Introduction

Most of us are familiar with PowerPoint, but may not know how to get our presentations online.  This is useful for student review, and also because you may include multimedia components or links that students may want to view outside of class.  In this presentation you will learn:

• how to make your presentations more interesting and useful
• how to add narration and notes
• how to convert your presentations to a web format
• how to upload your presentations to your web site (and how to get a web site if you don't have one)

You will need a microphone to create your online presentation  (I use a $10 Labtec microphone).

Improving your presentations

Here are some tips to consider:

• Keep presentations concise. 
• Include an introduction to clarify the purpose and relevance of the presentation.
• Include examples, images, links, and/or stories to help make your presentation interesting and useful.
• Include a summary or conclusion to restate the most important points.
• Before you begin, browse A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence & see if you can find any tips relevant to your presentation objectives. Try a few suggestions!
• Add audio narration.  This is especially helpful for online students.
• Use the notes feature of PowerPoint to create a transcript for deaf students.  You can quickly publish an Web version of your PowerPoint slides that includes the notes (File ->  Save as WebPage).

Adding Narration

1. There are several ways to narrate a PowerPoint presentation online and get it online.
   1. The easiest way is to just create your narrations within PowerPoint using Insert -> Audio in the menu.  Then you can just upload it as it is or "Save in a web format."  Here is a video tutorial to demonstrate:
      1. Adding audio and notes to PowerPoint and saving in a web format
      2. You can ADD NOTES to your presentation - a transcript will make your narration accessible to students with hearing impairments.
   2. If you would like more powerful narration with better sound quality (see example?), download and install Microsoft Producer.   You can download it for free from Microsoft's web site. If you are using a Mac, you will need to use a PC to add the narration and upload the presentation to WebCT or your web account.  View the following video tutorials and use Microsoft Producer to narrate your PowerPoint presentation:
      1. Adding Images, Slides, and HTML
      2. Using the Capture Wizard
      3. Choosing Presentation Templates
      4. Previewing the Presentation
      5. Publishing your Presenter files (then upload to your Cuyamaca Web site)
      6. more tutorials . .

Web Formats

Here are your options (beginning with the EASIEST way for you)

• Easiest way - just upload your PowerPoint file.  Students will need the PowerPoint Viewer if they don't have PowerPoint.   Internet Explorer knows what to do with ppt files.   (Example - you can right click the link to download the presentation)
• Next easiest - choose Pack & Go from the File menu.  This will include the viewer in the file (so larger file size).
• This is pretty easy and is my preferred method - Choose Save as Web Page from the File menu. Powerpoint will produce multiple folders and files, so I suggest you save everything in a folder since you will have to put ALL files & folders onto the web.   (Example)

Uploading your files

An easy way to post your existing documents online (Jodi)

1. If you don't already have one, request a Web container from Rocky Rose (rocky.rose@gcccd.net) or the help desk (660-4395).  Usually, your URL will be http://www.cuyamaca.edu/username (with the same user name you use to log in to campus e-mail).
2. Select from your Windows start menu.
3. If you don't see your site listed, click .  When prompted, type or paste in your URL. 
4. Enter your name and password. 
   
   
   
   Once you connect, your web site will look like a folder on your desktop, so you can create folders and copy files there just like you always do.  To share with students, give them the full URL of the document:  http://www.cuyamaca.edu/username/foldername/filename
5. Some tips:
   • Make sure folder and file names have NO SPACES.
   • Students will need Word processing software to view Word Docs (.doc) & viewer software to view PowerPoint slides (ppt).  You can send your Word files to Rik Barnes to have them converted to a more accessible .pdf file.

If you want to upload your work to WebCT, watch the following video demonstrations.  There is an easy way to see the WebCT upload area as a folder.

1. Uploading files to WebCT (you could also upload it to your web site and link to it from WebCT or Blackboard)
2. Creating a content module in WebCT