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In this video you will how to create a simple power point presentation and turn it into
a video. Very simple. There are a lot of different things with power point but I don't want to
get into all of them. Your layout of your power point may be a little different than
mine but the features are the same. Click where it says add title. I will delete the
other text box. Then I will add a picture. Insert from the top menu or side menu with
the picture icon but I usually use the top menu. Insert picture and I usually save pictures
to my desktop because they are easier to find. Click on the picture I want and click insert.
That's really big so click on the picture and you get drag errors so I will drag it
in to make it smaller. I am finished with this slide. I will add a new slide so go to
insert new slide. this is not the layout I want because I am not using any graphs or
charts so I will go to slide layout and scroll through the different types of layouts. I
will choose a blank one. I will add one picture to the slide so back to the top, insert, picture,
find the picture I want and insert. I am finished with that slide so I will go up to the top
and insert new slide and I will choose this one because I am going to add some text and
a picture. I will add the text and then I will add one more picture. Insert, this time
I will add clipart which most computers have a big library of clipart. I will pick the
librarian and click insert. The next step if you want to add color you can go to slide
theme and you have different slide themes to choose from. It automatically uses the
slide them for all of my slides. Next I will go to transitions. This is the transition
from slide to slide. It just gives it a cool little effect. So I will click this one. The
next thing I will do is click options so I can apply the transition to all of the slides
and I want to click on automatically after five seconds and then apply to all slides.
I don't want it to transition after mouse click because I want it to run like a video.
The last thing we will do before we turn it into a video is insert sound and I will record
sound. You can narrate a power point presentation. At the top you will click the record button.
Then re name it and click save. You will see a megaphone that means you have sound on the page. I will right
click on the megaphone and set custom animations. Right now there is nothing in the animation
box there is nothing. So I am going to add the narration to the box. You see the camera
icon so I am going to click on it and then click play. You will notice my narration show
up. I don't want it to start on the click I want it to start automatically so I will
choose to start after previous. Which means it will start after the previous event which
is probably after the transition from slide 2 to slide 3. And then the sound will start.
I will click on slide 1 to watch to make sure my transitions are between each slide which
you don't have to have it just makes it look nicer, they are transitioning automatically,
each slide should be 5 seconds and my audio should play when slide 3 appears. I will go
to the bottom corner and click the slide show button icon and it will start the slide show.
So that was the transition and it appears to be moving to the next slide every 5 seconds.
And there is a transition there. So everything appears to be working. So we are going to
save. I will save it to my desktop. Then I will take this new power point presentation
and in order to turn it to the video I have to take it to authorstream.com. Authorstream
does require you to have a log in but it is just an email address and a password. And
what it does is take power points and it will turn it into a movie format and it will automatically
give you a hyperlink to your video so that you can use that to provide to your teacher
for your assignments or forums or whenever your teacher is requesting you to turn something
in in video form. Not everybody knows how to make movies in different programs like
movie maker or iMovie but a lot of you probably know how to do power point so you can turn
your power points into movies. I am already logged in so I will go to the upload button
and click upload from desktop. Then I will find my video on my desktop and click open.
It is starting to load and it may take some time to load depending on the size. I will
leave the file the same and add description and tags. And use for educational purposes.
The one thing you do need to do is make it public because if you make it private only
you can see it and your teacher will not be able to see it. So it has to be public. And
you can take it down at anytime if you want. I will uncheck this box since I don't want
anyone downloading my power point. My presentation has been converted successfully. Remember
the larger your file the longer it is going to take to convert it so just plan ahead.
Let's see if it plays. It appears to play correctly. You want the URL. You can copy
the URL. When you submit an assignment or forum you will submit this link so that when
your teacher has it or your classmates have it they can copy the link and paste it into
their browser to view your video. It will stay on the web as long as you want it. Authorstream
is a free service and it is very easy to use. It's just another way to create a video by
using a power point presentation.