Narrating PowerPoint Slides
- 1. How to Publish Narrated PowerPoint Slide Shows to the Web WSU eLearning Center Spring 2008
- 2. Learning Objectives Know enough about the topic to decide whether you want to pursue it further Understand the potential educational benefits and pitfalls of recorded voice narration Understand the general technical challenges associated with presenting audio on the Web Acquire the following skills and abilities Attach a microphone to your laptop Add narration to PowerPoint using the native functionality Save a PowerPoint file in Web format Install Adobe Presenter Add narration to PowerPoint using Adobe Presenter Save a PowerPoint file in Adobe Presenter format Copy Web-ready PowerPoint presentations to the Web Access published PowerPoint presentations using a Web browser
- 3. Why Narrate? Helps auditory learners More intimate and richer channel Improves accessibility Increases engagement and elaboration Reduces presenter workload Reuse Verbal versus/plus visual cuing
- 4. Potential Pitfalls? Boring is boring Audio files can be quite large Audio is not a replacement for text Verbal cues can be misinterpreted Increases presenter workload Number of “takes” Rework when content changes
- 5. Headsets
- 6. Steps for PowerPoint Only Plug in Headset Microphone Open Presentation Slide Show…Record Narration Save Presentation Save As…Web Page Copy Folder to Web Server
- 7. Steps for Presenter Install Presenter (Only Once) Plug in Headset Microphone Open Presentation in PowerPoint Add-Ins…Adobe Presenter…Record Audio Add-Ins…Adobe Presenter…Publish Copy Folder to Web Server