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GuidetocreatingaPowerPointpresentationwithaudio(Mac)anduploadingtoMoodleThisisaguidetocreatinganaudioenhancedPowerPointpresentationusingtheMacversion.ThePowerPointprogrammeisavailablefreetoLancasterUniversitystudentsaspartoftheOffice365SuiteofOfficeproducts.Office365isavailableat:www.lancaster.ac.uk/office365Thisguideassumesyouhavealreadycreatedanon-audioPowerPointpresentationandnowwishtoaddaudio.PleasenoteadummyPowerPointpresentationhasbeencreatedforthepurposesofthisguide.ToaddaudiotoaPresentation(Mac)
1. Itisgoodpracticetomakeacopyofyourpresentationandalwaysusea
copytocreateanaudioversion.Thismeansyouifyouareunhappywithyouraudioversionyoucanmakeanothercopyfromyourmasterversiontomakeanotheraudiorecordingwith.Click‘File,’onyourmaster,then‘SaveAs’andchoseanewpresentationname.
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2. Withyourcopypresentationopenyouarenowreadytoaddaudio.First,checkyourmicrophoneisworking.TodothisclickontheAppleiconofyoursystemtoolbarandselect‘SystemPreferences’.
3. Clickonthe‘Sound’icon.
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4. IntheSoundwindowclickthe‘Input’button(a)torevealthenumberofsounddevicesyourcomputerhasinstalled.Selectthedeviceyouwishtouseforrecordingfromthelist(b).ThiscomputerhasanexternalmicrophonepluggedintoaUSBport.Mostlaptopshaveaninbuiltmicrophone.Ensurethevolumeissettoanappropriatelevelbyslidingthecontroloninputvolume(c)andtestitbyspeaking.Thebarsofthe‘Inputlevel’respondtoyourvoice.
5. ClosetheSoundandSystemPreferencesWindowsonceyouhavecheckedthemicrophoneisworkingandreturntoyourcopyPowerPointpresentation.Chooseandclickonthe‘SlideShow’tabonthetopbarofPowerPoint.
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6. Younowneedtoprepareforwhatyouwanttonarrate.Youmaywishto
makenotesorwriteoutexactlywhatyouwanttosay.Therecordingsworkonaslide-by-slidebasissoyouneedtoprepareforeachslide.
7. Onceyouarereadyensureyouareatthestartofthepresentation.Preparetoclicktherecordbutton.BeawarethevoicerecordingwillstartIMMEDIATELY.
8. Whenyouclick‘RecordSlideShow’youwillbepresentedwiththeslideandacountdownoftheseconds/minutesofyourrecording.Whenyouhavefinishedrecordingfortheslide,clicktherighthandarrowtoadvancetothenextslide.
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9. Whenyouhavecompletedyourrecording,click‘ExitShow’atthetopof
thescreen.
10. Youwillbepromptedbyapop-upwindowthatasksifyouwanttosaveyourslidestimings.Clickyesandyouwillsaveyournarration.
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11. Yourpresentationwillnowhaveaudioattachedtheslides.Thisisindicatedbyaspeakericoninthebottomright-handcorner.(Seescreenshotbelow(a))
12. Youcannowplayyournarratedpresentationbyclickingthe‘FromStartbutton’(b)(seetheabovescreenshot)
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13. Younowneedtoautomatetheslidetransitions.Underthe‘SlideShow’tabthereisalowertabcalled“SetUpShow.”(c.)Clickthisandadropdownboxappears.Ensurethe“Usingtimings,ifpresent”(d.)isset.(Thepresentationwillusethenarrationtimingsyourecordedasthepointstoadvanceslides.)
18.Nowsaveyourpresentation.
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19.TouploadyourpresentationtoMoodle,signinandselecttherelevantmodulecourseandclickthe‘Addnewdiscussiontopic’asyouwouldnormallytomakeacontribution.
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20.Youcannowaddyourpresentationalongwithanyheadingandcommentsinthe‘DiscussionTopics’fields.Toaddyourpresentation,simplyselectthepresentationonyourcomputeranddragintotheattachmentboxandwhenreadyclickthe‘PosttoForum’button.
21.YourcommentsandyourpresentationwillappearontheMoodleforumforotherparticipantstoaccess.
