Podcast Your Lectures

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• For Remediation and Improved Test Scores

• For Homebound Students

• To increase your effectiveness while lightening your load!

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Creating Podcasts from PowerPoint Presentations

1. Setting Volume for microphone2. Installing and accessing Screen Recorder option

on your Promethean ActivStudio Toolbar3. Screen Recording using Promethean4. Convert .avi to .wmv for smaller file size5. Posting videos to Schoolwires6. View Sample Teacher Webpage with Lecture

Podcasts

Choose section to view or hit Enter to view all slides.

Setting Volume for Microphone

From Control Panel, choose Sounds and Audio Devices. Adjust

Sound Recording volume as needed.

Open ActivStudio by clicking on the ActivStudio icon on your desktop. If it is not on the desktop, click on Start then All Programs and look for Activ Software.

Installing and Accessing Screen Recorder option in ActivStudio

Click X to close the dashboard.

Installing and Accessing Screen Recorder option in ActivStudio

Look on the toolbar for the icon that represents a video camera.

If it is not there, click on the menu option and choose Customize and Toolstore.

Installing and Accessing Screen Recorder option in ActivStudio

Click on Flipchart Recorder icon (video camera)

and drag to toolbar.

Drop the video camera icon here (or

anywhere else on toolbar).

Installing and Accessing Screen Recorder option in ActivStudio

Go to Studio Settings to set

recording parameters.

Screen Recording: Set Recording Parameters

Check this box to hide Recorder Toolbar.

Check here to capture all audio – music

and/or voice.

Teachers may find it useful to capture mouse pointer.

Set Recording Parameters

Click on the Camcorder icon.

Choose which type of recording you want to make.

Select type of Recording

Click here Flipchart Recorder Tutorial.

Click here Full Screen Recorder Tutorial.

Click here Area Screen Recorder.

Or just press Enter for full Tutorial.

Using Flipchart Recorder

Choose Flipchart Recorder and theFlipchart Recorder control panel opens.Select the Delay between slides and hit

the red record button.

Using Flipchart Recorder

• For more information on using this feature, see your Technology Specialist or visit www.PrometheanPlanet.com.

Using Full Screen Recorder

First, open the PowerPoint Presentation you wish to record. Then choose Full Screen Recorder from the ActivStudio Toolbar. The Recorder control panel will open.

Hit the red record button.A new window will open for entry of

name and location for saving recording.

Using Full Screen Recorder

Browse to the folder in which you wish to save the recording, name the file,

and hit Save. This window will then close and the screen

recording will begin.

Using Full Screen Recorder

To stop recording, click on pull down button

to expand toolbar.

Then click on video camera icon to

stop the recording.

You can view therecording by pressing the

Play button.

Using Area Screen RecorderChoose Area Screen Recorder then click

and drag to define the area to be recorded.After hitting OK, the Recorder toolbar will open.

Hit the red record button to begin recording..

Using Area Screen Recorder

Browse to the folder in which you wish to save the recording, name the file,

and hit Save. This window will then close and the screen

recording will begin.

Using Area Screen Recorder

To stop recording, click on pull down button

to expand toolbar.

Then click on video camera icon to

stop the recording.

You can view therecording by pressing the

Play button.

Converting .avi files to .wmv

Click on the Super icon to load the

program that converts .avi to .wmv or mp4 files. These files are smaller and

load faster.

Converting .avi files to .wmv

Open folder in which you saved

your screen recording and drag the file to the file

converter list. Then choose option to Encode (Active Files). When

prompted, choose Simple Profile.

The converted file is saved in C:\Program Files\eRightSoft\SUPER\OutPut

Posting videos to SchoolWires

Logon to SchoolWires as Site Manager and create New Page on which you will post one or a group

of podcasts.

Posting videos to SchoolWires

Choose Podcast Page Type

Posting videos to Schoolwires

Enter the page name and hit Save.

Then choose option to Edit the page you just added and the window shown below will open.

Click on New Episode to add a podcast.

Posting videos to SchoolWires

Complete the required fields. Browse for the podcast file you wish to post.

See following slides for details.

Posting videos to SchoolWires

Choose the general location of

the file and hit Next.

Posting videos to SchoolWires

Browse to locate your file. Hit Next

to continue.

Posting videos to Schoolwires

After your file is uploaded, hit Select to continue.

Sample Teacher Webpage

Your podcast page will look like this.You can add multiple podcasts (episodes).

Sample Teacher Webpage with Multiple Podcasts

This is an example of a webpage with multiple podcasts.

Credits

• Photo of screaming teacher from www.schoollibraryjournal.com/articles/blog/620000062/20081015/hair-out-714605.jpg