPT??
How do you make booklets and passages?
I don't currently make either, but those would be good things to investigate! Thanks for the suggestion!
One. Week of every summer Teacher workshop True Colors.
Yes fonts and other things you can’t download into Google or use them on a chrome book so if someone know more please share
Hello, I was wondering where I could find KP and TTG fonts you mentioned, I tied going to TPT to search for the font. I could be searching for it or wording it wrong. Thank you.
Sorry! KP: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fonts-for-Commercial-Use-KP-Fonts-Volume-5-3577159?aref=rmacj1bj
TTG: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Font-Buffet-Free-Collection-of-19-Fonts-Commercial-Use-728673
Time stamp she explains at 6:15
What about canva
How to make 3 part cards
Could you explain what you mean?
@@BeccaDavis the ones they us in Montessori class room
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my cover image for my product to fill the entire square.....HELP ):
Did you try it on Canva? ua-cam.com/video/e7dvrHmdoBQ/v-deo.html
How to sell
I like your channel. It really helps. 👍211
I’m really glad!
I am also a teacher like you I can surely do this.can we be friends I am just starting thanks. I love powerpoint
Yay for just starting!
cool beans