PowerPoint: Exporting an Audio Voice-over Presentation to a Video File
PowerPoint: Exporting an Audio Voice-over Presentation to a Video File
Created by the Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center, this video tutorial introduces users to exporting an audio, voice-over presentation using PowerPoint. Instructors can use this technique to save course lectures as a video file, which can them be uploaded to a learning management systems such as Canvas, Blackboard, or MOODLE. Students can also use this technique to share video course presentations. This tutorial also includes a demo on how to compress videos using the free VLC media player.
Effective Educational Videos
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/effective-educational-videos/
VLC Media Player
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
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hello and welcome to our tutorial on how
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to export your powerpoint presentations
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with an audio voiceover to a video file
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my name is mike benson
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in this tutorial we will learn to export
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an audio
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voiceover powerpoint presentation to a
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video file
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we will also learn to use a free
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application
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called the vlc media player to further
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compress these files
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making them smaller and easier to access
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video files of your powerpoint
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presentations or lectures
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are easy to create and they can be
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quickly
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shared using a learning management
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system such as canvas
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or even through google drive
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if you need to know more about recording
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your powerpoint presentations
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check out our tutorial recording an
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audio voiceover lecture
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using powerpoint we have added a link to
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this video
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below in this tutorial
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we will again use dr fred adelson's
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powerpoint
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from his art criticism course
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[Music]
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when creating powerpoint presentations
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that will be shared as a video file
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it is important to be aware of the
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length of your presentation
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the longer the presentation the larger
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the video file
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the larger the video file the longer it
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will take
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students to access the video online
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this is especially critical for students
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who have slower internet service
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or an older computer i recommend
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breaking up your presentation
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into shorter chunks no longer than about
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15 minutes
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of course shorter is better somewhere
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around seven to eight minutes
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is a good target this will also help
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students
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learn and remember the information
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to export a presentation that includes
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an audio voiceover
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go to the file menu and select export
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from here select the file format
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drop-down menu
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and select mp4
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in theory you could also use the mov
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option
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but this format creates a larger file
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[Music]
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for the quality option most courses can
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select
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internet quality if reading smaller text
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and seeing fine detail is important i
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recommend
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using presentation quality if you have
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slides that do not include
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an audio voiceover adjust the time your
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students will need for these slides
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once ready press the export button which
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will prompt you
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to name and save the file
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saving may take a few minutes you can
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monitor
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the progress here
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[Music]
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once the file is saved open the vlc
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application if you don't have the
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software
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do a search for vlc media player
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and download and install the software
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once the vlc application is open go to
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the file menu
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and select convert stream
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use the open media button to select your
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video file
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i recommend using these settings
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then select a destination to save your
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file
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be sure to enter a new file name so that
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you don't save over the original
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then press save the software will then
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start
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process and after a few minutes it will
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save
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the vlc software did a great job
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compressing or video file
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it went from 457mb
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down to 55 megabytes which is much more
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manageable
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[Music]
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as you can see the quality is excellent
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the big question here is but is it
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art again we're looking at now on the
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left
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bottle rack on the right bicycle wheel
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in the next tutorial we will learn how
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to insert video lecture files into
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canvas
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or another lms without using the lms's
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network storage
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i hope to see you there