Important considerations:

1. Students must ensure that the file size for the final video is less than 500MB. The tutorial provides instructions (below) for reducing the presentation resolution to address this issue.
2. When uploading through the Rich Content Editor in Canvas, students must be patient and allow the video to upload completely. Do not navigate away from the page during the upload process.

Covered in this article:

Part 1: Create a PowerPoint Presentation

• For PC Users:
  • Create a presentation in PowerPoint: https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/basic-tasks-for-creating-a-powerpoint-presentation-efbbc1cd-c5f1-4264-b48e-c8a7b0334e36 
    • Inserting a picture: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-a-picture-in-powerpoint-5f7368d2-ee94-4b94-a6f2-a663646a07e1
    • Animating text or objects: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/animate-text-or-objects-305a1c94-83b1-4778-8df5-fcf7a9b7b7c6

• For Mac Users:
  • Create a presentation in PowerPoint: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-a-presentation-in-powerpoint-422250f8-5721-4cea-92cc-202fa7b89617
    • Inserting a picture: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-a-picture-in-powerpoint-5f7368d2-ee94-4b94-a6f2-a663646a07e1
    • Animating text or objects: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/animate-text-or-objects-305a1c94-83b1-4778-8df5-fcf7a9b7b7c6

Part 2: Record Narration in PowerPoint

• For PC Users:
  • Use these instructions to record narration in PowerPoint for PC: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0B9502C6-5F6C-40AE-B1E7-E47D8741161C#OfficeVersion=Windows 

Group Narrated PowerPoint Presentations (OPTIONAL as assigned):

If your instructor has assigned the presentation as a group project, please review the specific details provided by your instructor.

For a group presentation, students will exchange the PowerPoint file with group mates and each group member will record sections of the presentation.

Step #1: Once the PowerPoint presentation is created the group members can begin narrating the slides that were assigned to them. Here's an example of the process:

The first student records slides 1 and 2 (as an example)

• • • • • You must use the DESKTOP version of the PowerPoint software and not the web version (see details below)
        • You may need to download the PowerPoint file to your computer, if the presentation was shared with you on OneDrive

Step #2: Once the first student is finished narrating their slides, they emails (or sends a OneDrive link for) the PowerPoint file (with recorded slides) to the second student.

Special instructions - Sharing a PowerPoint file using OneDrive

For more information about sharing a link to your PowerPoint presentation with group members, use the [Send a link in email] option in the "How do you want to share?" section of this tutorial:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/share-onedrive-files-and-folders-9fcc2f7d-de0c-4cec-93b0-a82024800c07

• • • • When completing the "Send Link" section, be sure to select the [Anyone with the link] option and the [Allow editing] option.
      • Enter your group mates ePanther IDs (email address without the @uwm.edu at the end) and click [Send].
      • Group mates will receive an email and can click the [Open] button from within
      • From OneDrive, with the file open, click the [File] tab and select [Download As] to download the PowerPoint file
      • -Or- go to OneDrive and click the [Shared] and then [Shared with me] tabs to locate and download the Powerpoint file

Step #3: The second student records slide 3 and 4 (as an example) on the same PowerPoint file and emails (or send a OneDrive link for) the presentation to the next student

Special instructions - Preventing recording-over other group member's slides

• • • • IMPORTANT NOTE: when recording your narration, you can move to the next slide by clicking the shift key on your keyboard. However, when you reach the end of your assigned slides, BE SURE TO HIT THE ESCAPE KEY (or the stop button) to exit the recording. Otherwise, you may record-over slides that have already been recorded by another student.

Step #4: The third, fourth, etc. student repeats the steps above until the presentation is fully narrated.

Step #5: After all students have contributed by recording their narration, the last student will export the presentation as an .mp4 movie file and upload it to the correct Canvas Assignment, as directed by your instructor (using the instructions below).

Part 3: Export the Presentation as a Video

• For PC Users:
  • When the tutorial above prompts you to export the video, use these instructions to export from PowerPoint to an .mp4 file: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-c140551f-cb37-4818-b5d4-3e30815c3e83#OfficeVersion=newer 

• For Mac Users:
  • Follow the “Export your presentation as a video” instructions in this tutorial: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/export-your-powerpoint-for-mac-presentation-as-a-different-file-format-0547523c-56c4-4799-b5f7-6257907c09ee  

Special instructions - Check that the video file size us under 500MB:

Special instructions - Be patient when uploading:

Special instructions - Posting to the Discussion for a Group Presentation: